Students treated to special rescue chopper visit
Green Point Christian College students were treated to a special visit by the region’s Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service recently. The visit was all thanks to Westpac and its school landing…
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Serious injuries in head-on crash at Mount White
An investigation is underway after two people were seriously injured in a crash at Mount White early on Sunday, October 27. Emergency services responded to reports at about 7.15am of…
What it takes to be medico on the rescue helicopter
There are few paramedics who know better than Jeremy Veness the extent of training required to secure a place on the Central Coast Westpac Rescue Helicopter critical care medical team….
Pedestrian injured at Halekulani
Westpac Rescue Helicopter was called in by NSW Ambulance to fly an elderly man to hospital after he was hit by a car. The man, aged in his 80s, was…
Woman hit by car in Terrigal
A woman was hit by a car in Terrigal at about 11.30am on Monday, May 6, and airlifted to Royal North Shore Hospital. Due to the adverse weather, the woman…
Injured biker winched to safety
An injured mountain bike rider was winched by helicopter out of Ourimbah State Forest on Sunday, April 14. Westpac Rescue Helicopter was tasked by NSW Ambulance at about 10.30am on…
Medical emergency at Wadalba
A critical care medical team was flown in to Wadalba by Westpac Rescue Helicopter on Sunday, April 7, for a medical emergency. NSW Ambulance called in the chopper team at…
Motorcyclist injured in Wamberal crash
Westpac Rescue Helicopter landed on the sports field at the Tumbi Umbi Campus of Tuggerah Lakes Secondary College on Thursday, February 29, to pick up an injured motorcycle rider. The…
Elderly man injured falling on rocks
A man aged in his 80s was taken to hospital after being injured when he fell on rocks at Blue Bay on Thursday, January 18. Emergency services, including the Westpac…
Helicopter rescue for motorcyclist
At about 3.30pm on Sunday, December 10, a Westpac Rescue Helicopter was tasked by NSW Ambulance to a motorcycle accident at Ourimbah. The helicopter’s critical care medical team was winched…
Fundraisers for helicopter rescuers
The 2023 Stone Real Estate Ettalong Beach Everglades Charity Golf Day was a hole-in-one kind of day, even with the overcast skies at the start. Close to 80 golfers took…
Two people burned in house fire
Two rescue helicopters were called in to airlift a man and woman suffering burns to hospital on Thursday, October 26. The Westpac Rescue Helicopter critical care team was called in…
Diver rescued at Terrigal
Westpac Rescue Helicopter was called in by NSW Ambulance last Friday, October 20, to help a diver at Terrigal. At about 6pm thediver was pulled unconscious from the water. The…
Motorcyle accident at Gorokan
The Westpac Rescue Helicopter was called in on Monday, October 9, to airlift an injured motorbike rider to hospital after an accident at Gorokan. It happened at about 12.30pm near…
Helicopter medics to the rescue
Westpac Rescue Helicopter was tasked by NSW Ambulance to Yaramalong on Thursday, June 22, to help a man in a motorcycle accident. The accident was north-west of Wyong and the…
Man rescued from mountain bike trail
Overnight on Wednesday, March 15, Westpac Rescue Helicopter was tasked by NSW Ambulance on a primary mission to Kincumber following reports of a man who had fallen heavily from his mountain…
Two women swept into sea cave
Two women were winched to safety by the Westpac Rescue Helicopter team after being caught in a sea cave south of Catherine Hill Bay. On Saturday, March 11, two women…
Man burnt in gas bottle explosion
Just after 7pm on Australia Day, the Westpac Rescue Helicopter was sent to Point Clare, following reports of a gas bottle explosion with a man in his 80s suffering serious…
Man injured at Somersby Falls
A man has been taken to John Hunter Hospital following an incident at Somersby falls on Saturday, January 14. The Westpac Rescue Helicopter was sent to the location just after…
Home barbecue goes wrong
A man has been hospitalised after a home barbecue went wrong at Berkeley Vale on January 9. The 58-year-old was cooking steak on the rear patio of his Kingsford Smith…