On Saturday the TECT Rescue Helicopter crew were tasked for a hospital transfer for a female patient suffering from the bends.
She was transported from Tauranga Hospital to North Shore Hospital. The 24-year old female had woken in the early hours of the morning feeling the effects of the bends. She had been out for a diving excursion on Friday afternoon and had rapidly ascended during a dive.
She was put in a hyperbaric chamber for several hours at Devonport Naval Base.
The crew was then tasked to transfer a 67-year-old Tauranga man from Tauranga Hospital to Waikato Hospital with a cardiac condition for specialist treatment.
We here at the TECT Rescue Helicopter have a policy of keeping the media informed of our work. We do this as a service to the media and in an effort to raise our profile with the public to assist with our fundraising campaigns. Our service is only possible because of sponsor support and donations. We appreciate seeing our name in any stories utilising information supplied by us.
