Perth -based Scotland’s Charity Air Ambulance (SCAA) has recorded its “busiest ever year” as the country emerged from lockdown with an increased demand for the life-saving service.
Emergency call-outs soared well beyond pre-pandemic levels with crews at the charity’s Perth and Aberdeen airbases deployed 810 times during 2021 - a 76 per cent increase on the previous year’s workload.
These deployments saw a record number of seriously ill or injured patients flown rapidly to advanced hospital care from every part of the Scottish mainland and many of its islands.
