Mission Log

The Trust Tairāwhiti Eastland Rescue Helicopter crew returned to Tokomaru Bay to a patient suffering a medical event. Our Critical Care Flight Paramedic stabilised the patient and flew them to Gisborne Hospital.

The Trust Tairāwhiti Eastland Rescue Helicopter was dispatched to Tokomaru Bay to medivac a medical patient from the isolated community. Our Critical Care Flight Paramedic assessed and treated the patient, who was flown to Gisborne Hospital for further treatment.

The Trust Tairāwhiti Eastland Rescue Helicopter was dispatched to Ruatoria for a medical. The patient was assessed and treated by our Critical Care Flight Paramedic and transported to Te Whatu Ora Tairāwhiti/Gisborne Hospital in a stable condition.

The Trust Tairāwhiti Eastland Rescue Helicopter was called for a trauma to Tikitiki, where St John Ambulance staff handed over the patient who was flown to Gisborne Hospital for further treatment.

Dispatched to Ruatoria for a medical event, the crew were met by the local Ruatoria St John Ambulance team. The patient was assessed and treated by our Critical Care Flight Paramedic and flown to Gisborne Hospital for further treatment.

As they were heading back to Gisborne, the crew was dispatched by Police to look for a potential boat in distress off the coast of Te Kaha. After some searching, nothing was found and they were stood down and returned to Gisborne.

The Trust Tairāwhiti Eastland Rescue Helicopter responded to a trauma in Te Araroa, where the crew were met by St John first responder staff. The patient was stabilised by our Critical Care Flight Paramedic and needed to be transported to Waikato Hospital. Our crew went to Whakatane to meet the Aerocool Tauranga Rescue helicopter crew, who flew the patient on to Waikato in a critical condition. This enabled the Tairāwhiti team to get back to the East Coast ready for the next mission.

Later that afternoon the team were off again, this time to Tauwhareparae for a medical patient. The patient was stabilised by our Critical Care Flight Paramedic and was flown to Gisborne Hospital in a stable condition.

The Trust Tairāwhiti Eastland Rescue Helicopter crew had an early start, being dispatched to Te Araroa for a medical patient. The patient was stabilised and flown to Whakatane Hospital.

The Trust Tairāwhiti Eastland Rescue Helicopter team was called to a trauma in Mahia, where the patient was assessed and treated by our Critical Care Flight Paramedic before being flown in a stable condition to Gisborne Hospital.

The Trust Tairāwhiti Eastland Rescue Helicopter was dispatched to Ruatoria for a trauma. Our Critical Care Flight Paramedic received handover from St John staff and the patient was stabilised before being flown in a stable condition to Gisborne Hospital.

The team was this time dispatched to Te Puia Springs Hospital where they met St John staff with a patient suffering a medical event. The patient was assessed and treated by our on-board Critical Care Flight Paramedic, and was flown to Gisborne Hospital for further treatment.

The Trust Tairāwhiti Eastland Rescue Helicopter team was dispatched to Tikitiki for a medical event. The patient was flown back to Gisborne Hospital for further treatment.

In the wake of Cyclone Gabrielle hitting Te Tairawhiti (February 13), Trust Tairāwhiti Eastland Rescue Helicopter was supported during the first week by Otago Southland Rescue Helicopter (two helicopters, seven crew) and Hawke’s Bay Rescue Helicopter (crew from Taupo) checking on rural residents, supplying critical medical supplies, and linking services to those that need them. The teams worked non-stop, all while carrying out their usual jobs of transporting people in need of medical attention to hospitals in Gisborne and the Bay of Plenty.

Called to Te Puia Springs Hospital for a medical event, our team found the Ruatoria St John crew had treated and stabilised the patient, and were able to hand over care to our on-board Critical Care Flight Paramedic. The patient was flown in a stable condition to Gisborne Hospital.

The Trust Tairāwhiti Eastland Rescue Helicopter responded to Kaingaroa Forest, near Murupara, for a patient suffering a medical event. Fire and Emergency services from Murupara secured a landing site for us in a nearby paddock and our Critical Care Flight Paramedic received handover from St John staff already on scene. The patient was flown in a serious condition to Waikato Hospital for further treatment.