Aeroplanes

Metropolitan Ambulance Service Air Wing operates four aeroplanes from our Essendon headquarters and can reach most of Victoria within an hour.

The aeroplanes are used mainly for transporting patients from rural towns to the major hospitals in Melbourne. This service includes bringing people to Melbourne for regular treatments such as oncology and dialysis while also facilitating acute medical conditions requiring surgery or the transfer of injured patients from rural hospitals to specialist care.

The aircraft are pressurised and regularly transports multiple patients to maximize efficiency. The aircraft provide a vital link between metropolitan services and rural communities. The service now reaches to more than 86 towns within Victoria while also servicing southern New South Wales, northern Tasmania and some parts of South Australia.

The service is also some times used for the repatriation of patients from other states back to Victoria for ongoing care.

The aeroplanes are also a vital service to assist with the statewide medical retrieval teams such as the Newborn Emergency Transport Service.

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