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Air Ambulances and maternal/child mortality
When a pregnant woman experiences complications, they can be life threatening for both mother and child, and often require the specialized care found in regional hospitals. Timely air ambulance transfer to such facilities while the patient(s) receives care from...
Benefits of air ambulance transport in critical care
The benefits of air transport have been demonstrated to outweigh any stressors that flying might add, even for the sickest trauma and heart attack patients. Most air medical transports today are between hospitals i.e hospital to hospital; approximately one-third are...
Why air ambulances are important
The Association for Air Medical Services (AAMS) describes accurately why air ambulances are so essential. Transferring patients from smaller to larger hospitals to access more sophisticated and specialized healthcare system resources has been a common and increasing...
Stories From The Skies: An account of a 13 hour air ambulance evacuation from Nigeria to the Middle East
What is an air ambulance? Air medical services is a comprehensive term covering the use of air transportation, airplane or helicopter, to move patients to and from healthcare facilities and accident scenes. Personnel provide comprehensive pre-hospital and emergency...
AIR AMBULANCES SERVICES IN WEST AFRICA – FOCUS ON REPUBLIC OF BENIN
Benin, a French-speaking West African nation, is a birthplace of the vodun (or “voodoo”) religion and home to the former Dahomey Kingdom from circa 1600–1900. Some major cities in Benin include Cotonou, Port-novo, Parakaou, Djougou, Bohicon and Kandi. The major...
Emergency Air Medical Evacuation in Central Africa – Focus on Equatorial Guinea
Country Introduction Equatorial Guinea is a Central African country comprising the Rio Muni mainland and 5 volcanic offshore islands. Capital Malabo, on Bioko Island, has Spanish colonial architecture and is a hub for the country’s prosperous oil industry. Estimated...