Large-capacity rescue helicopter
As large-capacity emergency helicopter (short: GRH or G-RTH) are average in Germany transport helicopter of the type CH-53 Sikorsky G / GS denotes the Air Force, due to their facilities and availability for interventions in major accidents such as disasters suitable or accident large number of wounded are.
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The GRH is equipped with medical equipment and stretchers so that a total of twelve patients and a team of emergency doctors can be transported. It is possible to transport up to six intubated and ventilated patients (intensive care patients) as well as six other patients.
The CH-53G as GRH has a range of up to 360 kilometers at an average flight speed of 215 km / h. The helicopter needs a landing area of around 80 meters by 80 meters.
crew
In addition to the two pilots, the crew includes two on-board technicians (an on-board mechanic sergeant and an on-board sergeant) as well as a medical sergeant responsible for the medical material. In addition, the GRH is usually staffed with three to four groups of doctors (1 emergency doctor, 1 paramedic or intensive care nurse) from the Bundeswehr Hospital Ulm (GRH-Laupheim) in the event of a major loss. In rare cases, the GRH can be filled with just one emergency doctor, but this is not the rule.
Calls
In Germany, a GRH at the helicopter squadron (HSG) 64 in Laupheim near Ulm is on standby every day from sunrise to sunset. It is primarily intended for military use, but can also be used in major civilian incidents. The response time is now 72 hours (previously 20 minutes). This long lead time is due to the shortage of personnel and cost-cutting measures in the Bundeswehr. The GRH is because of the relatively long lead time not a primary rescue means of the SAR service or for the air rescue in Germany . Even during general duty in the squadron from Monday to Friday, the GRH is usually not available any faster if an alarm is raised. He flies to the Bundeswehr hospital in Ulm to take in the medical staff. In 2000, it was also involved in civilian alarm plans for southern Germany.
A second GRH was kept in readiness until the dissolution of the association there in Mendig. Since then, an approach from Laupheim has been significantly longer for the Northern Germany area. The kit was kept for the second GRH at Transport Helicopter Regiment 15 in Rheine-Bentlage, but had to be scaffolded in a helicopter first if necessary. The medical staff must be brought in or admitted by the Koblenz Bundeswehr Central Hospital. The transport helicopter regiment has since been disbanded.
The GRH is basically used by the SAR control center of the army in Münster (RCC, Rescue Coordination Center). Due to the ability to fly at night (use with image intensifier glasses), the GRH can also be used for relocation flights at night after appropriate preparation, for example from suitable night landing sites to hospitals or airfields, provided that the necessary minimum weather conditions prevail.
During the foreign missions of the German armed forces with the participation of helicopters of the type CH-53 GS, for example when working in the ISAF in Afghanistan , one of the aircraft is always equipped as a GRH. It should be noted that both the material equipment and the crew composition differ from the configuration in the home country. In the context of ISAF operations, there are basically seven men crew (two pilots, two on-board technicians, two gunners and one observer), plus an emergency doctor, a paramedic and a paramedic. The ISAF GRH only has three berths, one of which is an intensive care stretcher and two normal stretchers.
In the past, the crew was always on standby and could also be deployed at night if the weather conditions permitted. If the GRH fails, for example due to technical malfunctions, another helicopter is immediately converted to the GRH.
More helicopters
Other helicopters in the rescue service are:
Individual evidence
- ↑ Federal Republic of Germany: SAR manual p. 35
- ↑ SAR Operational Handbook ( Memento of the original from March 26, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 368 kB) p. 8
- ^ Rescue service plan Baden-Württemberg 2000 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
