Norsk Luftambulanse
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| Founded | 4 December 1977 |
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| Founder | Jens Moe |
| Type | Foundation |
| Location | |
| Product | Air ambulance |
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Members
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706,000 |
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Key people
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Terje Thon (Chairman) Åslaug Haga (Secretary General) |
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Employees
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220 |
| Website | norskluftambulanse.no |
Stiftelsen Norsk Luftambulanse ("Norwegian Air Ambulance Foundation", NLA) is a Norwegian non-profit foundation which promotes and operates helicopter air ambulance services. As of 2014[update], they operate seven Eurocopter EC135 and one EC145 helicopters out of seven bases in Norway, based on contracts with the state through the Norwegian Air Ambulance. In Denmark, they operate three EC135 out of three bases.
The foundation carried out charitable work, including providing additional funding for all helicopter ambulances in Norway to increase their medical equipment. It also funds research within emergency medicine and operates a service to fly its members home in case of illness. With 706,000, it is the organization in Norway with the most members. Operations are carried out through the subsidiary Norsk Luftambulanse AS.
Established in 1977 by Jens Moe, operations out of Lørenskog Heliport, Central Hospital started the following year. The services out of Stavanger commenced in 1981. The state funding started in 1988, after which NLA established the bases at Bergen and Trondheim. NLS later won contracts to operate out of Arendal, Ål, Dombås, and Førde.
A government commission which published its results in 1977 considered the possibility for a helicopter-based air ambulance service. They concluded that although there could be benefits with a service, the cost would have to weighed up with other health activities. The commission also commented on that the helicopters would lay hold on a large number of physicians.
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