A critically unwell patient was airlifted to Plymouth late on Tuesday evening (18 August).
At around 6pm HM Coastguard received a request to transfer the patient from Jersey General Hospital to Derriford Hospital.
Search and rescue helicopter R924 was deployed from Newquay Airport and set off for Jersey Airport just after 7pm.
After around an hour's flight, the aircraft arrived in Jersey before departing for RM Bickleigh in Plymouth at around 9.50pm.
Paramedics were waiting for the Sikorsky S-92 helicopter when it landed at RM Bickleigh in Plymouth at around 10.45pm.
The South Western Ambulance Service sent a double-crewed land ambulance and an operations officer to the barracks.
Since 2022, Coastguard helicopters have been unable to land at Derriford Hospital after a woman was fatally injured by rotor downdraft.
This meant the patient had to complete the final part of the journey to Derriford Hospital by road ambulance.
HM Coastguard helicopters are sometimes called upon to support the NHS by transporting seriously ill patients between hospitals when time is critical.
An agreement is in place to make it easier for Coastguard helicopters to carry out time-critical hospital transfers across the South West.
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