By: Ramon Wenink & Martin Scharenborg / Global Aviation Review Press ®
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lthough some regions have become accustomed to helicopters responding to serious accidents, this form of emergency medical service is still relatively new in the
Netherlands. In Germany, doctors were already sounding the alarm in the late 1960s due to a rapidly increasing number of traffic fatalities. To improve survival chances, it was essential not only to reach accident scenes more quickly, but also to transport patients to trauma centers faster. The ADAC (Allgemeiner Deutscher Automobil-Club) took the initiative to conduct trials
using rented MBB Bö 105 helicopters. The results were so promising that in November 1970, a permanent civilian rescue helicopter was stationed in Munich. In the years that followed, the number of locations grew significantly. Partly thanks to the success of the German network of military and civilian rescue helicopters, interest in establishing a similar service in the Netherlands grew in the mid-1980s — especially as traffic in the Randstad region became increasingly congested.
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