Intensive care paramedic Ross Aitken, of the Auckland Rescue Helicopter Trust, delivered a baby mid-flight yesterday. The Auckland Rescue Helicopter Trust was called to Onetangi about 5.30pm yesterday to help a woman who had gone into labour. "It was a very normal delivery, apart from being in a helicopter," he said. Aitken has worked as an intensive care paramedic since 2000 in ambulances and with the Auckland Rescue Helicopter Trust since 2011. He said he had helped to deliver babies at home or in ambulances, but never mid-flight in a helicopter.

Source: Otago Daily Times October 18, 2020 22:07 UTC