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family? Are all your children included in your Family patronage? Full and up-to-date data is important for us to be able to deal with our corres pondence with you efficiently. You can notify us of your amendments at any time online or by telephone. 3 Online at www.rega.ch/admin or by telephone via 0844 834 844 (local tariff) from Monday to Friday, 8am – 5pm.
Rega helped 31 patients per day Last year, the Operations Centre organised 16,273 missions at home and abroad, and helped on average 31 patients per day. In addition, Rega assisted the Swiss authorities in dealing with the coronavirus pandemic with its expertise and infrastructure. At the request of the Confederation, the Helicopter Operations Centre acted as a national coordination centre, supporting the hospitals in their search for empty intensive care beds. This was only possible thanks to the solidarity of the Swiss population: at the end of 2020, 3,625,000 patrons were keeping Rega in the air, representing a net increase of 73,000 persons (+2 percent) compared to the previous year.
Efficient and comprehensive: the electronic patient report form Since the beginning of the year, the emergency flight physicians in the helicopter crews document every step in the medical treatment of their patients on an electronic patient report form using a tablet device. In addition, the medical equipment on board the helicopter automatically transmits the patient’s vital parameters to the report form. This ensures that the documentation is complete and also relieves the flight physician of some of the administrative work.
