HALO Air Ambulance разширява флота от хеликоптери

Години наред Halo Air Ambulance е избавителна услуга в небето над южната Алберта.

Това е запас, който никой не желае да употребява, само че когато те се нуждаят от това, това е най-добре дошълът в света. HALO crew in 2020 when on a ski trip in Elkwater.

“(HALO made sure) that we were able to continue planning family vacations rather than a family funeral. ”

He says his daughter, who was 16 years old at the time, hit a tree when on the slopes and, if it wasn’t for HALO, things would have turned out drastically different.

“She would have died if it wasn’t for HALO. ”

His daughter’s rescue came during a rough year for the air ambulance as they were on the brink of shutting down entirely.

“In 2020, when the announcement was that they would potentially have to close their doors due to no funding, it was something that tugged at my heartstrings, ” said Fleming.

He had, earlier in the year, made a significant donation to HALO, believing it was too valuable of a resource to risk losing, but when HALO needed him, he and his family needed them.

Now, five years after the organization was nearly grounded for good, HALO Air Ambulance has doubled its fleet with the addition of a new helicopter.

“It’s a BK 117, which is the same helicopter we’ve been flying for years (but) it has bigger engines, so more performance, ” said Paul Carolan, Изпълнителен шеф на Halo.

Той споделя Може да накара хората, където би трябвало да отидат допустимо най -бързо “, сподели Каролан.

Новата машина е съществено усъвършенстване за ореола, изключително когато се работи в сухите летни условия към Medicine Hat.

„ Това не лети по -бързо или по -високо, само че при горещи температури или с тежки товари, това ни дава по -добро показване на сцената и кацане в лечебните заведения. however, as HALO’s range also keeps community paramedics in their towns for future emergencies.

“When that call comes in, we can get those advance care paramedics to the person and that has a byproduct of leaving that community paramedic in that community. Now, instead of having a long transport time to Medicine Hat, Lethbridge or Calgary, we land on scene, work with that team, take the patient and get them where they need to go but that paramedic and that Линейката остава в тяхната общественост. Междувременно по-старият Halo-2 ще бъде употребен като аварийно копие, в случай че се изисква поддръжка на Halo-1.

Завършване на първото си позвъняване за незабавни случаи на 29 юни в региона на остров Боу, Halo-1 публично влезе в услугата.

„ Можем да бъдем там, когато се обади и истинно, това е всичко, което има значение “, сподели Каролан. <