French Navy
4 Jan, 12[electronic translation] December 31, 2011, the Cayman NH90 NFH of the flotilla of 33F-Lanvéoc Poulmic conducted its first medical evacuation, one of the missions assigned to this new helicopter for the Navy.
December 31 at 8 am 30, the operational center of the Navy in Brest contacts the driver alert fleet 33E of the BAN-Lanvéoc Poulmic medicalized for evacuation on the island of Ushant.
The medical team SAR (search and rescue) Lanvéoc-board a helicopter Cayman supports a patient of 86 years.
The weather can not put a device on the helipad of the University Hospital of Brest. The Caymanarises at the naval base at Brest. The doctor SAR accompanies the patient, carried by a vehicle rescue and assist victims of marine Brest-Fire, to the emergency hospital.
The excellent coordination between the EMS and the medical team 29 Lanvéoc allowed to carry out this mission, not without emotion as the "uprooting" of an islander is always an event.
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