Only if you are already close by can you get to the patient quickly: how, over a period of decades, Rega has built up one of the densest air rescue networks in the world with the support of the Swiss population, and how it continues to strengthen its operational concept in order to constantly improve medical assistance by air.

With its in-house Design and Development Centre, Rega has the necessary expertise to make modifications to its aircraft or to develop equipment parts itself. Two current examples show how even seemingly minor improvements facilitate the work of the crews when out on a mission and thus also benefit the patients.

In the early days of Swiss Air-Rescue, medical treatment in the field of air rescue was extremely limited. It was only when technical advances in aviation opened up new possibilities that Rega was able to gradually improve the medical care of its patients.