Man hurt leg in fall at Eyemouth

Scotland’s Charity Air Ambulance headed close to the English border this week when they were called to an emergency near Eyemouth.

A man had sustained leg injuries during a fall on the coastal path and was treated at the scene before being airlifted for advanced hospital care to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.

SCAA took just minutes to fly the injured man to hospital – a journey that would have taken over an hour by road.

Another emergency call out took the airborne team to the west coast where a woman was also injured in a fall while walking along a path near the village of Furnace in Argyll and Bute.

SCAA flew the injured woman to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital at Glasgow.

A woman injured in a riding accident near Dalnaspidal was also airlifted by SCAA this week. The crew was called to the emergency after the rider sustained neck and back injuries while riding on a lochside track.

She was flown to Ninewells Hospital at Dundee for advanced care.

SCAA paramedics were also quickly on scene to help at a stroke emergency in Strathmore. The crew assisted at scene before the patient was transferred to hospital by land ambulance.

SCAA was also first at the scene of a motorcycle accident on the A93 near Guildtown this week.

The charity used its rapid response vehicle to race to the scene and a SCAA paramedic helped treat the injured motorcyclist before he was taken to Ninewells Hospital by land ambulance.

SCAA’s fully equipped 4x4 land vehicle was also used to attend an emergency at Bridge of Earn this week. *** SCAA is delighted that one of our key supporters – the Pitlochry Station Bookshop – has been shortlisted in the Scottish Fundraising Awards.

SCAA nominated the team at the bookshop for the Voluntary Fundraising Group of the Year award in recognition of the amazing work the charity does for SCAA as well as several other charities.

The winner will be announced at a special Awards dinner in Glasgow on October 3.

Pitlochry Station Bookshop regularly donate £300 to SCAA’s life-saving work and their latest donation this week takes their running total of support to a page-turning £24,142.77.

Other much-appreciated donations received this week from local supporters include an anonymous donation of £400 handed in to the Perth Airport base.

And collecting cans continue to spill out their much-needed donations from the public.

The latest cans emptied from the Green Welly Stop at Tyndrum totalled £198.26. This brings the running total from visitors to the popular shop and restaurant to more than £5370.

Thanks also to the nearby Brodies Mini Market in Tyndrum who collected £70 in their latest can.

And Kinnesswood Village Shop customers are also helping support the country’s only charityfunded air ambulance helicopter, with £23.53 spilling from their collecting can. *** SCAA charity staff and volunteers are now gearing up for the Blair Castle International Horse Trials, which runs from August 24 –27. SCAA is this year’s nominated charity partner and will be hosting a variety of different attractions and entertainments throughout the showground over the four days and they look forward to meeting all.

Look out for the SCAA ‘Shop and Drop’service which allows you to leave your bags of purchases in safe hands while you continue to enjoy your day – for a suggested donation. Don’t forget to enter SCAA’s prize draw for a different top prize each day or have a go on the‘Beat The Pilot’light chaser .