Mountain rescue on Wiesernock: life -saving use from the air!

Mountain rescue on Wiesernock: life -saving use from the air!

Wiesernock, Österreich - On June 20, 2025, a medical emergency occurred in the mountains near Wiesernock. A man who was near the notch between Wiesernock and Spitzeck at a height of around 1,640 meters suddenly suffered health problems. His wife immediately alerted the rescue workers, but initially the exact location of the man was unclear. To ensure that the rescue workers could intervene as soon as possible, a mobile phone was arranged via the state control center. Thanks to these rapid measures, the crew of the rescue helicopter C11 was able to localize the man quickly and send him the necessary emergency medical care.

The challenges of rescue operations in mountainous terrain should not be underestimated. In this case, the rapid coordination of the rescue chain prevented worse. The patient was recovered from a steep forest path with the help of a 30-meter dam and then flown directly to the Klagenfurt Clinic. Such operations illustrate the importance of efficient emergency services in emergency rescue.

The role of the emergency services

In Berlin, for example, the Johanniter carry out around 25,000 emergency operations and around 600 intensive transports annually. The emergency services provide a well-trained team of around 120 full-time and volunteers. The various locations in the capital are strategically designed to ensure timely support in emergencies. It should be emphasized that the air rescue is also of great importance at night, as the number of operations show.

number of use of air rescue

The year 2023 in Germany recorded a high level of operational readiness of the DRF air rescue, which has 31 stations. A graphic from the [Annual Report 2023] (https://www.foerderverein-drf-uftrettung.de/jahres report-2023/ Usellen figures) shows the number of missions of each station in the reporting period. Surprisingly, around 25 percent of the missions of the eleven 24-hour helicopter stations took place in the dark. In special cases, especially in rough terrain, rescue winds are used with which the emergency services worked a total of 131 times in 2023.

This current incident on the Wiesernock once again emphasizes the criticism of emergency medical care in Austria and Germany and shows how crucial a well -functioning rescue chain is in an emergency. The effective combination of soil and air rescue ensures that even in demanding situations can be helped as quickly as possible.

Klick-kaernten reports that a man was provided by the air rescue in the mountains. You can find out more about the nationwide operational readiness of the Johanniter on Johanniter.de . The operating figures for air rescue in Germany are documented in the Annual report 2023