The NSRI Air Sea Rescue unit (NSRI ASR) and a Metro doctor and a Metro paramedic are responding aboard two Air Force Oryx helicopters, 90 nautical miles South off Cape Point, to casualty evacuate a patient suspected to be suffering a Myocardial Infarction on a bulk carrier.
The rescue team were alerted at 12h50 today, Saturday 19 June 2010.
Two Oryx helicopters from the South African Air Force (SAAF) 22 Squadron from Air Force Base Ysterplaat are airborne (13h24) on the mission which is expected to take two hours.
The Metro Ambulance and Rescue Services duty doctor has relayed medical advice to the ships medical crew to stabilize the patient, who is believed to be in a serious condition, pending the arrival of the rescue team.
Each helicopter comprises 2 SAAF rescue pilots, a SAAF engineer, 2 NSRI rescue swimmers and a Metro medic.
It has not been decided yet to which hospital the patient will be airlifted to.
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