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We`re now over 80% of the way to our $100,000 Back to Base target and there`s just one week left to help us reach it.
A massive thank you to everyone who has donated, fundraised, shared our posts and cheered participants on along the way.
Special shoutout to @FlexFitnessBelfast for raising more than $5,000 through their Go the Distance Challenge, and to our Ambassador Brent for his pickleball fundraiser that brought in another $1,500. 🙌
We`re so close, but we need one last community effort to get us across the line.
If you`ve been waiting for the right time to donate, this is it.
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𝗠𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝘆𝗽𝗲: 𝗦𝗸𝗶 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁
𝗖𝗿𝗲𝘄: 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝘆, 𝗣𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗼, 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗿𝘆
A ski tow accident left a young boy with a back injury. The Westpac Rescue Helicopter was the only way to get him safely off the mountain.
The rescue helicopter crew were finishing another mission when they were called to Broken River, a club ski field located in the Craigieburn Range, in the heart of the Southern Alps.
“It was a beautiful day – one of the best of the season,” says Courtney, a paramedic on the Westpac Rescue Helicopter.
The young boy had been injured on a ski tow, suffering hyperextension injury, where the rope tow yanked him forward fast and he flexed backwards.
“These injuries can be serious. An ambulance can’t get up to Broken River so the rescue helicopter really is the only way to get the patient quickly and safely to specialist care,” Courtney says.
Ski patrollers prepared for the helicopter’s arrival, making a landing zone by packing down snow and spraying a large ‘H’ on the landing spot.
“Landing on soft, knee-deep snow can be challenging, but the patrollers did an awesome job preparing the site to make it as easy as possible for us to land.”
The stretcher from the helicopter was placed on a patroller ski sled. Ski patrollers and the rescue crew used the sled to get the stretcher to the medical room, where the young boy was waiting, and to then transport him back to the helicopter.
“This mission highlighted the strength of teamwork, with our team and the Broken River crew combining their skills and expertise to overcome the challenges of this remote landscape and get this young boy to Christchurch Hospital as quickly as possible.”
Find out more about the Westpac Rescue Helicopter and its missions through the link in our bio.
Eight-year-old Indi was at home in the remote West Coast town of Little Wanganui when she had multiple seizures.
She needed critical care, urgently.
“𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗻𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗰𝘂𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗺𝗮𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗴. 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗰𝘂𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿, 𝘄𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗼 𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗹𝘆.”
𝗔𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗮, 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶`𝘀 𝗺𝘂𝗺.
When minutes matter and critical care is needed, the Westpac Rescue Helicopter is a lifeline for our Canterbury and West Coast communities.
Read Indi`s full story here: https://loom.ly/ljSXNw0
Carolyn remembers nothing of the car crash that nearly took her life, but she remembers being in the Westpac Rescue Helicopter.
Now the 75-year-old is giving back to the service that saved her, walking 100 km to get Back to Base.
“𝗜 𝗮𝗺 𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗮 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲-𝗼𝗿-𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜 𝗱𝗶𝗱."
Can you give Carolyn`s fundraising efforts a boost and donate to her campaign?
Read her story and donate today. See the Stories tab on the Back to Base website. Link in bio
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