Your Palmerston North Rescue Helicopter crew completed a total of 35 missions over the month of October, including to locations such as Dannevirke, Levin, Taihape, Tararua Ranges, Ohaukune and Turoa. Of these 35 total missions, 6 inter-hospital transfers, 15 medicals, 1 rescue, 2 motor vehicle accidents and 11 rural/farm incidents were attended to by your rescue crew.
read moreThe Palmerston North Rescue Helicopter, incepted in the year 1991, is celebrating 30 years of life-saving missions.
read moreOn Saturday afternoon, 9 October, the Palmerston North Rescue Helicopter responded to a callout to Taihape Napier Highway for a male patient in his sixties who had sustained injuries following a motorcycle incident.
read moreOn Sunday, October 3, the Palmerston North Rescue Helicopter was tasked to Mangahao for two patients who had sustained injuries following a boating incident.
read moreOn Friday, October 1, the Palmerston North Rescue Helicopter was called out to Ohakune for a female patient in her twenties who had sustained a head injury. The patient was flown to Whanganui Hospital for further assessment.
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