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How Air Ambulances Save Money and Lives
According to an article by Interior News based in the USA, Roger Harris in a speech spoke on how helicopter evacuation can save lives and money. The first hour of an emergency is very critical and the life of a person should not depend on how far they live from the...
THE ISOPOD: REDEFINING COVID-19 MEDICAL EVACUATIONS IN WEST AFRICA.
With the increased cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria and West Africa, we have received several requests for the possible transfer of positive COVID-19 patients within Nigeria and outside the country. While these requests are not unusual, there was a challenge that...
STORIES FROM THE SKIES: Breathing Problems
We got a request recently to transport a middle- aged man, who works in the mining industry from Cameroon to Durban who had features of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease secondary to chronic cough being managed for septicaemia / septic shock. This essentially...
HOW TO BOOK AN AIR AMBULANCE
You may wish to enquire about air ambulance transport if you are involved in the care of a patient who needs to be transported to a higher level of care of a long distance in a short timeframe. It may seem like a daunting task, but our team at the Flying Doctors...
OFFSHORE MEDICAL
Introduction This is designed for people working in the oil & gas industry in Africa that may have questions about why they need a medical and what will happen. Why do you need a medical? Most people do not feel the need to have regular medical screening because...
Experience Healthcare Anywhere
According to the Brookings Institute, the COVID-19 pandemic is disrupting critical health services and undermining years of progress fighting other deadly diseases, such as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), tuberculosis (TB), and malaria, which continue to be the...