St Marys VH-IAG Careflight 14/04/2008

Type: Agusta A109E Power

Operator: Careflight

Rego: VH-IAG

Serial: 11122

Location: Blair Oval - St Marys - New South Wales

Date: 14/04/2008

Notes: Between April 2005 and March 2011 the NRMA Careflight helicopter was used for the HIRT (Head Injury Retrieval Trial). The aircraft would respond to calls where a person had suffered head injury from things such as falls, vehicle collisions or assaults and would bring specialist medical personnel to the scene to commence advanced medical treatment as early as possible. The service also responded to incidents involving children such as drownings however this was not part of the HIRT trial functions. The program was credited with a redcution in the death rate for head injury patients who were not conscious from 45% to 29% of patients over the course of the trial. The helicopter was not a patient transport service, rather it was a rapid response for medical personnel to get to the scene of the incident quickly.

 

Thank you for your service.

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