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Former base in Cable Street. The Wellington Free Ambulance service was inaugurated on 9 November 1927 by the mayor of Wellington, Sir Charles Norwood.The catalyst for establishing a free ambulance service for the Wellington community came from the frustration of seeing an injured man lying on the road, and no hospital ambulance being available.
As of Christmas 2013, FENZ 'Co- Responds' to all "Code Purple" (typically cardiac or respiratory arrest) emergencies St John Ambulance and Wellington Free Ambulance attends nationwide. The standard FENZ response to a medical emergency is one Fire Appliance equipped with an automated external defibrillator and oxygen therapy kit.
Emergency services are primarily provided by Hato Hone St John charity (as well as Wellington Free Ambulance in the Wellington Region), supported with a mix of private (donated) and public (subsidy) funds. New Zealand has one of the highest nurse turnover rates. [6] Not all nurses leave the profession but rather continuously switch organisations.
Operations Manager Critical Care Unit / ECHO. Hato Hone St John provides ambulance services for approximately 90% of New Zealand's population. The only area where the organisation does not provide emergency ambulance services is the Greater Wellington region (specifically the areas of the former Capital and Coast, Hutt Valley, and Wairarapa DHBs), where Wellington Free Ambulance is the provider.
Life Flight, or Life Flight Trust, is a charitable trust providing an emergency air ambulance and rescue helicopter service that operates out of Wellington, New Zealand. Their services include the Wellington-based BK117 Westpac Rescue Helicopter, as well as two nationwide J32 Jetstream air ambulance planes that transport patients who are ...
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Founder chairman (1927–1966) of the Wellington Free Ambulance he served on the Wellington City Council from 1917 to 1923 and he was for one term, 1925 to 1927, twenty-second Mayor of Wellington. He was a member of the Wellington Harbour Board for more than 30 years from 1918 to 1935 and from 1938 to 1953 and its chairman from 1931 to 1933.
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