About
Snowy Hydro SouthCare has conducted 3786 as of January 11, 2010.
"The bottom line is if it weren't for the Snowy Hydro SouthCare helicopter, I would have died." Former patient Tim Diggs
Snowy Hydro SouthCare began on 1 October 1998, as the primary provider of aero-medical and rescue helicopter services to people in the ACT and South-eastern NSW.
Since that time, the Service has completed over 3600 missions.
The Service provides care through three main types of helicopter missions. Primary missions, where highly trained crews fly directly to the scene of an accident and transport patient(s) as quickly as possible to hospital and further care.
Secondary missions; when patients are in need of urgent, specialised, medical services. The rescue helicopter transfers patients from regional areas to major hospitals that can provide the needed care.
The helicopter also conducts non-medical missions including search and rescue and assisting the Bushfire Service with aerial fire-fighting, like our participation in the 2003 bush fires as well as the Sydney to Hobart Yacht races.
While the helicopter is based in Canberra, Snowy Hydro SouthCare's primary service area extends east to the coast, south to the Victorian border, and west to Wagga Wagga and north almost to Sydney.
As Snowy Hydro SouthCare completes one mission nearly every day of the year, it is clear that this life-saving service is an important part of our community.
The Service could not exist without the generous and ongoing support from its partner, Snowy Hydro Limited, our community sponsors and the generous community that give their time and money to make Snowy Hydro SouthCare possible. For more information on how you can help us please head to the donations page on the website or email us at info@snowyhydrosouthcare.com.au. Alternatively you can contact us on 02 6207 9923.
"I can't believe how fast they responded. We are blessed to have a service like that and everyone should support them." Former patient Dawn Barton.
It could be an accident on a lonely country road, a bushwalker lost in the mountains or a seriously ill patient in a regional hospital. Snowy Hydro SouthCare is there to help 24 hours a day, every day of the year.
