Christoph 62

Christoph 62 D-HDSW
An Airbus Helicopters H145 of the DRF Luftrettung
Air rescue center data
Operator:	DRF Luftrettung (until 03/2012: Elbe Helicopter , until 12/2018: ADAC Luftrettung )
Helicopter type:	MBB / Kawasaki BK 117 until the end of May 2017, since June 2017 Airbus H145
Installation:	September 1, 1998
Location:	LRZ Bautzen at the airport there
Operational readiness:	ready for use around the clock; with rescue winch
Particularities:	Cooperation with mountain rescue service in Saxon Switzerland
Coordinates:	51 ° 6 ′ 58 "  N , 14 ° 18 ′ 42.5"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 6 ′ 58 "  N , 14 ° 18 ′ 42.5"  E
crew
Pilot:	DRF air rescue
Doctor:	City Clinics Dresden

Christoph 62 is the radio call name of the rescue helicopter of the DRF Luftrettung , which was made available for air rescue in East Saxony .

Station, use and occupation

The helicopter is stationed at the Bautzen Air Rescue Center at the Bautzen airfield . It is open daily around the clock in standby . He is alerted by the Hoyerswerda control center for rescue operations with an emergency doctor's indication if an emergency medical vehicle (NEF) is not available in time or the type of injury makes it necessary to transport a patient by helicopter.

During his missions, Christoph 62 is manned by a pilot from the DRF Luftrettung, an emergency doctor from the Dresden City Clinics and an emergency paramedic from the Dresden City Clinics, Dresden Professional Fire Brigade or the DRK Bautzen. In principle, five permanent pilots, around ten emergency doctors and seven paramedics work alternately to guarantee constant alertness. The emergency 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

The air rescue location Bautzen at Bautzen airfield was put into operation on September 1, 1998.

At the beginning of 1998, the issued Saxon State Ministry of the Interior of the Elbe Helicopter GmbH & Co. KG the station site commissioned Dresden to replace it with a new air rescue center in Bautzen. First of all, operations with primary and secondary flights were started in the State Police School of Saxony . Since most of the relocation flights have so far been carried out from Dresden, the location in Bautzen was controversial for a long time. These doubts were eliminated by the number of 239 primary missions in Bautzen in the first year.

On September 1, 2000, the new air rescue center, which had been built in 1999, went into operation. After the ADAC took over Elbe Helicopter in 2002, the entire staff and the MBB / Kawasaki BK 117 and Bo 105 helicopters were also taken over. Since 2002 mountain rescue missions with fixed rope have been carried out in Saxon Switzerland and in the Zittau Mountains . The rescue helicopter was used twelve times in 2003. In 2002, Christoph 62 then also supported the Dresden rescue teams with flood operations . On April 1, 2012, ADAC Luftrettung took over operations from Elbe Helicopter.

In August 2018 it became known that DRF Luftrettung will take over air rescue in Upper Lusatia from January 2019 as part of the regular new tendering and award of air rescue in the Free State of Saxony and thus replace ADAC Air Rescue as the operator of the Christoph 62. This happened according to plan in January 2019.

Use statistics

year	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Calls	851	868	824	841	845	888	925	938	974	1007	1097	1040	1060	1259	1169	1070	1059

Others

The name Christoph goes back to St. Christopher , the patron saint of travelers. 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 62 (air ambulance)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Information on Christoph 62
• Information about the Elbe Helicopter

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Upper Lusatian air ambulance is now red and white. In: sz-online.de. Sächsische Zeitung , August 19, 2018, accessed on September 16, 2018 .