Chopping rescue choppers? You must be off your rockers - Air ambo service plans raise ire of small towns

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Chopping rescue choppers? You must be off your rockers - Air ambo service plans raise ire of small towns

Keira Louise
Stephenson
Rescue helicopter, West Coast
Local knowledge is key in many helicopter rescues, say opponents of the proposed axing of some local air ambulance bases

Plans to change the country’s air ambulance services have seen protests in provincial towns and GPs worried about patient safety. Keira Stephenson takes a look at the proposal

There’s never been a situation when the pilots haven’t been able to drop everything and respond to an emergency within minutes GPs have come to t, Paramedics, Rescue helicopter crew