LETTERS Postbag
BBC Real Rescues I recently saw your helicopter land at my local hospital and noticed a man with a camera filming. I was curious about what was happening as I often watch the helicopter programmes on the telly. I think you do a fantastic job, so hopefully you will get lots of publicity. M Covacic, en-route to Australia
Dear Mr. Covacic, Yes you are absolutely right. We were delighted to have Andy Miles filming with us this week. The front cover of our magazine shows him filming at our airbase. Andy is working for Topical Television, who produce the series BBC Real Rescues and, with the patient’s consent, we hope to play a part in the series, which is due to be aired in June!
We’d love to hear from you! Please send your letters to: DSAA, Landacre House, Castle Road, Chelston Business Park, Wellington TA21 9JQ, or email:
info@dsairambulance.org.uk
cont’d from previous page... parts underneath the helicopter a bit like your feet. If I’m needed, Dasher thought, then someone must be
really hurt. It was time to fly. As quick as a flash, Dasher was standing on the runway with her rotors racing and she was ready to go. On board with Pilot Pierce was paramedic Honey and
paramedic Dan. Dasher took off slowly and started to reverse into the air as she always did. As she flew over the fields, roads and rivers she once again pictured herself racing against all the other helicopters, but this time it was for real. “Helimed 10 what is your ETA?” said a voice over the
radio. Helimed was Dasher’s call sign, her radio name and her ETA was the time it would take her to reach the incident. “ETA 1 minute,” Pilot Pierce replied. “Thank you, Roger,” the radio called again. They soon reached the motorway where the incident had happened. The landing was going to be very tricky, Dasher thought to herself. She had to land on the motorway and although the police had stopped the cars, there were lots of other problems for Dasher to worry about. There were cows munching grass in a field on the right, sheep munching grass in a field on the left, cars on the motorway and a bridge with lots of children watching in front of them. Very carefully Dasher moved herself into position a little to the left, a little to the right and then slowly down into
A letter of thanks from us… Penny and Barry Goldsmith were the lucky winners of our Grand Summer Draw 2011 and after we presented them with a cheque at their family home, they asked if there was anything else that they could do for us. They have subsequently helped us by delivering over 1,000 Beeline magazines to homes in the Verwood area. A huge thank you from us all!
the perfect landing spot. “That’s my girl,” said Pilot Pierce and he patted Dasher on the nose. Both paramedic Honey and paramedic Dan jumped out of Dasher and rushed over to the incident. “Helimed 10 has landed at the accident site,” Pilot Pierce
told the control room. “Roger,” the controller called back. Dasher was very puzzled. She was Helimed 10 but who
was Roger? Before she could even blink the paramedics rushed back
to Dasher with a patient. “This man needs to get to hospital in 10 minutes. Can you
make it?” they both shouted. “Of course we can,” replied Pilot Pierce. “Come on girl,” he said to Dasher. “Helimed 10 on route to the hospital. ETA 8 mins,” Pilot
Pierce told the controller. “Roger,” the controller called back. With a top speed of 150mph Dasher raced to the hospital
in record time. She was the fastest helicopter in the air and she was the winner. Dasher had once again saved the day. She didn’t need a
trophy or a medal because it was praise enough to know that she had saved her patient. If you would like to write a short story about Dasher, we would love to read it. Please post it to the address in the box above or email it to:
info@dsairambulance.org.uk
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