About Us
Snowy Hydro SouthCare has conducted 3,319 missions...
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 southeastern NSW. Since that time, the Service has completed over 3,000 missions through partnerships with the ACT and NSW Ambulance Services, The Canberra Hospital, and CHC Helicopters (Australia).
The Service provides care through three main types of helicopter missions. In primary missions, highly-trained crews fly directly to the scene of an accident and transport patient(s) as quickly as possible to hospital. Secondary missions are when patients in need of urgent, specialised, medical-services are transferred from regional areas to 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.
While the helicopter is based in Canberra, Snowy Hydro SouthCare's primary service area extends east to the coast, south to the Victorian border, west to Wagga Wagga and north almost to Sydney. The rescue helicopter also provides support to other service providers throughout NSW and Victoria when necessary.
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 principal and naming-rights sponsor, Snowy Hydro Limited, and all the generous community partners that give their time and money to make Snowy Hydro SouthCare possible. For more information on how you can become a part of this extremely important group, visit our Donations Page or contact our office at (02) 6207-8375 or by email at info@snowyhydrosouthcare.com.au.
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.
