Johanniter air rescue

Air rescue station of Johanniter Luftrettung in Giessen

The Johanniter Air Rescue ( JLR ) is the umbrella brand under which the activities of the Johanniter accident assistance eV in the air rescue , are combined, based in Giessen.

history

In 1972 the first air rescue location was established in Hanover . This started the Johanniter participation in air rescue in Germany . In the meantime, further locations follow in Cologne, Telgte, Münster, Bad Oeynhausen, Dortmund, Aachen and Eutin as part of hospital transport and international repatriation services. In 1996 the operation of an intensive care transport helicopter (ITH) began at Reichelsheim airfield , which was only tolerated by the state of Hesse , after which the official commissioning took place. In 2014, the Giessen air rescue center went into operation. In 2017, a total of 2,718 missions were flown. The revenue was 19 million euros. Olicer Meermann has been the CEO of JLR since 2020.

tasks

The main task of the JLR is the intensive care transport of seriously ill patients within Germany. Some helicopters are used in the dual-use system for primary missions in emergency rescue. Ambulance aircraft are also operated for international repatriation and repatriation by medical assistance in commercial aircraft is offered. The Johanniter operate the Johanniter alarm center for secondary and intensive care transports (JASI) in Mainz, which can be used to coordinate operations. Primary operations are coordinated by the responsible local rescue control centers.

Locations

Christoph Gießen / Christoph 90 (formerly Christoph Hessen)

ITH Christoph Gießen is stationed at the Gießen Air Rescue Center . It is used in the dual-use system and is ready for use 24 hours a day. The doctors come from the University Hospital in Giessen and Marburg . The machine and the pilot are provided by Heli-Flight. The HEMS Technical Crew Members come from the Central Hesse regional association of Johanniter. With 1,000 missions per year, Christoph Gießen is the helicopter with the most missions by JLR. 50.572555 8.652497

Christoph Mittelhessen / Christoph 91 (formerly Christoph Reichelsheim / Wetterau / Rhein-Main)

Christoph Mittelhessen, unofficially also Christoph 91, is an ITH stationed at Reichelsheim airfield . The machine is provided by the company Heli-Flight. Originally his name was Christoph Reichelsheim. The name was changed to Christoph Rhein-Main to avoid confusion with the city of Reichelsheim (Odenwald) . After Christoph Hessen was stationed in Gießen, Christoph Rhein-Main was renamed Christoph Mittelhessen. 50.335696 8.877151

Christoph Rostock / Christoph 92 (formerly Akkon Rostock 15/84/01)

Christoph Rostock is an ITH stationed at the Südstadt Clinic . The machine was provided by the Rotorflug company until December 31, 2019, and Heli-Flight took over operations on January 1, 2020. 54.070652 12.10899

Akkon Bochum 89-1 / Christoph 93

The ITH Akkon Bochum 89-1 , unofficially also Christoph 93, was put into operation on April 1, 2016 at the Bergmannsheil University Hospital . The doctors are provided by Bergmannsheil. The HEMS crew members are experienced emergency paramedics and come from the Johanniter Regionalverband Ruhr-Lippe. Since November 1, 2016, there has been a 24-hour standby. 51.647567 7.160423

Air Rescue Nürburgring / Christoph 94 / Akkon Koblenz 17 / 89-1 (formerly Christoph Nürburgring)

The Air Rescue Nürburgring is an ITH that has been stationed at the Nürburgring since May 1st, 2016 . There not only patients from the racing events are cared for, but also intensive care transports are carried out nationwide and subsidiary primary missions are flown, which are then also paid for by the health insurance companies. Nine out of ten missions are primary missions, which are coordinated by the Koblenz control center. 50.333641 6.943574

Christoph 4

Christoph 4 is a RTH in Hanover . It is operated by the JLR together with the Federal Ministry of the Interior . 52.384892 9.806637

Christoph 12

Christoph 12 is an RTH of the Federal Ministry of the Interior in Ahrensbök . Johanniter have provided the HEMS Technical Crew Member since 1981 . 54.035117 10.56228

Christopher 35

Christoph 12 is an RTH of the Federal Ministry of the Interior in Brandenburg . The HEMS Technical Crew Members are provided by the Johanniter, among others. 52.415221 12.544517

Air Rescue Pfalz a. D.

The Air Rescue Pfalz was an ITH in Sembach which was operated in cooperation with the West Palatinate Clinic . It was put into operation on October 22nd, 2018 and decommissioned on September 2nd, 2019 after the ADAC helicopter Christoph 66 went into service. 49.3023 7.515

Offshore

Johanniter are part of the WINDEAcare network and provide medical staff for the Northern HeliCopter .

machinery

The D-HFHE with retracted landing gear.

The Eurocopter Dauphin used differ from the H145 , which is typically used in intensive care transport in Germany, in that it has a larger cabin, the transversely installed stretcher and a speed that is around 60 km / h higher. The Dauphin can also retract its landing gear and the machine has a characteristic sound.

An EC 155 has also been in the JLR pool since 2019 . It offers even more space in addition to a larger cabin and has a more powerful engine. This means that overweight patients (up to 400 kg) can also be transported.

The machines at the JLR locations are provided by HeliFlight GmbH & Co. KG and Rotorflug Airservices GmbH & Co. KGaA. There are currently nine helicopters and three ambulance planes (Piper PA 42 Cheyenne, Cessna 414, Learjet 35 A) in the JLR pool.

Night Vision goggles enable primary and secondary use at the Rostock, Gießen and Bochum locations.

Since 2004 the machines have been painted in white and red with an EKG line. The changed corporate design has also been gray since 2014.


Identifier	Type	Location	operator	comment
D-HFSG (c / n 6649)	AS 365 N3	Christoph Giessen	Helicopter flight	Year of construction 2003 Nickname: "Red Nose"
D-HFLG (c / n 6757)	EC 155 B1	Christoph Mittelhessen	Helicopter flight	First EC 155 in public air rescue in Germany Year of construction 2006
D-HAMV (c / n 6100)	SA 365 N	Christoph Rostock	Rotor flight	Year of construction 1986
D-HFKG (c / n 6419)	AS 365 N2	Akkon Bochum 89-1	Helicopter flight	Year of construction 1991
D-HFOG (c / n 6356)	AS 365 N3	Air Rescue Nürburgring	Helicopter flight	Year of manufacture 1990
D-HJUH (c / n 6131)	SA 365 N	Replacement machine	Helicopter flight	Year of construction 1984
D-HJOH (c / n 6650)	AS 365 N3	Replacement machine	Helicopter flight	Year of construction 2003
D-HFVP (c / n 6352)	AS 365 N3	Replacement machine	Helicopter flight	Year of manufacture 1990 Nickname: "White Lady"
D-HJLR (formerly D-HBUB) (c / n 6514)	AS 365 N2	Replacement machine	Rotor flight	Year of manufacture 1997
D-HFHE (c / n 6034)	AS 365 N2	a. D.	Helicopter flight	Year of construction 1982
D-HAAK (c / n 5039)	SA 365 C3	a. D.	Helicopter flight	Year of construction 1978
D-HAMF (c / n 7217)	Agusta A109 A	a. D.	Rotor flight	Year of construction 1991
D-HZSJ / D-HZSK	EC 135 T2i	Christopher 35	Federal Ministry of the Interior	HEMS TC by JLR
D-HZSD / D-HZSE / D-HZSP	EC 135 T2i	Christoph 12	Federal Ministry of the Interior	JLR carrier and represents HEMS TC
D-HZSD / D-HZSG / D-HZSP	EC 135 T2i	Christoph 4	Federal Ministry of the Interior	In cooperation with the JLR

Furnishing

The ITH are equipped with a stretcher for the patient, an EKG , a suction pump, two ventilators , several syringe pumps , two emergency backpacks with medication and a touchpad for use documentation. An ECMO or an incubator can also be loaded if required.

watch TV

The JLR was accompanied in numerous documentaries and TV reports.

The Hessischer Rundfunk presented as part of the series Im Einsazt! the work on Christoph Hessen. The half-hour documentary Fliegende Intensivsation - Notruf für Christoph Gießen also appeared in 2014 on Hessischer Rundfunk. Christoph Gießen was also shown in the documentation series 112 Wir save Hessen . In the Main Tower 2019, a post on the newly commissioned service EC 155 appeared.

In the Kabel Eins documentary series The Clinic - Doctors, Helpers, Diagnoses , emergency doctors flying with Christoph Mittelhessen were filmed during primary and secondary missions in the first season. Kabel eins is also filming a mission by Christoph Rostock, which was broadcast as part of the Attention Control series.

In the TV report Air Rescue Pfalz - Save life from the air , which appeared on SWR, the team was accompanied in one shift. Stern TV showed a 24-hour shift in a short documentary. Further articles appeared on bluptv and as part of the VLN endurance championship Nürburgring .

The night flight activity of the JLR was reported in the main tower and in a video from the Bild Zeitung .