Busy week for Bay’s rescue helicopter
Last week was a relatively busy one for the Lowe Corporation Rescue Helicopter Service, with the helicopter involved in seven mission.
Here are the details of the week's callouts:
Monday 30th December
12.20am – Tasked by Air Desk to Porongahau to a 60 y/o male with pelvic injuries incurred in an ATV (all terrain vehicle) rollover on a farm, he was transported to Hawke’s Bay Hospital for follow up assessment and treatment.
6.20pm – Transported a 53 male patient suffering a heart attack to Paraparaumu Airport, for handover to Wellington Free Ambulance for final transport to Wellington Hospital. Adverse weather prevented the helicopter from completing final delivery of the patient to Wellington Hospital. The patient from Hastings was initially assessed by a St John road ambulance crew and transported directly to the helicopter base for urgent transport to Wellington Hospital.
Tuesday 31st December
2am – Tasked by Air Desk to meet a St John road ambulance in Wairoa with a 65 y/o male with stroke like symptoms – he was transported to Hawke’s Bay Hospital for follow up treatment.
7pm – Tasked by Air Desk to Mahia to a child with a medical condition, the child was transported to Hawke’s Bay Hospital.
Wednesday 1st January
8am – Tasked by Police to search for a missing person from an overturned jet ski on the coast near Napier, after searching for approx. 1½ hours the helicopter was stood down when it became known that the man had made it safely back to shore.
Thursday 2nd January
4.30pm – Flew to Wairoa with a DHB flight team to retrieve an elderly female patient with a medical condition – she was flown to Hawke’s Bay Hospital.
9pm – Returned to Wairoa with a DHB flight team to retrieve a male patient, aged in his 60’s, with a cardiac problem – he was flown to Hawke’s Bay Hospital.
