Interview: AMREF Flying Doctors

Clara Bullock spoke to Stephen Gitau, CEO of Kenya-based air medical service provider AMREF Flying Doctors, about adapting to his role during a pandemic and how he still finds his…

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

Case Study: Providing air medical services in remote locations

Dr Annemay Huppert discusses the importance of preparation in providing air assistance in the most remote locations