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Article #26: Flying In An Air Ambulance Is Oftentimes A Life Or Death Decision

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Air ambulance services have saved the challenges
lives of countless individuals since the Depending on the circumstances, the
first such flight took place back in patient may be transported on a jet,
1928. Today, government institutions, flying as high as a commercial airliner.
private enterprises and everyday people Therefore, the transfer from ground to
just like you rely on the speed and air entails a whole new transfer of
expertise that only the air ambulance responsibility. Once onboard an air
system can provide. ambulance, the patient will need to be
When life is in peril, and transportation stabilized and the environment will need
via other modes simply wont be adequate, to be prepared for flight. Thats why its
its good to know that there is an air important for the medical staff onboard
ambulance company standing by, ready to to have additional medical training. They
save lives. Youve probably heard stories need to be prepared to deal with the
about accident victims being transported types of changes that may result in
by helicopter or by aircraft to trauma flight such as the change in air
centers. You many have even seen this pressure, humidity, gravity, oxygen
type of transportation in action. In this levels and turbulence.
type of situation, emotions run high and Here are a few examples of changes a
professionals are needed stat! patient might experience onboard. The
Air ambulances rise above it all lower humidity inside the aircraft cabin
When an air ambulance gets called to the might prevent the free flow of pulmonary
accident scene, it means the individual secretions which may lead to plugging up
has sustained significant injuries, and the airways. An eye injury might require
most often, those injuries are a patients head to be raised and/or
life-threatening. When thats the case, immobilized and might also require a
the patient has no time to wait while a change in cabin pressure. Head injury
ground ambulance makes its way across patients likewise will need their heads
town, darting in and out of traffic all elevated. Aircraft transporting patients
along the journey towards help. being administered 100% oxygen need to
In order to make a difference in a fly at lower than normal altitudes.
patients predicament, an air ambulance Already emotionally distraught, what can
needs to have onboard the right equipment complicate matters the most while on an
to effectively deal with the patients air ambulance is a patients fear of
particular injuries. Thats a tall order, flying. Being forced onto a plane, even
yet its one that most always works to the in a life-or-death situation, can
patients benefit. Ensuring that the right dramatically alter a patients vital signs
air ambulance arrives on the scene even more that they may already be
literally can make the difference between altered, making it more important than
life and death. ever for air ambulance medical staff to
Air ambulance environments present unique know what theyre doing.






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