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

MVA in Maraetotara

20 months ago - Tuesday 11th April
• 0730 hours Tasked by Air Desk to a report of an MVA at Maraetotara, but minutes after becoming airborne the helicopter was stood down.

2 x Wairoa transfers, hand injury and a fall

20 months ago - Sunday 9th April
• 0933 hours At the request of hospital flew to Wairoa with a Doctor and Flight Nurse to retrieve a 65 y/o female patient with a medical condition.
• 1200 hours At the request of the hospital flew to Wairoa with a Flight Nurse and Midwife to retrieve a female patient with pregnancy complications.
• 1525 hours Tasked by Air Desk to Putorino to a 60 y/o male patient with a hand injury as a result of an incident with a log splitter.
• 1530 hours Whilst at Putorino tasked by Air Desk to Waikare to an incident where a 6 y/o child fell whilst climbing over a fence and fractured his arm – both the Putorino and Waikare patients were flown to Hawke’s Bay Hospital.

Tractor Rollover

20 months ago - Saturday 8th April
• 1233 hours Tasked by Air Desk to Patoka to a tractor rollover, where the person suffered facial, shoulder and knee injuries – he was flown to Hawke’s Bay Hospital.

Fall from a ladder and Shark vs Man incident

20 months ago - Thursday 6th April
• 0834 hours tasked by Air Desk to Kairakau Beach to an incident where a 71 y/o male patient suffered an arterial bleed following a shark vs man incident – the fisherman was flown to Hawke’s Bay hospital.
• 1700 hours Tasked by Air Desk to Tangoio where an 85 y/o male fell from a ladder and suffered a pelvic injury – he was flown to Hawke’s Bay hospital.

Patient with pregnancy complications

21 months ago - Tuesday 4th April
• 1648 hours At the request of the hospital flew to Wairoa with a Flight Nurse and our Critical Care Paramedic to retrieve a female patient with pregnancy complications.

Bull vs Farmer incident

21 months ago - Monday 3rd April
• 1115 hours Tasked by Air Desk to Kotemaori, to a 30 y/o female with a broken arm following a bull vs farmer incident whilst herding cattle.

Stroke patient transfer to Wellington

21 months ago - Saturday 1st April
• 1200 hours At the request of the hospital transported a 40 y/o female patient suffering from a stroke to Wellington Hospital, the patient was accompanied by a Doctor and Flight Nurse.

Lacerations from an MVA

21 months ago - Friday 31st March
• 1700 hours At the request of hospital flew to Wairoa with a Flight Nurse and our Critical Care Paramedic to retrieve a 19 y/o male patient with multiple lacerations sustained when a windscreen shattered in an MVA.

MVA in shallow water

21 months ago - Thursday 30th March
• 0956 hours Initially tasked by Air Desk to a report of a person in the water at Clive after an MVA, our crew prepared for a winch extraction, but were stood down en-route when it was confirmed that the MVA involved a car in a shallow drain and FENZ assisted with extracting the patient from the car.

Arm laceration and 1yr old with a medical condition

21 months ago - Monday 27th March
• 1242 hours Tasked by Air Desk to Tarawera to a 31 y/o male patient who sustained a deep laceration to his arm whilst building a fence – he was flown to Hawke’s Bay hospital for follow up treatment.
• 1812 hours At the request of hospital flew to Wairoa with a Doctor and Flight Nurse to retrieve a 1 y/o child with a medical condition.