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36 patients per day: more Rega missions than in the previous year

Rega jets in continuous operation after accident in Crans Montana

Rega is ready for the festive season

Rega submits planning application for new headquarters in Kägiswil (Canton of Obwalden)

A Rega base is being built here

“We are the link between aviation and medicine.”

Everything can change suddenly

Ready for a real emergency

“Thankful for any donation”

Ground-breaking: Rega can wait no longer and is commencing construction of the new helicopter base in Samedan

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

Strategically planned – from Rayong to Geneva

48 hours with Rega 4

What to do in case of an emergency abroad

The new helicopter fleet

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

“Our Rega crews fly to over 400 airfields.”

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

Rega publishes its Annual Report 2024

Lausanne is the first base to benefit from Rega’s new state-of-the-art helicopter

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

First missions for the new Rega helicopter

Ready for an emergency: avalanche training on Mount Stoos

Improved medical care for avalanche victims

35 patients per day: Rega’s help was in great demand in 2024 too

Rega takes delivery of the first new rescue helicopter of its future single-type fleet

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

Take CRP to heart

Assistance in natural disasters

“I check all the helicopter functions.”

Waking up in intensive care abroad

Nature unleashed

Open Day at the St. Gallen base

The Rega crew: apprentices at Rega

Swiss pioneering feat: Rega and FOCA attain worldwide milestone in helicopter aviation

Open Day in Lausanne

“Rega helps all over the world.”

“Sometimes we have to improvise.”

In constant contact

When horsepower runs wild

Swimming safely in open water

A day with Rega 14

The Rega crew: intensive care flight nurse

Rega publishes its Annual Report 2023

On the ski piste with Rega 18

Rega sells four rescue helicopters to New Zealand

37 patients per day: Rega’s help is once again in great demand in 2023

Medical consultants

Emergencies involving young children

Indispensable specialists in the background

Stranded in the ravine

“We negotiate all over the world.”

Follow your dreams!

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

Keen intuition and experience

Rega puts two new flight simulators into operation

Rega: portrait of the Rega helicopter base in Lausanne

Everyday life at Rega: Crews train regularly for emergencies

Everyday life at Rega: rescue mission exercise with Rega 8

Open day at the Rega base in Zurich

The Rega crew: the paramedic

How to prepare for a climbing tour on a via ferrata

Sylvan Reichlin, 43, helicopter mechanic

Hanging upside down in the rock face

Emilio’s first flight – earlier than planned

Rega invests in its own aircraft simulator

Our patrons keep us in the air

Training as an aircraft mechanic

Rega publishes its Annual Report 2022

Swiss Helicopter and Rega invest in training helicopter pilots

Rega helped more patients than ever before

How to protect yourself from hypothermia

One wrong step and it happened

21 new rescue helicopters for Rega

Kirsten Hannibal, 48, Logistics Medicine employee

Everyday life at Rega: before a jet mission

“We think two steps ahead”

The rescue hoist

A network for Switzerland

A 30-metre fall into the depths

Open Day at the Sion base

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

The Operations Centre

Open day at the Rega base in Locarno

Purchase agreement for all-weather rescue helicopters terminated

Open Day at the Belp base

With the winners of the Rega School Challenge

“Our aircraft are flying intensive care units”

Rega invests in air rescue in Geneva

The winners of the Rega School Challenge

How to ensure that you enjoy your holiday

Buried in a trench

Rega: 70 years of total commitment

Rega celebrates its 70th anniversary

Annual Media Conference 2022: Further development of the Rega drone and a new Rega app

Rega is modernising and expanding its helicopter fleet

Rescue hoist mission on the Eiger in the dark

Portrait of the Rega helicopter base in Locarno

Missions in 2021: record year – Rega in greater demand than ever before

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

Teamwork for our patients

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

Rega strengthens its air-rescue operations by stationing a helicopter in Sion, Canton Valais

Returning home by ambulance jet

Well protected homeward bound

South of France twice and then back home again

Enjoy snow sports in safety

Everyday life at Rega: partner training

Hand in hand for Delilah

Video on the Rega base in Basel

A new simulator for various helicopter types

Servicing the Rega ambulance jets

In the ambulance jet around the world

Rescue from the dark rock face

Stuck in the rock face

Well prepared for an excursion in the mountains

New night vision goggles for Rega

The new night vision goggles

The AgustaWestland Da Vinci rescue helicopter

Missions in 2020: Rega helped 31 patients per day

Coordination centre for intensive care units

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

Fall from a height of four metres

Video on the Rega base in Zweisimmen

Hiking with foresight

How to raise the alarm correctly

More than 100 COVID-19 missions for Rega crews

How bits and bytes help Rega on its missions

Annual Report 2019 of Rega

Rega: TV spot 2020

Rega jets repatriated 50 patients in the last four weeks

Missions in 2019: Rega helped 31 patients per day

3.5 million people place their trust in Rega

Abrupt end to an adventure

Accidents on the ski slopes

Philipp Tüchthuisen, helicopter mechanic

Emilia’s first flight

Avalanches

Enjoy tobogganing safely

Rescuing people anywhere and in all weathers - IFR approach flight

Small contribution with a big impact

Rega is awarded reaccreditation by CAMTS

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

Journey home by air-ambulance

A brief history of Rega

André Urech, project manager, Events team

Annual Media Conference 2019: The new Rega drone flies and searches autonomously

Missions in 2018: Rega helped more than 11,500 patients

New cooperation between Rega and the Swiss Paraplegic Foundation

Michael Hobmeier is the new Chairman of Rega’s Foundation Board

Rescue above the sea of fog

Marcel Kalt, design engineer

First mission for the new Rega helicopter

Summer holidays: high season for Rega

Burns

New rescue helicopters for Rega

Annual Media Conference 2018: Rega takes delivery of its new ambulance jet

In 2017, Rega helped an average of 29 patients per day

Rescuing in all weathers: FOCA grants Rega a special authorisation

Summer holiday missions: Rega flies 260 patients back to Switzerland

Annual Media Conference 2017: Rega uses lasers to detect obstacles

Rega purchases six new rescue helicopters

Rega is the first European organisation to receive CAMTS accreditation

Annual Media Conference 2016: Rega invests in the air rescue of the future

One million downloads for Rega’s emergency app

Milestone: Rega purchases three all-weather rescue helicopters of the type AW169-FIPS

After the terrorist attacks in Paris: Rega in operation for an injured Swiss national

Rescuing people despite adverse weather: Rega tests new instrument flight route from the Engadin to Chur

Rega purchases three new ambulance jets

Annual Media conference: Three new ambulance jets for Rega

Rescuing people anywhere and in all weathers

Pioneers, part 5 - mission in the Grand Canyon

Pioneers, part 4 - public demonstration in Zurich

Pioneers, part 3 - Bucher and Bühler

Pioneers, part 2 -- "Flying" dogs

Pioneers, part 1 -- The parachutists

Remove project - Rega ensures flight safety

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