Transporting a patient in the Antarctic

On an afternoon in late 2021, Redpoint Travel Protection was contacted by a ship’s doctor advising that a Redpoint policyholder aboard a ship to Antarctica had a sudden cardiac event...

Quick decisions, fast-moving care

Musa Gürçay, Operation Manager for MedJET Medical Assistance, shared details of an evacuation from Turkey where a sudden change in destination meant cooperation from existing partners on the ground was...

Case Study: AirCARE1 uses High Flow Oxygen Therapy on board its air ambulance

In the past, High Flow Oxygen Therapy has only been used in a hospital setting. After observing the major benefits of this therapy, AirCARE1 incorporated high flow into the company’s...

Case Study: Transporting a Covid patient on ECMO across the globe

In August 2021, AirMed International set out to complete a transport that most would consider impossible. They needed to move a Covid-19 patient on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) from the...

Case Study: How to transport a patient with respiratory insufficiency

A patient with respiratory insufficiency is likely to aggravate their respiratory distress during transport, especially with aeronautical constraints and pressurisation phenomena

Case Study: Airlec Air Ambulance uses first air ambulance configuration of Falcon 900EX

Paul Tiba describes a memorable mission that made use of Airlec’s Falcon 900EX – the world’s first version of the aircraft in air ambulance configuration