The corona pandemic is also reflected in the balance sheet of the rescue helicopter "Christoph Murnau".
In 2020 the number of missions decreased.
However, the burden on the crews has increased due to Covid-19.
The rescue helicopter "Christoph Murnau" was in the air less often in 2020 than in 2019.
This development is related to the corona pandemic.
The pollution increased significantly due to the strict hygiene and safety measures.
Murnau
- In their work, the crews of the non-profit ADAC air rescue can fall back on the most modern rescue helicopters of the types H145 and H135 from Airbus Helicopters.
Around 3.3 million kilometers were covered with them in Germany in 2020.
That is around 150,000 kilometers less than a year earlier.
Decline in stakes
The press office of ADAC Südbayern also reports declining numbers with regard to the rescue helicopter “Christoph Murnau”.
Last year, the crews of the helicopter, which is stationed at the accident clinic, started 1140 rescue flights.
This meant that the number of missions fell by 13.6 percent (2019: 1319 missions).
The reason: the corona-related restrictions in mobility.
"The burden on the crews increased significantly at the same time due to the strict hygiene and safety measures," says the press release on the 2020 deployment.
Transports in special clinics
823 alarms (72.2 percent) were so-called "primary missions": In these cases, "Christoph Murnau" had the function of delivering an emergency doctor - or the crew also took on the transport of the clinic in addition to the treatment.
181 missions (15.9 percent) were secondary transports in which a patient was brought from a hospital with a low level of care to a special clinic with extended therapy options.
136 flights were other missions or no intervention was necessary.
In the air especially after accidents
The causes: injuries after accidents were number one with 56 percent.
These include leisure, sports, school and traffic accidents.
"Christoph Murnau" comes to the rescue more than every second patient as a result of an injury - more often than any other ADAC air rescue helicopter in Germany.
This is followed by neurological emergencies such as strokes with 16 percent and cardiovascular diseases with 13 percent.
As one of four ADAC air rescue machines, "Christoph Murnau" is equipped with a winch for rescue in the Bavarian Alps or in rough terrain.
In the past year, the procedure was used 185 times with the Murnau aircraft.
Further winch stations are located in Munich, Straubing and Sande (Lower Saxony).
Almost 1,300 people work for ADAC air rescue
Nationwide, almost 1,300 people work for ADAC-Luftrettung gGmbH, which is a subsidiary of the non-profit ADAC Foundation - including around 160 pilots, around 600 emergency doctors, 250 paramedics and 150 technicians.
As a rule, the team at a station consists of three pilots, five paramedics and 15 emergency doctors.
Nationwide trend
Not only “Christoph Murnau” had to cope with fewer assignments in the past year.
The trend is also nationwide.
In the 50th year of the existence of the non-profit ADAC air rescue service, the flying yellow angels had to deploy to 51,749 missions.
The alarms from the rescue helicopters fell by a total of 2218 or 4.1 percent compared to the previous year.
Satisfied managing director
"Since the outbreak of the pandemic, we have managed to guarantee unrestricted emergency medical care for people in Germany," explained Managing Director Frédéric Bruder when presenting the annual balance sheet.
"In these difficult times, this is a great achievement by our crews and all employees of ADAC air rescue."
Andrea David, Chairman of the ADAC Foundation, also emphasized the high number of operations: “Since 2013, for the eighth year in a row, ADAC Air Rescue has been alerted to more than 50,000 emergencies every year.
This record balance shows the importance of quick help from the air in emergency medicine in Germany. "
Great organization
With more than 50 rescue helicopters and 37 stations, ADAC air rescue is one of the largest air rescue organizations in Europe.
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