Mission Log

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Below you will find a summary of our recent missions. Our life-saving services are available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, and are completely free of charge to everyone in Hawke's Bay. For more information about our work please contact the Fundraising Team on 06 878 1630 or email mfm@hbhrt.org.nz

A medical condition and an arm injury

14 months ago - Monday 13th March
• 1015 hours Tasked by Air Desk to Dartmoor to a 68 y/o male patient with a medical condition, the patient was flown to Hawke’s Bay Hospital.
• 1150 hours Tasked by Air Desk to Waimarama to a 34 y/o male who sustained an arm injury as a result of a mechanical failure on an excavator that he was operating. The patient was flown to Hawke’s Bay Hospital.

Transfers to Auckland and Wellington

14 months ago - Sunday 12th March
• 1000 hours At the request of the hospital flew a 87 y/o male patient with a neurological condition to Auckland hospital, the patient was accompanied by a Doctor and Flight Nurse.
• 1700 hours At the request of the hospital flew a 75 y/o male patient with a neurological condition to Wellington hospital, the patient was accompanied by a Doctor and Flight Nurse.

Fractured leg, a medical condition and a neurological condition

14 months ago - Saturday 11th March
• 1600 hours At the request of the hospital, set out to transport a patient with a neurological condition to Wellington hospital. Whilst en-route to Wellington we were asked to turn back to Hawke’s Bay because the patient was to be transported by fixed wing air ambulance to Auckland hospital.
• 1848 hours Tasked by Air Desk to Tutira to a 39 y/o female who had fallen and fractured her leg – the patient was flown to Hawke’s Bay Hospital for follow up treatment.
• 2231 hours Tasked by Air Desk to Ormondville to a teenage male patient with a medical condition - the patient was flown to Hawke’s Bay Hospital for follow up treatment.

MVA and a cardiac condition

14 months ago - Friday 10th March
• 1000 hours Requested by Air Desk to meet a road ambulance for helipad handover of a 71 y/o male patient with a cardiac condition requiring immediate transfer to Wellington Hospital.
• 2115 hours Tasked by Air Desk to Patoka to an MVA, a male passenger from the car suffered a dislocated hip, he was flown to Hawke’s Bay Hospital for treatment.

Medical condition in Te Pohue

14 months ago - Wednesday 8th March
• 2000 hours Tasked by Air Desk to Te Pohue to a female teenager with a medical problem, she was flown to Hawke’s Bay Hospital for follow up assessment and treatment.

Infant with a medical condition

14 months ago - Sunday 5th March
• 1228 hours Tasked by Air Desk to fly to Wairoa Airfield to meet a St John Ambulance for a tarmac handover of a 1 month old baby girl with a medical condition.

Sever head injury, asthmatic treatment and transport to Wellington

14 months ago - Saturday 4th March
• 0225 hours Tasked by Air Desk to fly to Wairoa to retrieve a 19 y/o male patient with a severe head injury as a result of an assault, he was flown to Hawke’s Bay Hospital.
• 0836 hours Tasked by Air Desk to Tuai, to 70y/o female patient suffering from asthma, after she was treated at the scene by our Critical Care Paramedic it was decided transport was not necessary.
• 1500 hours At the request of hospital transported a 79 y/o female patient with a serious brain injury to Wellington Hospital.

MVA and seizures

14 months ago - Friday 3rd March
• 1005 hours Tasked by Air Desk to Akitio to an MVA, a 23 y/o male occupant of the truck was flown to Palmerston North Hospital.
• 1329 hours Tasked by Air Desk to Waipukurau to a young male patient suffering from seizures. Because the young boy was anxious about flying in the helicopter, the decision was made to transport him by road ambulance with patient care provided by our Critical Care Paramedic.

Spinal injury, river crossing rescue and a cardiac condition

14 months ago - Thursday 2nd March
• 0937 hours Tasked by Air Desk to Tangoio to a 58 y/o female who fell from the decking on the front of her house and sustained back and spinal injuries, she was flown to Hawke’s Bay Hospital.
• 1209 hours Tasked by Air Desk and Police to Waiwhare river to a report of a family stranded in a vehicle whilst attempting to cross a river. Upon arrival it was found that nearby road workers, using heavy machinery and ropes, had retrieved the family of a 4 month old baby girl along with her mother and father from the swollen river – the family was flown to Hawke’s Bay Hospital for assessment.
• 1330 hours At the request of hospital flew to Wairoa with a flight nurse and our Critical Care Paramedic to retrieve a 66 y/o male patient with a cardiac condition.

Multiple Wairoa missions and a trip to Gisborne

14 months ago - Wednesday 1st March
• 0900 hours At the request of the hospital flew to Wairoa with a flight nurse to retrieve 2 patients, a 32 y/o female with a medical condition and a 2 y/o baby girl with a medical condition.
• 1124 hours Tasked by Air Desk to Tokomaru Bay (Gisborne helicopter was tied up on another mission) to an 82 y/o female patient who fell in the bathroom and was unable to stand and weight-bear, she was flown to Gisborne Hospital.
• 1445 hours At the request of hospital flew to Wairoa with a Flight Nurse and our Critical Care Paramedic to retrieve a 62 y/o female patient with a cardiac condition.
• 1954 hours At the request of hospital flew to Wairoa, on the outward bound flight returned a 47 y/o female patient to Wairoa, on the homeward bound flight transported a 2 y/o male patient with a suspected fractured leg. Both legs of this flight were crewed with a Flight Nurse and our Critical care Paramedic