The Irish Community Rapid Response (ICCR) air ambulance responded to 46 farming accidents in 2020, accounting for almost one in 10 incidents.
During its first full year in operation the ambulance was called to 490 incidents across 13 counties.
The ICRR Air Ambulance, based in Co. Cork, works in tandem with the National Ambulance Service to provide paramedic support and transport to hospital for seriously ill patients.
ICRR chief executive Mícheál Sheridan said: “Dozens of lives have been saved as a result of the hard work of the crew and care administered in a timely manner to hundreds of others.
“The ICRR Air Ambulance is airborne in under four minutes of being tasked by the National Ambulance Service, and is 30 minutes away from most of the areas within it catchment.”
Road traffic accidents account for the most incidents, with a total of 94 throughout the year. Amongst the other incidents responded to were 81 cardiac arrests and 74 general trauma calls.
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