Christopher 61

Christopher 61 D-HLFR
Christoph 61 at the Ore Mountains Clinic Annaberg-Buchholz
Air rescue center data
Operator:	ADAC air rescue
Helicopter type:	Eurocopter EC 135
Installation:	April 2, 1990
Location:	Dölzig Air Rescue Center (until 2007: Leipzig / Halle Airport )
Operational readiness:	ready for use from 7 a.m. to sunset
Particularities:	shared location with Christoph 63
Coordinates:	51 ° 21 '5 "  N , 12 ° 11' 33"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 21 '5 "  N , 12 ° 11' 33"  E
crew
Pilot:	ADAC air rescue
Doctor:	Clinics in Leipzig and Halle
HEMS Technical Crew Member :	ADAC air rescue

Christoph 61 is the radio call of a rescue helicopter of the ADAC , which for the air rescue in the region around Leipzig was provided.

Station, use and occupation

The helicopter is stationed at the Dölzig Air Rescue Center in Schkeuditz -Dölzig. It is open daily from 7 am to sunset in readiness . He is from Florian Leipzig to rescue with emergency medical indication alerted when an ambulance emergency vehicle (NEF) is not available on time or the type of injury transporting a patient requires by helicopter.

During his missions, Christoph 61 is manned by a pilot from ADAC Luftrettung, an emergency doctor from clinics in Leipzig and Halle and a rescue assistant from ADAC Luftrettung. The paramedics are part of the helicopter crew ( HEMS Technical Crew Member ) and support the pilot in the areas of communication and navigation, while the emergency doctor is legally a passenger .

history

Christoph 61 was officially put into service on April 2nd, 1990 as the first rescue helicopter in the new federal states . Operator was until 31 October 2005 , the International Air Ambulance , which by the ADAC air rescue was replaced.

In the spring of 1990 the rescue helicopter was initially stationed in the NVA military hospital (later Bundeswehr military hospital) Leipzig-Wiederitzsch, from June 1991, together with Christoph Leipzig (today: Christoph 63 ), at Leipzig / Halle Airport . The new location in the Dölzig industrial park was inaugurated on December 12, 2007 , and the two rescue helicopters have been stationed there ever since.

Use statistics

year	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Calls	511	640	813	835	894	1228	1078	1194	1290	1789	1956	2022	1799	1518	1501	1500

year	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Calls	1274	1472	1647	1641	1318	1180	1202	1249	1288	1291	1144	1395	1299

Others

The name Christoph 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

• Information on Christoph 61
• Beginnings of Christoph 61

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The Dölzig location officially opened at rth.info.de; December 13, 2007, accessed December 15, 2013