Unfortunately there are hundreds if not thousands of horse riding accidents every year in the UK.  Often these involve a call out for an air ambulance so that the victim can be transferred to hospital as quickly as possible.

The following are all horse riding incidents that have happened during April this year and have involved a call out from an air ambulance:

28 April 2009 - Wiltshire Air Ambulance took a rider with a suspected pelvic injury to Great Western Hospital in Swindon.

25 April 2009 – Seventeen year old Faye Cree was flown to hospital after her horse threw her into a wall. She sustained fatal head injuries due to not wearing a helmet.

11 April 2009 – Midlands Air Ambulance flew a rider in her 20’s to University Hospital of North Staffordshire after she was crushed by her horse at a point to point.

9 April 2009 – A Police community support officer was taken to hospital by air ambulance after her horse fell at a cross country event.

Air ambulances are often charities that are funded soley by public donations. You can help by attending fund raising events organised by air ambulance organisations or why not host your own?

Hopefully you will never need to use the service yourself but you could help to save the lives of many other horse riders.