Object Category: Uniform

 

Object Type: Personal Protective Equipment

 

Object Name: 7/7 Medical Flight Suit

 

Service Category: Ambulance

 

Accession: SHENE.2023.02.3

 

Visual Description: High-visibility orange flight suit with reflective tape.    

 

Abstract: Flight suit worn by Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) Paramedic Lee Parker of London Air Ambulance during the response to the 7/7 London Bombings (7th July 2005). Lee had joined the Air Ambulance in 2002 and served for 20 years.

 

Service context: Air Ambulance

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Air Ambulance services in England originated in the 1980s. They are charitable organisations that do not receive state funding, but operate under the direction of the 999 Ambulance system as ‘asset’ organisations NHS Ambulance Services. Their medical staff are sometimes seconded from the NHS.  

 

Object date: c. 2005

 

Museum Collection: Core Collection

 

Object Collection: Lee Parker Collection

 

Source Category: Donation

 

Location: On Display

 

Associated objects: AG: SHENE.2023.02

 

Associated events: 7th July 2005 London Bombings

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Resources

 

!nspire 999 project - Lee Parker