ÖAMTC flight rescue breaks record: over 22,000 missions in 2024!
ÖAMTC flight rescue breaks record: over 22,000 missions in 2024!
Steiermark, Österreich - The air rescue in Styria set up a remarkable record in 2024. According to the ÖAMTC, the emergency medical helicopter Christophorus 12, Christophorus 14, Christophorus 17 and Christophorus 99 were alerted a total of 3,856 times, an increase compared to 2023 with 3,684 missions. This illustrates the important role of ÖAMTC flight rescue in emergency medical care. It should be emphasized that the crews take off on average on average on average for ten missions, which underlines the urgency and value of their work.
missions and challenges
In around 670 cases, the helicopters were called in the event of work accidents, school accidents or emergencies in the home environment, while around 270 missions took place in traffic accidents. Over 150 rescues took difficult terrain. The need for a quick intervention becomes clear here, because every moment counts when it comes to saving life, as steiermark.ORF.at reports.
The excellent cooperation between the emergency services must also be emphasized, because the managing director of the ÖAMTC flight rescue, Marco Trefanitz, emphasizes: "Life rescue was and is teamwork!" This not only successfully established the use of Christophorus 99 in particularly high -standing phases, but also implemented new technical procedures for improving security in use under difficult conditions.
Another remarkable detail is the increase in the total number of rescue flights in Austria: 22,203 missions were carried out in 2024, which corresponds to an average of 61 flights per day, compared to 20.823 in 2023. This number marks a significant progress in an effort for effective medical help and shows the continued necessity of such services, especially during disaster cases such as the floods in autumn 2024. This development is in the common focus of all partners in the rescue system in order to continue to ensure high -quality and fast medical care, such as DetailsOrt Steiermark, Österreich Quellen
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