The regional air ambulance has experienced its busiest year on record, responding to 1,771 missions in the last 12 months. Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance’s crews of pilots, doctors and paramedics responded to 541 missions in Nottinghamshire, 1,044 in Lincolnshire and the remaining 181 in the surrounding counties. Serious medical injuries accounted for 676 of these missions, followed by 488 road traffic incidents as well as 158 assaults and 50 sporting or leisure related injuries. The majority of patients were between 40 and 60 years of age. Critically ill and injured patients w…