History

The beginning of “Germany helicopter first aid” is the experiment navigation in Munich at the end of 1960s. In those day, there were many fatal accidents of the autobahn, so ADAC which the travel accident insurance dealt with reduced casualties and wanted to reduce the payment of the insurance. However, it was not only a purpose. It is humanitarian that the member of ADAC saves human life as much as possible,not only so, it was extremely noble duties but was a way of thinking to be to raise social fame of ADAC.

In this way, Mr.Kugler and the emergency medical specialist belonging to ADAC chater a small helicopter from 1968s, and the possibility of use as an emergency machine and the effect of the medical side were checked by experiment navigation.
As a result, full-scale helicopter first aid began in the HARAHIN Hospital in Munich on November 1, 1970. In those days the helicopter was MBB BO105 made in Germany, it was latest .
It was a small helicopter of five standard seating-passenger, but It was safe because it was equipped with two turbine engines.There is a shell door in the rear of a helicopter, and it became double doors opening outward greatly. Therefore, it was suitable also for shipping and discharging of the stretcher.

The basic concept of the "Munich model" was spread quickly, and it increased to ten places in four years after a start. In 1974, the West Germany government accepted the result of ADAC, and the government also began to operate a helicopter.
The above is the beginning of helicopter emergency.
By the way, what is a doctor helicopter？

Doctor helicopter is the system to convey the doctor familiar with emergency care, for the seriously ill patient who dose not choose a time and a place. The time from sick person generating to a primary care start is shortened sharply, and it is shown cleaely that a good gross result is brought to an emergency patient.

The environment which surrounds the rescue and the emergency that utilized the Japanese airplane has accomplished the big change in 2000 downward.

The Southern Hyogo Prefecture Earthquake occurred on January 17, 1995 in Japan. The Kobe earthquake accompanying it became a cause of doctor helicopter introduction. As for the doctor helicopter of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare which became formal enforcement from the 2001 fiscal year, the enterprise is undertaken in 14 place 13 all prefectures way prefectures all over the country now in February, 2008. Organization maintenance which enables taking off and landing of a up to [ the highway main line ] is also advanced in response to 4 ministries-and-government-offices agreement of a country. At the ordinary Diet session in June, 2007, "Special Measures Law about the reservation of emergency care using the helicopter for emergency care" was approved and enacted, and the organization by which the helicopter which saves a life still more is arranged in the whole country solidified.