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…