CORNWALL Air Ambulance flew 55 missions in May, bringing the total this year so far to 246.

Three patients in the Launceston area were flown to Derriford Hospital, Plymouth.

In Bude a man fell from the cliffs above Crooklets and was flown to Royal Cornwall Hospital.

The air ambulance also attended three patients in cardiac arrest in the Bude area and flew two of them to Plymouth.

Three patients in the Bodmin area were flown to Truro, suffering severe illness, and the air ambulance was the first on scene to a fatal accident on the A30, in which there were multiple injured patients.

The helicopter medical team attended emergencies in Liskeard twice in one day and seven times in total during the month.

Five patients were flown to Derriford Hospital, two of whom were injured in road traffic collisions.

Unusually, the air ambulance was tasked to St Minver three times during the month and twice in one day.

In addition to sending the helicopter, the crew also used critical care cars for two of the incidents to provide extra medical support.

A man and a woman in cardiac arrest were flown to Royal Cornwall Hospital, Treliske, as was a young cyclist.

Two patients were flown to Derriford from Looe, one of which had fallen on rocks in an area with no land access.

In Wadebridge a baby with breathing difficulties was flown to Truro, as was a woman who had fallen from her horse on the Camel Trail near Ironbridge.

During May, Cornwall Air Ambulance flew a total of 21 patients to Royal Cornwall Hospital, Treliske and 14 to Derriford Hospital.

Cornwall Air Ambulance displayed its helicopter and equipment at the Royal Cornwall Show over the weekend.

Paramedics and doctors were on hand to answer questions about their lifesaving work and the public were invited to meet them and to see the helicopter up close.