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Download photo Rega helicopter in flight, photographed from below against a blue sky.

Rescue helicopter Airbus Helicopters H145 D3

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Download photo Rega helicopter flying low over a meadow at the edge of a forest.

Rescue helicopter Airbus Helicopters H145 D3

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Download photo View into the cockpit of a Rega helicopter with the pilot during flight.

Airbus Helicopters H145 D3 cockpit

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Download photo Rega helicopter seen from below with a paramedic operating the rescue hoist.

Rescue with the rescue winch

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Download photo rescue helicopter AgustaWestland DaVinci
Rescue helicopter AgustaWestland DaVinci

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Download photo rescue helicopter AgustaWestland DaVinci
Rescue helicopter AgustaWestland DaVinci

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Download photo Rega ambulance jet flying over an alpine mountain landscape.

Ambulance jet Challenger 650

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Download photo Rega ambulance jet flying over a lake and shoreline.

Ambulance jet Challenger 650

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Download photo ambulance jet Challenger 650 abroad
Ambulance jet Bombardier Challenger 650

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Download photo Rega crew loading a patient abroad into the air ambulance jet.

Ambulance jet Challenger 650

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Download photo ambulance jet Challenger 650 cabin
Bombardier Challenger 650 cabin

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Download photo View into the cockpit of a Rega jet with a pilot and a female pilot during take-off.

Bombardier Challenger 650 cockpit

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Download photo Rega crew on the helipad of a hospital rooftop before handing over the patient.

Before handing over the patient in a hospital

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Download photo Rega helicopter on a winter rescue mission on a ski slope with a ski patrol staff member.

Landing on the ski slope

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Download photo Rega helicopter on a closed road with the crew loading into the rescue helicopter.

Mission after traffic accident

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Download photo mission with mountain rescuers of the Swiss Alpine Club SAC
Mission with mountain rescuers of the Swiss Alpine Club SAC

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Download photo Rega helicopter with searchlight on during a mission in hilly terrain.

Rescue operation at night

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Download photo Staff member coordinating missions on multiple screens in the operations centre.

Rega’s national air-rescue coordination centre

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Videos

In this section you will find exciting reports, unusual insights and interesting interviews. You can also find the videos on our Youtube channel.

 

21 new Rega helicopters (Episode 4 I Goodbye, HB-ZEN!)

A Rega pilot, wearing an orange uniform and a yellow high-visibility vest with the inscription "rega Pilot," stands with his back to the camera, approaching a yellow rescue helicopter on a landing pad.

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21 new Rega helicopters (Episode 4 I Goodbye, HB-ZEN!)

21 new Rega helicopters (Episode 3 I The cabin takes shape)

Rega emergency flight physician fetches medication from the cabinet in the cabin

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21 new Rega helicopters (Episode 3 I The cabin takes shape)

21 new Rega helicopters (Episode 2 I Behind the scenes)

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21 new Rega helicopters (Episode 2 I Behind the scenes)

Ready for an emergency: avalanche training on Mount Stoos

Rega staff during an avalanche drill

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Ready for an emergency: avalanche training on Mount Stoos

Twenty-one new Rega helicopters (Episode 1 | The project)

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Twenty-one new Rega helicopters (Episode 1 | The project)

Open Day at the St. Gallen base

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Open Day at the St. Gallen base

The Rega crew: apprentices at Rega

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The Rega crew: apprentices at Rega

Open Day in Lausanne

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Open Day in Lausanne

The Rega crew: intensive care flight nurse

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The Rega crew: intensive care flight nurse

On the ski piste with Rega 18

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On the ski piste with Rega 18

Medical consultants

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Medical consultants

Rega: portrait of the Rega helicopter base in Lausanne

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Rega: portrait of the Rega helicopter base in Lausanne

Everyday life at Rega: Crews train regularly for emergencies

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Everyday life at Rega: Crews train regularly for emergencies

Everyday life at Rega: rescue mission exercise with Rega 8

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Everyday life at Rega: rescue mission exercise with Rega 8

Open day at the Rega base in Zurich

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Open day at the Rega base in Zurich

The Rega crew: the paramedic

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The Rega crew: the paramedic

Our patrons keep us in the air

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Our patrons keep us in the air

Training as an aircraft mechanic

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Training as an aircraft mechanic

Everyday life at Rega: before a jet mission

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Everyday life at Rega: before a jet mission

The rescue hoist

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The rescue hoist

Open Day at the Sion base

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Open Day at the Sion base

Training exercise in a forest on 22 September 2022 in Le Brassus (Canton Vaud)

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Training exercise in a forest on 22 September 2022 in Le Brassus (Canton Vaud)

The Operations Centre

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The Operations Centre

Open day at the Rega base in Locarno

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Open day at the Rega base in Locarno

Open Day at the Belp base

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Open Day at the Belp base

With the winners of the Rega School Challenge

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With the winners of the Rega School Challenge

The winners of the Rega School Challenge

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The winners of the Rega School Challenge

Rega: 70 years of total commitment

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Rega: 70 years of total commitment

Portrait of the Rega helicopter base in Locarno

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Portrait of the Rega helicopter base in Locarno

Everyday life at Rega: the ultramodern cockpits of our ambulance jets

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Everyday life at Rega: the ultramodern cockpits of our ambulance jets

Teamwork for our patients

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Teamwork for our patients

Everyday life at Rega: training exercise for a cable car evacuation

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Everyday life at Rega: training exercise for a cable car evacuation

Returning home by ambulance jet

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Returning home by ambulance jet

Everyday life at Rega: partner training

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Everyday life at Rega: partner training

Video on the Rega base in Basel

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Video on the Rega base in Basel

Servicing the Rega ambulance jets

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Servicing the Rega ambulance jets

Stuck in the rock face

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Stuck in the rock face

The new night vision goggles

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The new night vision goggles

The AgustaWestland Da Vinci rescue helicopter

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The AgustaWestland Da Vinci rescue helicopter

Coordination centre for intensive care units

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Coordination centre for intensive care units

Video on the Rega base in Zweisimmen

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Video on the Rega base in Zweisimmen

Rega: TV spot 2020

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Rega: TV spot 2020

Rescuing people anywhere and in all weathers - IFR approach flight

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Rescuing people anywhere and in all weathers - IFR approach flight

Small contribution with a big impact

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Small contribution with a big impact

Journey home by air-ambulance

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Journey home by air-ambulance

A brief history of Rega

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A brief history of Rega

Reports

Read our reports to find out how Rega helps people in distress in Switzerland and around the world.

 

Reports

A Rega base is being built here

Aerial view of the nearly completed Rega Mollis base and the adjacent hangar, set within green fields next to the runway.

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A Rega base is being built here

“We are the link between aviation and medicine.”

Close-up of smiling Rega Paramedic Jacqueline Zbaeren putting on her flight helmet.

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“We are the link between aviation and medicine.”

Everything can change suddenly

Several Rega employees load a patient on a stretcher via the stairs into the Rega air ambulance jet, which is parked on the tarmac.

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Everything can change suddenly

Ready for a real emergency

A Rega crew transports a person on a stretcher across a snow-covered mountain landscape towards the waiting rescue helicopter.

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Ready for a real emergency

Strategically planned – from Rayong to Geneva

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Strategically planned – from Rayong to Geneva

48 hours with Rega 4

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48 hours with Rega 4

“Our Rega crews fly to over 400 airfields.”

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“Our Rega crews fly to over 400 airfields.”

Assistance in natural disasters

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Assistance in natural disasters

“I check all the helicopter functions.”

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“I check all the helicopter functions.”

Waking up in intensive care abroad

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Waking up in intensive care abroad

Nature unleashed

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Nature unleashed

“Rega helps all over the world.”

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“Rega helps all over the world.”

“Sometimes we have to improvise.”

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“Sometimes we have to improvise.”

In constant contact

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In constant contact

When horsepower runs wild

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When horsepower runs wild

A day with Rega 14

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A day with Rega 14

Indispensable specialists in the background

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Indispensable specialists in the background

Stranded in the ravine

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Stranded in the ravine

“We negotiate all over the world.”

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“We negotiate all over the world.”

Follow your dreams!

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Follow your dreams!

“It’s important to me that I fly missions regularly.”

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“It’s important to me that I fly missions regularly.”

Keen intuition and experience

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Keen intuition and experience

Sylvan Reichlin, 43, helicopter mechanic

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Sylvan Reichlin, 43, helicopter mechanic

Hanging upside down in the rock face

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Hanging upside down in the rock face

Emilio’s first flight – earlier than planned

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Emilio’s first flight – earlier than planned

One wrong step and it happened

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One wrong step and it happened

Kirsten Hannibal, 48, Logistics Medicine employee

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Kirsten Hannibal, 48, Logistics Medicine employee

“We think two steps ahead”

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“We think two steps ahead”

A network for Switzerland

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A network for Switzerland

A 30-metre fall into the depths

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A 30-metre fall into the depths

“Our aircraft are flying intensive care units”

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“Our aircraft are flying intensive care units”

Buried in a trench

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Buried in a trench

South of France twice and then back home again

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South of France twice and then back home again

Well protected homeward bound

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Well protected homeward bound

Hand in hand for Delilah

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Hand in hand for Delilah

In the ambulance jet around the world

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In the ambulance jet around the world

Rescue from the dark rock face

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Rescue from the dark rock face

Fall from a height of four metres

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Fall from a height of four metres

How bits and bytes help Rega on its missions

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How bits and bytes help Rega on its missions

Abrupt end to an adventure

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Abrupt end to an adventure

Philipp Tüchthuisen, helicopter mechanic

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Philipp Tüchthuisen, helicopter mechanic

Emilia’s first flight

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Emilia’s first flight

Werner Marty, helicopter pilot and head of the Rega base in Lausanne

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Werner Marty, helicopter pilot and head of the Rega base in Lausanne

André Urech, project manager, Events team

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André Urech, project manager, Events team

Rescue above the sea of fog

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Rescue above the sea of fog

Marcel Kalt, design engineer

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Marcel Kalt, design engineer

Tips

What do I need to bear in mind before a trip or the bathing season? How do I behave in an emergency? What do I do in the event of a burn or an avalanche accident? You will find answers to these questions and many more useful tips in our articles.

 

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“Thankful for any donation”

A professionally dressed woman wearing glasses and a beige blazer is sitting at a table. She is looking directly at the camera, while a young man in a white hoodie is sitting in the foreground with his back to the camera. An open laptop is on the table.

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“Thankful for any donation”

What to do in case of an emergency abroad

A man sleeps on a bed inside a van, with the open rear doors revealing a view of a sunny forest.

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What to do in case of an emergency abroad

Rega patronage: Your advantages in the event of a rescue mission

A crew returns to the helicopter at the helipad.

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Rega patronage: Your advantages in the event of a rescue mission

Take CRP to heart

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Take CRP to heart

Swimming safely in open water

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Swimming safely in open water

Emergencies involving young children

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Emergencies involving young children

How to prepare for a climbing tour on a via ferrata

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How to prepare for a climbing tour on a via ferrata

How to protect yourself from hypothermia

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How to protect yourself from hypothermia

How to ensure that you enjoy your holiday

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How to ensure that you enjoy your holiday

Enjoy snow sports in safety

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Enjoy snow sports in safety

Well prepared for an excursion in the mountains

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Well prepared for an excursion in the mountains

What is traumatic brain injury and when should Rega be called out?

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What is traumatic brain injury and when should Rega be called out?

Hiking with foresight

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Hiking with foresight

How to raise the alarm correctly

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How to raise the alarm correctly

Accidents on the ski slopes

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Accidents on the ski slopes

Avalanches

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Avalanches

Enjoy tobogganing safely

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Enjoy tobogganing safely

Burns

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Burns