Air Ambulance Drug Fact-file

Here at The Air Ambulance Service, our Air Ambulance paramedics will now be able to administer even more advanced care when they're out and about at accidents and emergencies such as road traffic collisions and horse riding accidents.

We've put together a fact-file to show just how much it costs to deliver various drugs to our patients...



Air Ambulance Drug Fact-file

Advanced pain relief: £6 per dose (one – two doses given per patient)

The Air Ambulance paramedics and doctors use a variety of pain relief medication in order to make the patient more comfortable for the flight to the hospital.

Tranexamic Acid – £4 per dose (one dose given per patient)

This drug is administered to casualties who are bleeding or are suspected of bleeding internally. It works to stem the blood flow until the casualty reaches hospital.

Cardiac medication: Approx. £5 per dose (combination of drugs used and doses can vary
Last year, approximately 11% of all rescue missions attended by Derbyshire, Leicestershire & Rutland Air Ambulance were cardiac related.

Anaesthesia drugs: £10 - £15 per dose (one dose per patient)

Carrying a doctor on board means that the Air Ambulance crew can put people into a medically induced coma, which allows the doctor and paramedic to secure the patient’s airway and take control of the breathing for the flight to hospital.

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