Following the rapid growth of the neonatal service provided by AirMed, this week saw the successful completion of their first twin transfer. The twins were carried on board the Piper Cheyenne IIIA G-GZRP which was in double stretcher configuration with a BabyPod II on each stretcher and they were cared for by one of AirMed's specialist neonatal medical teams.

The twins were transferred from London to Liverpool so that they could be nearer to home whilst still being cared for in a specialist neonatal unit.  "Whilst this was a logistically complex transfer due to the requirement for considerable equipment and multiple ground ambulances, this was the best possible way to transfer the twins" said Dr Charlotte Bennett, AirMed's Neonatal Medical Director "when the babies need to be transferred longer distances it is deemed much better for the care of the child to move them by air and reduce their time in transfer. Had this been done by road then they would have been in transit for at least 4 hours and been at the mercy of traffic conditions, this time was halved even when taking into account the road transfer to and from the airport."

The transfer was carried out on behalf of the charity Lucy Air Ambulance for Children and with careful planning the teams were able to combine this trip with the repatriation of a third baby back from Liverpool into London.