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Thursday, 14 August 2014

Using A Fixed Wing Air Ambulance And Its Merits

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By Tanisha Berg


Injuries can be sustained in some places where the terrain or the weather cannot allow public transport, to help the situation flight medical units are used and they really make a big difference. The fatality of the injuries or the medical conditions might require medical attention very fast thus these units could airlift the individual to a nearby hospital and save the patients life. The design of a fixed wing air ambulance is made to overcame any sort of weather and land with ease and also take off without difficulty to offer the needed medical care.

Normal aircraft are the ones that are customized to make the medical flight units with intensive care units fitted, initially the flight units were exclusively made from helicopters but they are slowly being adopted in many other types. Whether government or privately owned the units are always ready to attend to any situation that arises.

Jets are being turned in to mobile medical units by corporate companies, the reliability and the comfort that comes with these jets could be the reason for this move. They combine both speed and flexibility when airlifting the patients which means the adequate care is obtained fast enough to save a life.

These particular units prosper in adversity thus the adverse climate does not affect the functionality of the units. The weather changes have the least of effects on the aircraft thus they are more than capable of delivering the patients to the hospital just in time to save their lives.

CPRs, ECGs, ventilators and monitoring units are among the units that are fitted in the aircraft; these equipments are used to stabilize the patients while being transported to the hospital for more care and attention. The patients could be having heart attack or injuries from a fatal accidents thus the units should be able to cater for the conditions which has made them to be modeled to fit any circumstance. The specialized equipment is normally set aside when calamity hits to attend to the situation, keeping balance is very vital to the aircraft thus the equipments are designed not be lightweight not to add significant weight to the flight unit.

The units have a crew that is well trained to operate the equipments in order to stabilize the patients immediately after retrieval, the make sure that the patients gets first aid and is stabilized before getting them to the hospital. They are also trained for aviation in addition to the medical training.

The mobile flight units are always available working around the clock and internationally, they can cross any border to offer medical care without the fear of being prevented by the affected country. They have a toll number that works 24 hours a day seven days a week.

The job that the flight units have done is spectacular; they give first aid before getting the patients to the hospital just in time to save the lives. What other transport systems can not over come these units override it with a lot of ease and composer that is required to save lives.




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