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For Wayne, no two rescue missions are the same. As a paramedic and winch operator on the Canterbury Westpac Rescue Helicopter, he balances patient care, pilot support, and a constant watch on the world below.
"๐๐ ๐ฎ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ต ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐โ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐น๐ผ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฒ๐
๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐, ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ ๐พ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ๐น๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต, ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐๐ป๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ฑ๐ผ."
We chat to Wayne about the changes and challenges during his 18 years on the rescue helicopter, his technical role, and his advice for anyone eyeing up a rescue chopper job.
Read more. See the Crew Stories link in our Linktree.
An enormous thank you to Coastguard West Coast and their incredible volunteers for helping make this vital rescue training possible.
Recently, Westpac Rescue Helicopter crews completed a major over-water training exercise at Lake Brunner, practising complex water and vessel rescues. From providing boats and rescue jet skis to volunteering their time as mock patients, Coastguard West Coast played a crucial role in bringing these realistic scenarios to life.
Without the support of organisations and volunteers like these, training opportunities like this simply wouldn`t be possible.
Watch the video and learn more about this important partnership at the Latest News link in bio.
The ride to and from the West Coast air rescue base is now a little smoother thanks to Westroads and Earth & Turf.
Earth & Turf generously donated a digger and time to rake and scrap the driveway ready for Westroads to deliver a truckload of donated shingle. The crew are incredibly grateful for the new driveway and the difference it will make. Patients being transported between the base and hospital will enjoy a much smoother journey, with far less rattling along the way.
An enormous thank you Westroads and Earth and Turf for your generous support of the West Coast Westpac Rescue Helicopter and your West Coast community.
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