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| Special equipment |
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| Air rescue sack |
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| In the event that the helicopter is
not able to land at the scene of the accident, the injured person
is rescued by means of the rescue winch. If the patient can only
be transported lying down, he is laid in an air rescue
sack, hauled
up to the helicopter and flown to the nearest possible landing
site, where he is transferred into the helicopter. |
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| Horizontal net – small and indispensable |
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| The horizontal net is used above all to rescue patients
with back injuries. It can be easily pulled under the patient’s
body and is so small that, when folded up, it can be encircled by
two hands. |
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| Long-line rescue system |
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| The long-line system is used to rescue injured mountain-climbers
from vertical or overhanging rock faces. An up to 200-metre long
rope is suspended from the helicopter, which enables the rescuer
to reach the injured person even in high, steep, vertical rock faces.
If the injured person is located under an overhanging rock, the
rescuer can pull himself towards the rock by means of a telescopic
pole. |
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| Rega pilots can also see in the dark |
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| Approximately one in five of Rega’s helicopter
missions is carried out after darkness has fallen. At night, overhead
cables and clouds are very difficult to make out and constitute
a permanent threat for the pilots. As Rega pilots also fly according
to Visual Flight Rules at night, they use night-vision goggles.
These NVGs intensify the existing light by a factor of up to 25,000.
This produces a green-coloured image, in which roads, clouds and
landscape forms are clearly visible. |
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| CL 604 - entry via a ramp |
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| In order to be able to gently load patients lying
on a stretcher trolley into and out of the air-ambulances, Rega
has constructed a three-piece ramp made from synthetic fibres, which
is permanently installed in the jets. |
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