The Trustpower TECT Rescue Helicopter was dispatched to Te Kaha Medical Centre at 1pm on Sunday 24 September, where a 24-year-old local man had accidentally stab his upper leg whilst skinning a pig, sustaining a potentially life threatening injury to one of the major vessels in his thigh.
The man was stabilised by paramedics and a local doctor before being flown to Tauranga Hospital for further treatment.
The rescue helicopter was called due to the nature of the injury and distance to the required hospital.