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    • injury-prevention
    1. What We Do
    2. Injury Prevention

    Injury Prevention

    Many members of our critical care team play an important part in promoting the national integration of injury prevention into NHS trauma systems: a topic which is high on our agenda.

    By actively supporting injury prevention, we can help save even more lives. In a modern-day society, engaging in injury prevention is not only expected of us, but also morally the right thing to do.

    Below are a number of projects that our team are involved with, which all play an instrumental part in helping to reduce the number of accidents or deaths within our local community.

    Bike Safe

    Bike Safe

    Dorset BikeSafe is managed locally by Dorset Police Traffic Unit Motorcyclists – it is run by riders, for riders. Read more

    Published: 22nd March, 2018

    Updated: 3rd November, 2020

    Author: Lara Battersby

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    • Injury Prevention
    Biker Down

    Biker Down

    Never move the patient! Never take off their helmet! Just a few of the myths about dealing with a motorbike accident. Biker Down courses give you the skills to manage a seriously injured motorcyclist until the ambulance arrives. Read more

    Published: 22nd March, 2018

    Updated: 3rd November, 2020

    Author: Lara Battersby

    Related topics:
    • Injury Prevention
    DocBike

    DocBike

    The DocBike project is headed up by PC Chris Smith QPM, (Police Traffic Officer and Advanced Police Motorcycle Instructor for over 20 years) and Dr. Ian Mew (Intensive Care Consultant and Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance Doctor). Read more

    Published: 22nd March, 2018

    Updated: 3rd November, 2020

    Author: Lara Battersby

    Related topics:
    • Injury Prevention
    Safe Drive, Stay Alive

    Safe Drive, Stay Alive

    The Safe Drive, Stay Alive project is a high profile initiative led by the Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service, aimed at reducing the number of young people killed or seriously injured in road traffic collisions. Dr. Rob Török provides a medical/critical care perspective for the team. Read more

    Published: 22nd March, 2018

    Updated: 11th October, 2019

    Author: Lara Battersby

    Related topics:
    • Injury Prevention
    Button Battery Safety

    Button Battery Safety

    Button batteries, especially big, powerful lithium coin cell batteries, can badly injure or kill a child if they are swallowed and get stuck in the food pipe. Read more

    Published: 25th November, 2019

    Author: Lara Battersby

    Related topics:
    • Injury Prevention
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      About us. Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance is a registered charity, established to provide relief from sickness and injury for the people of Dorset and Somerset, by the provision of an air ambulance service, with an air and road-delivered critical care capability.We receive no direct funding from the Government or the National Lottery and rely on the generosity of the public for support. Our operational costs are over £4 million a year and the approximate cost per mission is £3,000.

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    Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance is a company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales under number 3893356 and registered as a Charity number 1078685

    Registered Office: DSAA, Landacre House, Castle Road, Chelston Business Park, Wellington, Somerset, TA21 9JQ.
    Telephone Number: 01823 669604