Air Disaster - Disaster Medicine
The Institute offers the complete range of equipment for Emergency Medicine and Disaster Medicine.
And not only highest quality equipment is provided but also best possible services (excellent training and teaching for your staff).
All Services are available in English , German , French and Arabic language!
The Institute operates worldwide and provides equipment and services in the following categories:
# All hospital equipment: e.g. for Mass Casualties or NBC-Threats (Decontamination units etc.)
# Customized solutions for complete AIR RESCUE systems (Equipment and Training)
# Customized solutions for complete WATER RESCUE systems (Equipment and Training)
# All equipment and services for GROUND BASED RESCUE SERVICES (All terrain)
# All equipment and services for AIR RESCUE SERVICES (Incl. Individual trainings for your staff)
# All equipment and services for WATER RESCUE SERVICES (Incl. individual trainings for your staff)
# The GERMAN-EQUIPMENT© product-line (incl. individual training for your staff):
# mobile hospitals
# mobile operating rooms
# mobile intensive care units
# mobile decontamination units
# The Institute provides RECRUITMENT of experts for Emergency Medicine and Disaster Medicine
# Planning and support of mass events - experienced staff (Medical and Security) to support your event
The Institute operates worldwide.
Air Ambulance - Special Treatments
1) Head and Neck;
a) Balloons: All balloons e.g. nasal balloons for posterior nasal bleed shall be filled with water whenever possible.
b) Trapped air: Aircraft pressure may need to be adjusted for patient comfort due to the expansion of trapped air in sinuses, dental cavities, or middle ear blockage. Patients with intracranial or intracerebral air will need to be flown at or near a sea level equivalent pressure. Patients prone to middle ear block will be offered chewing gum and/or afrin nasal spray if clinically appropriate.
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Problems: air ambulance services in india
1. Restrictions by the AAI.
a. Private road ambulances cannot be taken inside the airport, up-to the aircraft for loading and offloading the casualties.
b. No priority given to the medical emergency flights.
Air ambulance services today
Air ambulance services today
Transfer from military evacuation to today’s sophisticated EMS (Emergency Medical Services) programs for all concerned did not occur overnight. Australia a land of vast distances and scattered population probably deserves the credit for being the leader in integrating the airplane into the health care delivery system. The air ambulance industry all over the world from the early MAST type operations to today’s increasingly sophisticated programs in the western countries has only one goal: “Get the patient to the best medical care available as rapidly and as safely as possible a rewarding goal with proven medical benefits.
History of air ambulance services
History of air ambulance services
First air evacuation was done in 1870 33 yrs. before the historic Kitty Hawk flight when 160 wounded casualties were evacuated by air balloons during Prussian siege of Paris by French Physiologist and Father of Aero medicine Paul Bert. In 1909 Capt George Gosman thought of using fixed-wing aircraft as air ambulance. In 1917 French aircraft Dorand AR II was used as the first such air ambulance. During World War II nearly 1 million causalities were evacuated by air with a death rate of 4/100000.
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Air ambulance - Wikipedia
aircraft (often a helicopter) that is used for emergency medical assistance in situations where a road ambulance cannot easily or quickly reach the scene. Usually an air ambulance is equipped with material which enables the crew to give a first adequate medical treatment to a critically injured or ill patient. This mostly includes for example a respirator, medicines, an ECG and monitoring unit, CPR equipment, a stretcher, etc.The medical crew of an air ambulance normally consists of one or more paramedics but is mostly joined by a flight nurse or a physician who has been specially trained for this duty. Who exactly forms the crew with which qualification depends on the regional structure of the emergency medical assistance which the air ambulance usually cooperates with. On many air ambulance, pilots with immense experience in avionic matters and flight business are occupied. This is required because the conditions of air ambulance flights are often much less convenient than regular non-emergency flight services.
The first air ambulance service was established in outback Australia, in 1928, an organisation that became the Royal Flying Doctor Service. In 1947, J. Walter Schaefer of Schaefer Ambulance Service in Los Angeles, California, started the first air ambulance service in the United States. Schaefer Air Service is also the first FAA certified air ambulance service in the U.S.
Private sector Air Ambulances are quite expensive and therefore travelers who may need the service need to purchase adequate travel insurance with a high enough medical evacuation benefit to pay for such emergency transport services, should the need arise. It is better to travel insured and have an assistance company negotiate on your behalf with the air ambulance provider than to deal with the air ambulance company directly as an (uninsured) individual. The assistance company has the authority from the travel insurance company (pending verification of coverage) to pay the provider directly, and can usually negotiate a better rate than private individuals. However, the assistance company is bound to follow the insurance policy guidelines exactly, which usually stipulate the transport must be medically necessary, and requires transporting the patient to the nearest adequate medical facility, which is not necessarily the patient’s home hospital in many cases. Some travel policies can be purchased as annual, renewing memberships and allowing insureds to choose destinations for air ambulance transports, but these are rare and more expensive than policies purchased to cover individual trips.
Publicly-owned air ambulance service is provided by the US Coast Guard and other agencies in certain areas, usually at no direct cost to the individual; transport is usually by helicopter and involves shorter distances than privately owned air ambulance jets.
Depending on the equipment, crew composition, and condition of the patient, there is sometimes room for one passenger, usually a next-of-kin of the patient, and 1 carry-on bag. Space is very limited, so next-of-kin should be prepared to follow the air ambulance by commercial air travel if necessary.
Every year an Air Ambulance Show is held in the Czech Republic.
A partial listing of air ambulance service providers can be found here: [1]
and here: [2]
Medical Billing Service
Medical billing is a complicated process in itself when dealing with claims, payments and patient inquiries. When combined with Medical Transport it can be a daunting task for Air Ambulance providers. Many providers are now partnering with medical billing service companies to concentrate on what they do best, providing medical service and transport logistics. Medical Billing Services provide an outsourced solution to billing for air ambulance providers.
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DOMESTIC EMPTY LEGS
DOMESTIC EMPTY LEGS Dates available Available at Available for passage to 10/27/2003 9:00 PM until 10/31/2003 11:59 PM KBUR BURBANK, CA KTEB TETERBORO, NJ G-1159A (GULFSTREAM GULFSTREAM III) - 9 pax - 10/28/2003 2:00 AM until 10/31/2003 10:59 PM
Glossary of Aircraft Ambulance Terms
AIRWAY DISTANCE (As the Crow Flies): The actual (as opposed to straight line) distance flown by the aircraft between two points, after deviations required by air traffic control and navigation along established routes. The difference between this and straight line distance will vary throughout the country.
AMPHIBIOUS FLOATS: Pontoons equipped with retractable wheels that permit the aircraft to operate from paved airports as well as smooth water.
ARO: Airport reservation office. Staffed by the FAA, this entity allocates landing and take-off reservations for unscheduled aircraft in and out of the following airports: JFK, LGA, EWR, DCA, ORD (see airport identifier listings for codes). Since these allocations are scarce and granted 48 hours in advance on a first-come-first-served basis, travel to these five airports may be difficult by charter.
Block Rate: A lower “contract rate” for scheduling significant amounts of charter time in advance on a pre-arranged agreement.
Block Speed: The average speed over a specific distance “block-to block”, or door-to-door with respect to the airport gate.
Certificate (PART 135): FAA-issued license to carry passengers for hire.
Charter Broker: A company or individual that buys charter at wholesale and resells it at retail. The broker is responsible for payment to the charter provider, for assessing end-user taxes and fees, and for ensuring their customer’s safety and satisfaction.
Charter Operator: A company or individual that is the holder of the FAA part 135 certificate as well as the aircraft and crew.
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Air Ambulance Basics
