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This is how we help you
Rega is on standby 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, ready to respond to emergency calls – both in Switzerland and abroad. Are you seriously injured or ill? With Rega you can count on swift, uncomplicated emergency assistance by air.
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Search and rescue
The search for missing, injured or ill persons is one of Rega’s core competences. It has various resources at its disposal to perform search and rescue missions. If there is good reason to believe that a person has gone missing and is in distress, the Rega flight coordinator initiates a search and rescue mission and, in consultation with the search specialist, deploys the appropriate operational resources: the nearest rescue helicopter for an initial search flight, the search helicopter with the high-tech search system, the Rega drone, or the mountain rescuers from the Swiss Alpine Club SAC. During the search mission, the Operations Centre is in constant contact with all the emergency services and partners involved.
This is how to call out Rega in Switzerland and worldwide
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Always call out Rega if you require immediate assistance by a rescue helicopter. For example:
- in rough, inaccessible terrain
- if swift, gentle transport to a central hospital is necessary (e.g. in the case of suspected stroke, heart attack, back injury, severe burns, etc.)
- after an avalanche accident
Further information:
+41 333 333 333 from abroad
Contact us if you are abroad and require medical advice or medical treatment is inadequate or not available at all. In many cases, our medical consultants can help you over the phone. Or we will arrange for you to be flown home in a Rega ambulance jet or on a scheduled flight under the professional care of a Rega medical specialist.
Further information:
PDF: Medical emergencies abroad
Questions and answers on the subject of Alarm
Select the subject area for answers to frequently asked questions and further information.
The Rega app
Rega’s emergency app has proved its worth in thousands of missions. In the Rega app, a tap of the finger is all it takes to initiate an alarm call and automatically transmit the location to the Rega Operations Centre.
Our operation partners
Good collaboration with our operation partners is essential for the success of a mission. Depending on the type of mission, our helicopter crews also require the assistance of partners with specialised knowledge, expertise and equipment.
More about our operation partners
Swiss Air-Ambulance
Swiss Air-Ambulance can organise and execute medical evacuations and medically escorted repatriations from virtually any country in the world. Our three fully dedicated, long-range ambulance jets are used exclusively for ambulance flights and are fitted out as intensive-care units, guaranteeing top-quality medical assistance.
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