Christopher 37

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Christopher 37

D-HDRK at the base
D-HDRK at the base

Air rescue center data
Operator: DRF air rescue
Carrier: Thuringian Ministry of the Interior and Local Affairs
Helicopter type: Eurocopter EC 135
Former LFZ *: until 1992: Bell UH-1D
until 2006: BO 105 CBS
Installation: October 1, 1992
Location: Südharz Clinic Nordhausen
Operational readiness: 7 a.m. to sunset
Coordinates: 51 ° 31 '10 "  N , 10 ° 47' 41.2"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 31 '10 "  N , 10 ° 47' 41.2"  E
crew
Pilot: DRF air rescue
Doctor: - Südharz Klinikum Nordhausen
- Helios Klinikum Bleicherode
HEMS Technical Crew Member : DRK district association Nordhausen
* LFZ = aircraft

Christoph 37 is a rescue helicopter of the DRF Luftrettung stationed at the Südharz Klinikum Nordhausen .

history

The air rescue center was put into operation on October 1st, 1992 at the Südharz Klinikum Nordhausen and was looked after by the Federal Ministry of the Interior until June 30th, 2006. An orange-colored Bell UH-1D was used until the end of the 1990s , which until then had been manned by two men from the Federal Border Police. Since the "single-engine design and the power reserves in emergency situations" of the Bell UH-1D were not sufficient for the federal government, a BO 105 CBS was procured as a replacement at the end of the 1990s .

On July 30, 2006, the then German Air Rescue Service (DRF) took over the operation of the air rescue center in cooperation with the local DRK district association and the Südharz Klinikum Nordhausen. A Eurocopter EC 135 rescue helicopter was stationed . This machine still flies to its missions from the location of the DRF air rescue center from the Südharz Klinikum Nordhausen.

Rescue center

From the Südharz Klinikum Nordhausen, around 1,200 missions per year are currently flown with Christoph 37 within a radius of approx. 50 km. He is alerted to the districts of Nordhausen , Harz , Goslar , Eichsfeld , Kyffhäuser , Unstrut-Hainich , Sömmerda and Mansfeld-Südharz as well as to the city of Erfurt . At the end of July 2014, the helicopter flew the 10,000. Commitment. The team consists of three pilots, paramedics from the DRK district association in Nordhausen and doctors from the Südharz Klinikum Nordhausen and Helios Klinikum Bleicherode .

Use statistics

year 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Calls ? 825 953 886 874 1011 920 952 897 945 936 940 974 993
year 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Calls 995 1091 1199 1305 1175 1208 1303 1365 1403 1400 1425 1412 1512 1384

Others

The name Christoph 37 goes back to St. Christopher , the patron saint of motorists. After him, all German rescue helicopters have the BOS radio call name Christoph , followed by a number for rescue helicopters and a description of the location for intensive care transport helicopters.

Web links

Commons : Christoph 37 (ambulance helicopter)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.rth.info/rep/rep.php?id=62
  2. ↑ https://www.drf-luftrettung.de/de/menschen/standorte/station-nordhausen