We are changing our name to CRITICAL and in the coming weeks will be stepping back from the Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) to focus on expanding our network of Volunteer Emergency Medical Responders into more communities across the country. Since 2019, we have consistently shown how vital the HEMS Air Ambulance is and we would like to thank all those who have kept Helimed92 flying over the last three years. We are proud to have played our role in ensuring that this service will be provided into the future. Now we are focusing all of our efforts on providing pre-hospital emergency care to critically ill and injured patients in their local communities in both rural and urban areas in Ireland. Once again, we will need you support. We already have a team of experienced Volunteer Emergency Medicine Doctors and Medical Responders on ground in counties Mayo, Donegal and Dublin. Additional volunteer doctors are set to join them in Kildare, Dublin, Wicklow and Waterford in the coming months. Their rapid response vehicles are kitted out with specialist medical equipment including defibrillators, chest compression systems and suction units as well as advanced medical and trauma kits. This allows the medics to perform complex - often lifesaving - medical procedures, wherever and whenever they’re called upon. We have ambitious plans to further expand this network and are already working with the National Ambulance Service in this regard. Our ground teams responded to more than 1,800 incidents over the last three years alone, working in partnership with the emergency services to give people the very best chance of survival when they find themselves seriously ill or injured. We will continue to fundraise to kit out our volunteers so they can continue their life saving work. It costs an average of €25,000 to establish an Advanced level Volunteer Doctor in the community and €120,000 to put a new Critical Care response vehicle on the road.