Philips Search & Rescue Trust (PSRT) is the charity responsible for fundraising and promotion of the North Island’s largest pool of community rescue helicopters.
Available through the emergency 111 call system, our rapid response rescue helicopters bring life-saving equipment, rescue personnel, and trauma-trained Intensive Care Paramedics directly to the patient. The timely assistance that rescue helicopters provide can reduce disability and improve survival. The sooner treatment begins, the greater the chance of patient recovery.
It could be you, or your loved ones that need us. Your support ensures that your rescue helicopter is available to your community.
April 4th started as another ordinary day in extraordinary lockdown on the Shearer family’s King Country property. Craig Shearer, a helicopter contractor, and his children Helena and Oliver were outside enjoying the weather and isolated freedom on their 3 acre block.
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An emergency trip to hospital in April was not the first for then six-week-old baby Harry, who at just nine days old was previously admitted to hospital for similar distressing unexplained symptoms.
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Nothing compares to holding your newborn in your arms for the first time – a moment of overwhelming joy. But the joy that Harry Ward’s parents experienced turned to trepidation, when, only 40 minutes later, Harry went into respiratory arrest and required resuscitation.
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In the afternoon of Tuesday, May 11, the Waikato Westpac Rescue Helicopter responded to a motor vehicle accident in Otorohanga. The female patient had sustained serious injuries that required immediate care.
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On Monday, May 10, the TECT Rescue Helicopter responded to a male patient in their late teens, who had sustained serious burns following a fire incident in Rangiuru, a village in Bay of Plenty.
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On Monday evening, May 10, the Waikato Westpac Rescue Helicopter attended to a male patient in their sixties suffering breathing difficulties. The patient was flown to Waikato Hospital for treatment.
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