30 years of saving lives, speeding recovery and serving the community

May: CareFlight is incorporated as May: SCAT (Special Casualty March: Chief Pilot John Hoad June: CareFlight receives September: CareFlight is called August: CareFlight’s Central West May: CareFlight treats five-year-old February: CareFlight International July: Northern Beaches toddler June: Four King Air turboprop February: CareFlight assumes January: CareFlight commences June: Territory Insurance a public company. Access Team) paramedics receives the HAI Bravery Award the Royal Humane Society’s to Bowral Hospital to retrieve dedicated regional emergency burns victim Sophie Delezio after flies East Timor’s President Ramos- Charlie Steven falls onto his head planes are leased in readiness for responsibility for the provision provision of helicopter services Office (TIO) signs a three year from Ambulance Service join for rescuing a rock climber from commendation for the difficult 16-year-old Eliza Stankovic who helicopter service is launched by she is hit by a car at a pedestrian Horta from Dili to Darwin under from a bunk and goes into cardiac provision of fixed wing aeromedical of doctors to and clinical specialising in the transfer of sick sponsorship agreement with June: CareFlight commissions its CareFlight. Bungonia Gorge. In the dark, rescue of an injured man at is suffering from meningococcal Health Minister Craig Knowles at crossing, giving her a blood full intensive care, following a arrest. His mother and ambulance services to the NT Government, coordination of the Top End babies and children. CareFlight, committing a first helicopter, a Squirrel AS350B John manoeuvred the helicopter Glenbrook in the Blue Mountains. disease. Dr Alan Garner spends 11/2 Orange and Premier Bob Carr at transfusion and placing her on life shooting assassination attempt. officers give CPR, CareFlight puts under an interim contract. Medical Retrieval Service. minimum $250,000 per annum to (VH-HCF). December: CareFlight intensive into position in the narrow, 300m hours fighting to keep ahead of the Wellington. support before flying her to Sydney him into an induced coma and CareFlight’s NT operations. care specialists fly to a horrific gorge, so that the injured man July: Young Colin Seidler is left spreading infection and stabilise May: CareFlight's Central West Children’s Hospital at Randwick. flies him to hospital under full May: CareFlight coach collision at Kempsey, in could be winched to safety. trapped and literally bleeding her for transport. Eliza has both legs September: In its first mission, helicopter Agusta A119 'Koala' is intensive care. He miraculously achieves the highest August: CareFlight NT moves into which 35 people are killed and to death after a car crash. While amputated below the knee, as well Central West CareFlight flies a launched at Darling Harbour. July: CareFlight celebrates 20 makes a complete recovery. level certification the new state of the art Darwin 41 injured. They stabilise patients October: CareFlight responds rescue services work to free him, as some of her fingers, but goes on patient from Condobolin. years of saving lives. for Quality in Health hangar, the largest dedicated who are then flown to hospitals to a bus crash at Linden which CareFlight’s Dr Rob Bartolacci to become a paralympian. She is Management Systems, aeromedical facility in Australia. in Sydney, Newcastle and leaves one person dead and 38 intubates him and gives him 15 litres one of 18 meningococcal patients ISO 9001+ Core Health Coolangatta. CareFlight Clinical injured. Medical teams triage of blood and 8.5 litres of saline fluid transported by CareFlight during Standards. Supervisor, Dr Fran Smith, acts as July: CareFlight’s 2,000th patient, six- and administer treatment at - twice his original blood volume. the year. disaster coordinator. month-old Nathan Isedale, is flown the scene, while the critical are He is flown to Nepean Hospital March: HIRT is launched by Premier June: CareFlight to Camperdown Children’s Hospital airlifted to Nepean Hospital. where he spends 51 weeks. He Bob Carr at Darling Harbour. Medical Director and after being admitted to Bowral grows up to lead a full life. Chief HIRT Investigator, Dr Alan April: CareFlight Board approves Hospital with viral pneumonia. January: The new Bell helicopter January: CareFlight’s 7,000th April: CareFlight uses Night Vision June: CareFlight commences night Garner, announces the outcomes PHANTOM (Pre-Hospital Assessment May: CareFlight celebrates 30 July: Andrew Withers, 14, and undertakes its first mission to a hang patient, Victoria Friend, is Goggles (NVG) in an Australian time HIRT operations using NVG. of CareFlight's Head Injury of Noninvasive Tissue Oximetry years of saving lives, speeding his sister Heidi, 11, become glider crash in the Blue Mountains. rescued from a crashed aircraft civilian first when participating in Retrieval Trial at the International Monitoring) research project. recovery and serving the CareFlight’s first helicopter near Merriwa. a search and rescue mission to July: CareFlight commences fixed Conference for Emergency community. We now conduct patients, following a car crash. January: CareFlight conducts its April: In an Australian first, the October: CareFlight doctors locate a lost plane off the NSW December: CareFlight International wing aeromedical services in the Medicine in Dublin. April: Association of Air Medical around 5,000 missions a year. They are flown from Lithgow to first three-patient mission on the CareFlight medical team uses an February: CareFlight receives the retrieve burns patients from south coast. Air Ambulance, now averaging five Top End. Services (AAMS) presents Westmead Hospital and both Bell helicopter, following a car intra-aortic balloon pump during 1998 Award for Aviation Safety Denpasar following the terrorist to six missions per week, conducts CareFlight with 2013 Excellence in September: Broken Hill sees make a full recovery. crash near Tamworth. a helicopter patient transfer. Excellence in the AOC category. bombings in Bali. a record 33 retrievals this month. October: CareFlight gains CASA Community Service Award for the CareFlight train its 1,000th first certification to operate fixed and MediSim program (AAMS award). responder through the MediSim July: CareFlight retrieves its rotary wing aircraft under a single Trauma Care Workshop program. 5,000th patient. Air Operators Certificate (AOC). May: HIRT’s first patient is accessed at Kurrajong.

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March: Multi-mode retrieval – January: CareFlight implements October: CareFlight co-founder Ian January: Our helicopter service March: CareFlight launches July: CareFlight celebrates 25 March: CareFlight secures a February: CareFlight marks 10 helicopter, fixed wing and road its medical registrar training Badham receives the international April: Friday night football is August: 13-year-old Teneille Bolte January: CareFlight medical expands as we start providing MediSim, a mobile simulation years of saving lives, flying from six year contract to provide years of rapid response service May: CareFlight stabilises and then September: Young bushwalker ambulance – commences. scheme after becoming the Association of Air Medical Services interrupted for 31 minutes as is rescued from the flooded teams attend the Waterfall train aeromedical support to the based trauma training program eight bases to destinations aeromedical support to INPEX for with Past Patients Day. airlifts seven-year-old Tyler Moon Patti falls down a 5m cliff, breaking March: CareFlight International November: HIRT operations are first Australasian non-hospital Marriott-Carlson Award. the CareFlight helicopter lands Nepean River seconds before crash in which seven people Northern Territory Government. designed to support clinicians around Australia and beyond. their Ichthys oil & gas operations August: The CareFlight Stretcher to Sydney Children’s Hospital. Tyler, her pelvis and ribs and sustaining launches the first dedicated extended to the Central Coast. May: CareFlight becomes the first organisation to be granted on Brookvale Oval to airlift two she is swept over a weir. The are killed, triaging, treating and working in rural and remote off the coast of WA. Bridge, the world’s first fully with punctured lungs, broken ribs probable spinal injuries. Weather medijet to be based in Darwin, emergency helicopter service in accreditation for specialist Parramatta Rugby League CareFlight crew of pilot Keith transporting the injured. January: CareFlight conducts its communities. November: Official launch of integrated mobile intensive care and abdominal injuries sustained conditions are too hazardous with NT Chief Minister the Hon Clare NSW to go on 24-hour duty. training in critical care. players with suspected spinal Stewart, aircrewman Graeme inaugural NVG medical mission CareFlight MediSim, by Mayor of June: CareFlight's new state of module, enters service. in a quad bike accident, walked to rescue her, so CareFlight Martin officiating. injuries, to hospital. Fromberg, paramedic Ian when flying a critically ill infant Orange City Council, Councillor the art Agusta AW139 helicopter 2km along a bush track to fetch winches down Ambulance December: A fisherman is rescued January: CareFlight provides Spencer and Dr Tim Skinner are from Katherine to Darwin Hospital. John Davis. comes online in the NT. help for his injured father. He later paramedic Wayne Cannon after falling down a cliff face at medical and communications later recognised for their bravery receives a bravery award. who spends a -3°C night caring Bluefish Point in Manly at night. support following the Newcastle with a number of prestigious October: CareFlight International for her and administering pain CareFlight’s Dr Louis Gallur (left) is earthquake. international awards. Air Ambulance (CFIAA) is relief. CareFlight winches them to one of the rescue group awarded awarded the prestigious European safety at first light. Patti is flown to bravery medals for their rescue February: The Westmead December: CareFlight rescues Aeromedical Institute (EURAMI) Nepean Hospital and recovers, efforts. operations base is opened by seven sailors from the stricken Accreditation, Australia's only and Wayne earns an Ambulance Health Minister Peter Collins. yacht Business Post Naiad during provider to hold this. July: CareFlight is the beneficiary Service commendation. December: The Bell 412HP wild storms in the Sydney-Hobart of our largest ever bequest, more December: The Civil Aviation helicopter enters service. yacht race. The crew of pilot than $2 million, from the estate of December: CareFlight’s disaster Safety Authority (CASA) grants Dan Tyler, aircrewman Graeme May: CareFlight leases the March: The last patient is recruited the late Margaret Alice Porter. cache is deployed to Banda Aceh approval to CareFlight to fly night Fromberg and paramedic Murray BK117B2 helicopter. into the Head Injury Retrieval Trial October: CareFlight commissions in support of the Australian Civilian May: CareFlight’s contract to operations using night vision June: CareFlight is called to the Traynor later receive the Prince which transitions from trial to service. November: In a complex, time- the Dauphin SA365C-2 helicopter. Surgical Team after the South-Asian provide helicopter services to the goggle technology. Sydney Olympic Stadium during Philip Award and other wide October: CareFlight moves into December: NT Health Minister the June: The fully inter-operational critical mission involving two tsunami. Two CareFlight doctors Ambulance Service expires, but construction to retrieve an injured recognition for their rescue efforts. new national headquarters, June: NT Health Minister the Hon John Elferink formally opens I-CARE stretcher system, designed helicopters, a King Air aircraft May: The Agusta A109E Power are part of the NSW-led team, CareFlight secures a seven-year worker. made possible by a generous Hon Kon Vatskalis announces the Northern Operations building. by CareFlight, INPEX and and two Darwin based medical helicopter is acquired for the HIRT performing 140 major operations, contract to provide doctors to the grant from the MAA. the award of the 10 year Top Aeronautical Engineers Australia, teams, CareFlight rescues the (Head Injury Retrieval Trial) project. hundreds of minor procedures and NSW medical retrieval system. End Medical Retrieval Service enters service. pilot of a mustering helicopter assessing and treating numerous contract to CareFlight. that crashed on a remote station patients over a 10 day period. October: CareFlight commences in the NT. first contract to provide helicopter CareFlight conducts its first February: CareFlight retrieves its March: AME to ADF exercises at Mt international retrieval, transporting 10,000th patient. December: Christmas Eve sees a patient from Penang. CareFlight's first international July: CareFlight launches the Pre- mission on the CareFlight owned October: Kerry Packer has a heart Hospital Trauma Course. and operated medijet. This brings attack and is transferred from our jet operations completely Liverpool hospital to St Vincents in-house, achieving the goal Hospital on a CareFlight portable of providing a fully integrated intensive care module, in the care aeromedical service. of CareFlight’s Dr Howard Roby.