Our CharitiesWe are delighted to be associated with the following organisations in our local community: Bay Health Foundation and sponsors of TrustPower TECT Rescue Helicopter.
It's main work involves getting St John paramedics and rescue personnel to critically ill or badly injured people anywhere in the region, and then getting those endangered people to the major hospitals in Tauranga and Hamilton for the best possible care. Often, the helicopter is called on to get paramedics and rescue crew into remote locations, such as forestry or distant farming and bush areas, where people have been badly injured and need urgent attention. A large number of calls are for accidents involving motor vehicles, as well as incidents on farms and those related to recreational pursuits. As well, the helicopter and specialist crew play major roles in search and rescue work on land or at sea, and also to support the police with armed defender callouts. In the past the rescue helicopter has also been called to help fight bush fires around the region.
Hospital utilisation of the helicopter is steadily increasing due to transfers to both Waikato Hospital and Auckland Hospital and retrievals from smaller hospitals back to Tauranga Hospital.
was established in February 2003 for the sole purpose of funding equipment, facilities, services, research, education, training and other opportunities that will add value to the region’s existing health services in the Bay of Plenty.
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