Wellington Westpac Rescue Helicopter Transports Patient from Waiarapa after a fall from a ladder
Friday 9 April 2010, 7:21AM
By Westpac Rescue Helicopter
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The Wellington Based Westpac Rescue Helicopter Transported a 54yr old Male from Featherston today 8th April at 5pm.
The patient had been working up a ladder at a friends place when he fell approxamittly 2m from the ladder onto the ground near Lake Ferry in the Waiarapa.
The Helicopter responded with Two Wellington Free Ambulance Helicopter Paramedics on Board.
The Helicopter was able to land in a paddock next to the house where the patient had been driven by a friend. On the arrival of the Helicopter the patient was being treated by the local Waiarapa Ambulance.
The Patient was then flowen to Wellington Hospital Emergency Department where he is being treated and assessed for Head, Neck, Back and Chest Injuries.
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