Switzerland-based Aerolite Max Bucher is exhibiting a full-scale mockup of an EMS interior for the Airbus Helicopters EC135T3/P3 light twin at Heli-Expo. The mockup includes the floor, stretcher and seats.

 “There are different possibilities, such as two stretchers and two seats or one stretcher and three seats,” André Hostettler, head of sales, told AIN. A new roll-in stretcher, also on display, has just entered service on the EC145s operated by Swiss rescue organization Rega. “It makes the handling sequence much easier,” Hostettler said. The equipment was developed in collaboration with Rega.

Aerolite claims the new stretcher is 30 percent lighter than existing systems, notably thanks to materials such as aluminum and glass-fiber honeycomb. Its dimensions are 2,240 mm (7.3 feet) long and 590 mm (1.9 foot) wide. The so-called pack rack, the “bridge” on the stretcher where the medical crew can attach various devices, is certified for use during all phases of flight. The height is adjustable to ease loading of a patient from the floor or from a hospital bed.

Aerolite is now working on a search-and-rescue interior for the AgustaWestland AW189.