Major investments in new monitors
Quick Air Jet Charter and The Air Ambulance Service, recently announced their adoption of new monitor/defibrillators.
Two providers, Quick Air Jet Charter and The Air Ambulance Service, recently announced their adoption of new monitor/defibrillators.
German fixed-wing air ambulance provider Quick Air Jet Charter has replaced eight older Zoll M Series CCT units with the same number of newer Zoll X Series CTT models. The devices will be used across its fleet, which comprises three Learjet 55s, three Learjet 35s, a Learjet 36 and a Citation 550.
Phillip Scheider, key account manager for the firm and a former president of the European Aeromedical Institute (EURAMI), asserted that considered alongside its Hamilton T1 ventilators, the new monitor/defibrillators place it in ‘the top five companies of the world when it comes to medical equipment’.
In the UK, helicopter charity The Air Ambulance Service (TAAS) has announced that it has invested over £100,000 to purchase Zoll X Series units. They will be employed on two helicopters and two ground vehicles, which are used at night, by its Warwickshire & Northamptonshire Air Ambulance and Leicester & Rutland Air Ambulance divisions.
Richard Clayton, TAAS director of operations, said: “This is an amazing diagnostic and patient monitoring device. It is highly portable and rugged, so can easily be taken off the helicopter or the night car and used directly at the patient’s side.” He added that the new units will help the service’s doctors and critical care paramedics to gather the information they need to deliver expert trauma care at the scene of any accident or medical emergency. Clayton continued: “In total, we have invested more than £100,000 in these new units. Because the charity receives no government funding, this has only been possible thanks to the generosity of local communities across the five counties we serve.”
TAAS made note of the suitability of the devices for use at major trauma incidents such as road traffic collisions, as well as for attending medical emergencies such as heart attacks or for people suffering severe breathing difficulties.