Aeronautica Militare: night transport by helicopter from Ischia for serious trauma

An HH-139 helicopter of the 85th CSAR (Combat Search and Rescue Search and Rescue) Center of the 15th Wing of the Air Force was activated in the middle of the night to transport a seriously injured man from the island of Ischia to the Cardarelli hospital of Naples.

The helicopter, on the orders of the Poggio Renatico Air Operations Command, in turn alerted by the Prefecture of Naples, took off from the Pratica di Mare airport (RM) shortly after midnight for the island of Ischia.

Once the traumatized person had boarded, the helicopter took off immediately towards Rome where it landed directly at the Cardarelli hospital just before 02:00. The patient was quickly disembarked and hospitalized for the necessary treatment.

The 85th Center is one of the Departments of the 15 Stormo of the Italian Air Force which guarantees, 24 hours a day, 24 days a year, without interruption, the search and rescue of flight crews in difficulty, also contributing to activities of public utility such as the search for missing persons at sea or in the mountains, the emergency medical transport of patients in danger of life and the rescue of seriously traumatized patients, operating in any weather condition.

Aeronautica Militare: night transport by helicopter from Ischia for serious trauma

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