Busy week for Bay’s rescue helicopter
The Lowe Corporation Rescue Helicopter Service was called on to carry out eight missions last week.
The busiest day for the helicopter’s crew was Saturday, when they were called out three times.
Here are the flights the crew were involved in:
Monday 9th March
1pm – Tasked by Air Desk to attend a motorcycle accident at Woodville, where a female pillion passenger received moderate injuries. She was transported to Palmerston North Hospital.
Thursday 12th March
4.30pm – Tasked by Air Desk to a single vehicle accident at Elsthorpe where a campervan appeared to have run off the road. The vehicle occupants were uninjured and did not require transport.
Friday 13th March
10.15am – At the request of the DHB, flew to Wairoa Hospital, with a doctor and flight nurse, to a male patient with a cardiac complaint. The patient was flown directly from Wairoa Hospital to Wellington Hospital.
Saturday 14th March
4am – Received a patient, with a cardiac complaint, from a St John Road Ambulance for immediate transfer to Wellington Hospital.
2.30pm – Whilst en route to a motorbike accident at Ruakitori, requested by Air Desk to redirect to the Mohaka River near Kotemaori, to a rafting accident, where a male occupant of the raft had drowned. The body of the deceased person was recovered and flown to Wairoa Airport for handover to police and the duty undertaker. (The motorcycle accident was attended by the Gisborne Rescue Helicopter which transported the motor cyclist to Hawke’s Bay Hospital.)
9.45pm – Tasked by Air Desk to attend a single vehicle accident at Te Haroto. The helicopter was stood down en route after police arrived at the scene of the accident and reported no need for helicopter to attend.
Sunday 15th March
3am – At the request of St John and the Air Desk, met a road ambulance at the helicopter base and transported a female patient with a cardiac complaint to Wellington Hospital.
12.20pm – Tasked by Air Desk to Wairoa to a MVA where a male patient, suffering back and neck injuries, required transport to Hawke’s Bay Hospital.
