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… will continue to address the many challenges in the future and, together with our operation partners, ensure that our patients benefit from the advances in medicine and technology. On doing so, the focus is always on guaranteeing the safety of the crews and third parties, as well as providing the best possible medical care to our patients.
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…seven-year-old grand daughter beams at me and selects “ Repeat tasks”.
The natural ease with which even second- graders use digital devices shows just how strongly information technology is permeating our everyday lives. At Rega, too – which has always used state-of-the-art technology to further improve its air rescue services – digital solutions are…
… that can fly in all weathers. From slate blackboards, chits of paper and radio transceivers as big as a refrigerator, to highly advanced dispatch systems and cutting-edge technology that enables the emergency caller’s exact location to be relayed via iPhone. Over the years, the financial situation of the fledgling air rescue organisation has often…
… He is married and has two grown-up children.
After gaining his Matura diploma at grammar school, he studied electrical engineering at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich. He subsequently became Technical Director at Procalor AG in Zurich, before moving to Bauer Kaba in 1976, where he held the position of CEO at several…
… nerve centre. It receives emergency calls around the clock and coordinates all the missions, both at home and abroad. The work that is now facilitated by state-of-the-art technology was earlier done by hand.
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The development of the Rega fleet over six decades Rega’s helicopters and ambulance jets depicted on a double-page spread, and on…
…sing persons.
16 Innovations: Rega’s Design and Development Centre creates customised solutions for the crews.
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18 In focus: the Rega search helicopter and its sophisticated technology.
21 Opinion on Rega’s 70th anniversary and its greatest “invention”.
Horizons
22 In dialogue: Medical Director Roland Albrecht explains how medical care at Rega…
… took the opportunity to have a close-up look at the new Rega Airbus H145 helicopter and to ask the crew about their everyday work, their equipment and the cutting-edge technology on board the new aircraft.
“Rega is indispensable for our canton.”
Glarus is the first canton in Switzerland to conclude a cooperation agreement with Rega. Glarus…
…ecorded,” says Salathé. “For every hour we work on the helicopter, another half an hour is spent doing all the necessary paperwork.”
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1 Dexterity is called for: new technology in the cockpit invariably involves installing complex wiring harnesses.
3 Responsibility: after installation, all the func tions are carefully checked and tested…
… be carrying out repatriation flights all over the world from
was removed to make space in the cabin for the medical equipment.
2018, represent not just cutting-edge technology, but
For the patients, who spent most of
also the culmination of almost six decades of experience
the time asleep, this was of little con
in aeromedical…
… victim support centres or social service authorities. These professional support workers also operate as care teams in crisis situations.
Encounters Insight
New technology at the Patronage Centre
Why a new system is making a big difference behind the scenes at Rega – and what it means for our patrons.
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In future, everyone…
