Mission summary Mon 23rd to Sun 29th Jan 2012
February 3rd, 2012
During the past week Westpac Life Saver Rescue Helicopter was tasked to two AUSSAR beacon …
Westpac Life Saver Rescue Helicopter Events
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Raffle Draw Postponed
January 31st, 2012
Heavy rainfall and widespread flooding required us to seek the permission of OLGR to postpone our …
Weekly Mission Summary 16 to 22 January
January 23rd, 2012
In a very busy week, especially for Primary Missions, Westpac Life Saver Rescue Helicopter attended 5 Primary missions and 5 Secondary missions.
Wednesday and Thursday were particularly busy with two ‘back to back’ Primary missions on Wednesday and a Primary mission on Thursday which saw the Helicopter on task for over 8 hours.
These particular primary missions occurred in the southern and northern areas, respectively, of our 40,000 square kilometre flight region.
Wills Day, 26-30 March, 2012
January 16th, 2012
Weekly missions 9th Jan to 15th January, 2012
January 16th, 2012
Monday 9th January to Sunday 15th January 2012
During the past week Westpac Life Saver Rescue Helicopter attended a total of 9 missions – 8 of which were Secondary Inter Hospital Transfers. Three of these were carried out ‘back to back’ commencing at 4.15pm Wednesday through to 6am Thursday 11th January.
Weekly Mission summary, 19th December, 2011 to 2nd January, 2012
January 3rd, 2012
Westpac Life Saver Rescue Helicopter has had a very busy 2 week period conducting a total of 19 missions, 9 Primary, 7 Secondary and 3 Search & Rescue. In addition to these the Service was tasked to three primary missions which were all cancelled en route and also performed 8 training flights for pilots and aircrew.
Weekly missions summary 12th to 18th December, 2011
December 19th, 2011
In a quiet week for missions, Westpac Life Saver Rescue Helicopter completed one search and rescue mission, a hospital transfer, and was tasked to three primary missions which were all cancelled en route.
Missions can be cancelled for a number of reasons which can include – patient being transferred by road; or injuries found to be not as serious as first thought.
Our missions and any cancellations are directed by the Medical Retrieval Unit (MRU) of the NSW Health Department who task the Service and assign relevant ambulance services as required.
Weekly missions summary 5th to 11th December, 2011
December 12th, 2011
Missions Summary: During the week Westpac Life Saver Rescue Helicopter was tasked to assist police …
Weekly mission summary 28 Nov to 4 Dec
December 5th, 2011
Summary:
During the week Westpac Life Saver Rescue Helicopter was tasked to two primary missions – one search and rescue, three inter hospital transfers (secondary)* and carried out two training exercises. On Monday 28th helicopterLRH was flown to Redcliff, Queensland for paint touch up work following installation of new equipment.
Further details:
Primary
Monday 28th November: Tasked to airlift a 57-year-old woman who fell from her horse on South Ballina beach. (Photo left: Woman being attended by paramedics ready for airlift to Lismore). The woman was hit in the back by the horse’s hoof and hit her head on the hard sand. She was unconscious for approximately 5 minutes. Paramedics treated the woman at the scene before she was airlifted to Lismore Helibase.
Search and Rescue
Tuesday 29th November: Tasked to assist police in the search for a missing 22 year old male in the Huonbrook, Upper Coopers Creek area. The man walked into a nearby farm house and did not require further assistance.