ThoseAir rescue –Lausanne receives the first helicopter of Recu
The Airbus H145 D3, more powerful and quieter, will improve the care of accidental people in the region. A Swiss first.
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The Airbus H145 D3 was delivered Thursday to the Lausanne crew of Rega, which is the first in Switzerland to use it.
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He landed in Lausanne this Thursday morning. The new Airbus H145 D3 rescue helicopter was delivered to the REG 4 crew. He will be the first in Switzerland to operate with this state -of -the -art device, before Berne, Sion and Geneva. The whole region will benefit from advanced performance and new cabin equipment of this device.
REGO has acquired 21 new similar machines, at a price of 200 million francs. They will be deployed until the end of 2026 on its 14 bases of intervention in the country. This is the largest acquisition project for the Swiss Air Garda in rescue.
A multidisciplinary team worked for two years to make the new cabin, a “real intensive care unit”.
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“The Airbus H145 D3 opens up new perspectives thanks to the addition of an additional blade to the rotor,” explains Mario Agustoni, chief pilot of The scold. This power reserve increases security during mountain rescue flights in particular. The fifth pale significantly reduces vibrations in the cabin, which offers more comfort to patients and crews. ”
Nearly 140 modifications have been made for the specific needs of Rega by a working group with drivers, instructors, mechanics, engineers, rescuers and doctors, who have refined these “details” for two years. In particular, she worked to optimize every square centimeter of the cabin.
An intensive care unit in the rescue helicopter
“A new cabin has been developed to improve patient care,” notes Stéphane Jean-Mairet, ambulancer and chief of the Lausanne database. “It is a real intensive care unit,” says Alexandre Kottmann, an emergency doctor. This new helicopter presented an opportunity for medicine to apply ideas that have come from decades of experience with other helicopters. ”
-Twenty other similar helicopters will be deployed until the end of 2026 on the 14 REGS intervention bases in Switzerland.
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The new rescue helicopter will fly with an additional 150 kilos load, which has advantages to embark on specialists or additional equipment. “This improvement will be profitable when mountain rescuers are taken on board to carry out trew on difficult terrain,” notes Stéphane Jean-Mairet. Thanks to its performance, the Airbus H145 D3 is also predestined to the hiring operations in the high mountains. ”
The helicopter has other technological advances, including a advanced navigation system which guarantees increased precision on instrument flights.
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The versatility of the aircraft is specially useful in the region served by the Lausanne Réga base, which has lakes, mountains, cities and countryside: “We have around 800 rescue missions per year, including almost a quarter of a quarter, estimates Stéphane Jean-Mairet. The range of interventions is wide: it ranges from interhospitable transfers to mountain accidents, including cases of acute diseases. The new helicopter will support any type of patient. ”
By standardizing its fleet, the Rega will still be able to benefit from synergies in terms of crew training and maintenance. In order to exploit the full potential of the new helicopter, the Lausanne crew has also followed specific training on new systems, both in the field and in the simulator.
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Claude Béda is a 24 -hour Vaudoise section journalist. Licensed in social and political sciences, passionate about social subjects and the lives of people here, he covered several regions of the canton, before joining Lausanne editorial staff.More info
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