The Great North Air Ambulance is the only UK HEMS operator with AS365 Dauphins.

Capt Adam Smith in front of an MD Helicopters MD 902 Explorer

One of Scotland's Charity Air Ambulance's two Airbus Helicopters EC135s.

Many daytime flights are carried out by a single pilot, but doctors and paramedics are trained as technical crewmembers.

EC135 interior.

The Cornwall Air Ambulance became the latest UK HEMS operator of the Leonardo AW169 in the spring of this year.

The Dorset and Somerset AW169 flying above the M5 and Michaelwood services. Note the nose-mounted TrakkaBeam A800 searchlight for night operations.

Night shift: Crewmembers wearing night-vision goggles (NVGs) - part of the system requirements after the sun has set.