Transport of heavyweight patients in air ambulances
FAI Air Ambulance recently transported a 61-year-old, ventilated intensive care patient with a weight of 189kg and a height of 183cm (shoulder-toshoulder: 67cm/hip-to-hip: 71cm) from Thailand to Norway for ongoing…
Dr Ulrich Carshagen, Air Rescue Group Lead Flight Physician, Africa, describes a case involving a patient with a limbthreatening injury who needed to be evacuated rapidly from a central African…
When experience counts – a critical care mission from Shanghai to the UK
It was another busy day at the operations centre of Redstar Aviation (RSA) in the early days of January, when the team would receive a call for help that would…