Skip to main content
AirMed&Rescue

Main navigation

  • Latest
  • Magazine
  • Marketplace
  • Subscribe
  • Advertising
  • Latest
  • Magazine
  • Marketplace
  • Subscribe
  • Advertising
  • Contact Us

Breadcrumb

  1. Home
  2. Latest
  3. Latest news
  4. Portable CT machine viability examined by Norwegian Air Ambulance

Portable CT machine viability examined by Norwegian Air Ambulance

Publishing Details

Medics

13 Oct 2020
Mandy Langfield

Share

semcon CT scanner Norwegian Air Ambulance Foundation

Semcon's CT scanner | © Norwegian Air Ambulance Foundation

Norwegian Air Ambulance has entered into a collaboration with Semcon in a project where, in an industry first, it will prove that it is possible to install a CT machine in a medical helicopter

In the event of a stroke, every minute until the patient is taken to hospital and given a confirmed diagnosis is vital, so that the appropriate treatment can be given. “Using a portable CT machine reduces the time it takes until a diagnosis can be made and treatment can start, as this can be done even before the patient arrives at the hospital,” Odd Øystein Ra, Project Manager at Semcon Norway, pointed out. In order for CT machines to be able to be used outside hospitals, for example in helicopters, they must be made lighter and more compact.

Research success so far

Thanks to a successful research project undertaken by Norwegian Air Ambulance Mobile Stroke Unit, where a portable CT machine was installed in a specially built ambulance, it is now possible to embark on the next step of research. Semcon’s role was originally to carry out a study that examined the possibilities of being able to use the technology and machine from the previous research project in a helicopter. Odd Øystein Ra explained that now, though, the company has developed and tested a concept for a stretcher on which the patients can lie and undergo examination in the CT machine.

In this project, Semcon is a technical partner of Norwegian Air Ambulance, and contributes, among other things, specialist expertise in control systems, electronics and mechanical systems. The long-term goal of the project is to contribute to the development of a prehospital CT machine that can be used in helicopters, smaller ambulances and as a mobile variant for smaller hospitals.

If the project is successful, the addition of a CT scanner to HEMS operations could be a game changer in terms of enhancements to prehospital care. More details about the kinds of devices that are currently being used by air medical operators can be found here.

Publishing Details

Medics

13 Oct 2020
Mandy Langfield

Share

Keep on reading

African Land Forces Summit takes place in Botswana

Gallery: African Land Forces Summit takes place in Botswana

Read More

4 Jul 2019

Mandy Langfield

Glenn Staples

EURAMI welcomes Glenn Staples as auditor

Read More

2 Apr 2020

Mandy Langfield

U.S Army photo by KCpl. Junki Lee  E-52 Aviation Regiment, 2-2 Assault Helicopter Battalion, 2nd Combat Aviation Brigade, 2nd Infantry ROK/US Combined Division

USAF/Army aviators train for joint casevac missions

Read More

1 Jun 2020

Mandy Langfield

erickson naamta accreditation

NAAMTA Global accreditation for Erickson

Read More

9 Jun 2020

Mandy Langfield

AirMed&Rescue

Social

  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter

Footer

  • About Us
  • Advertising
  • Writers
  • Contact
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms
  • Voyageur

Footer menu

  • About Us
  • Advertising
  • Writers
  • Contact
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms
  • Voyageur

© Voyageur Publishing & Events 2019