MISSION AIRLIFT

A high degree of professional skill is needed to evacuate casualties. Understandably, the objective is to keep patients alive and safely bring them to a major medical facility.

Following all requisite confirmations, the flying doctors commence loading medical equipment and extraneous items into the van and immediately start moving towards the airport. Swiftness and efficiency are essential in this field of rescue and air ambulance services. Once the medical team has left the office, the captain of the aircraft is contacted and informed about the movement of the medical team, so that he may prepare the aircraft for take off.

All formalities pertaining to the availability of the aircraft, aircrew, refuelling, ATC permission and other clearances are pre-arranged by the technical staff.

As the team arrives at the airport, all the medical equipment and other items are loaded onto the aircraft and within a period of 15-20 minutes the aircraft undergoes conversion to an Air Ambulance fitted with all intensive care unit airworthy portable medical equipment.

Treating doctors of the medical facility where the patient is located - and is already receiving primary care - are informed in advance to move the patient to the airport, if possible, otherwise our medical team goes to the patient's location. As far as possible, all necessary measures for the intensive care of the patient are completed on the ground itself and the patient is promptly put on all required life support.

Once inside the Air Ambulance, our medical team consisting of two highly skilled doctors in critical care medicine and high altitude physiology give their best to the ailing casualty and ensure his safe arrival to a major medical facility.

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