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Helicopter transports a Medical Patient from Arapawa Island
Helicopter transports a Medical Patient from Arapawa Island
24/04/2012 0300 hours
At 03:00 am this morning the Life Flight Trust responded with the Wellington-based Westpac Rescue Helicopter to a patient on Arapawa Island near Tory Channel in the Marlborough Sounds.
Life Flight responded with a Wellington Free Ambulance Paramedic on board the Westpac Rescue Helicopter The Helicopter was able to land on a clear area a short distance from the house where the patient was.
After being assessed by the Paramedic the patient was driven to the Helicopter.
The patient a 69yr old male from Arapawa Island was flown to Wairau (Blenheim) Hospital Emergency Department where he is being further assessed and treated.
The Life Flight Trust is a charity
providing air rescue and air ambulance services. It operates
the Wellington based Westpac Rescue Helicopter and a
national air ambulance service. It relies on support from
the public and sponsorship from partners such as Westpac to
provide these services. Further information can be obtained
from www.lifeflight.org.nz
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