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Thursday, 14 August 2014

The Medical Air Ambulance Services

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By Tanisha Berg


Special jets and helicopters are used to transport patients from accident scenes to health centers. They have qualified personnel that provide pre-hospital and emergency services to patients in critical condition during evacuation period. Propeller jets and helicopters are used for rescue missions in the events of floods and earthquake. These medical air ambulance services have helped save life by taking care of patients before they arrive in hospital for comprehensive treatment.

Initially aircrafts and helicopters were not used for providing health care until when world war one broke. The idea expanded drastically after Vietnam and Korea conflicted. The first emergency aircraft used for providing health care was based at Denver in 1972. Wing aircrafts are available for transporting patients for a longer distance while helicopters are for shorter distances.

The good thing about these services is that they ensure patients get quality care from the scene of the incidence before they arrive to hospitals. These facilities have made it easy for care givers to easily access trauma areas in order to take appropriate measures. They arrive to scenes very fast unlike road transport that takes more time due to such factors like traffic jam. The mode of transport is convenient and patients get an opportunity to receive treatment before getting specialized attention.

However, use of aircrafts and helicopters do not apply everywhere. The service depends on ground responders who informs the condition of the patient and whether it requires use of choppers. Crew involved should undergo training to ensure appropriate triage criteria are applied. Stringent criteria can affect quick response and transporting victims of trauma. If a victim is not in critical condition, there is no need to use helicopter since it is an expensive mode of transport.

A very important factor to consider when deciding to transport patient by helicopters is the safety of both the crew and the victims of trauma. Weather condition and the distance between trauma scene and closest trauma center should be considered before making any move. A flight can be canceled or postponed if the crew is not comfortable. If one of the crew feels uncomfortable with the flight the entire flight is cancelled.

It may be effective in saving lives but also it can be tragic because of increased number of crashes. Some of the factors that lead to fatal crashes are bad weather condition, flying at night and port crash fires. Helicopters and aircrafts used for rescue missions should always be checked on regular basis to avoid mechanical problems that can result to fatal crashes.

They are applied for transporting injured people from long distance and remote places. Service of flying patients from trauma scene to the health center is called aeromedical. Helicopters are applied for searching missing people in the sea and deep forests. Wanted people such as criminals can also be caught easily using aircraft because they are fast and can access places where other means of transport cannot access.

Emergency helicopters and aircrafts are equipped with devices used for treating patients when being flown from the scenes of accident. Common gadgets found in rescue choppers are monitoring unit and health ventilators. The aircrafts are highly used in sparsely populated places inaccessible by road.




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