RaeS event to focus on evolution of care
International Aeromedical Transport – Concepts in Airborne Patient Management conference will follow on from the Critical Care in the Air conference that was run in 2017
International Aeromedical Transport – Concepts in Airborne Patient Management conference will follow on from the Critical Care in the Air conference that was run in 2017
The Royal Aeronautical Society (RaeS) in the UK, in association with CCAT Aeromedical Training, is holding a one-day event in London on Monday 9th April 2018 that focuses on the way in which medical care available on fixed-wing air ambulances has recently evolved and illustrates the move away from unregulated chartered aircraft, towards the widespread use of high-quality, modern bespoke air ambulance systems and also the improvements seen in commercial airline repatriations.
The conference sessions concentrate on recent developments in the use of extreme environment physiology as a basis for patient risk analysis, and also on discussions demonstrating how service design influences the quality of care in flight.
The agenda includes some myth busting with regards to commonly held beliefs about physiological and physical constraints in the flight environment, updates on the cross-border carriage of infectious patients, best practice in the transfer of neurological patients, and some current insights into the challenges presented by the transfer and retrieval of children and newborn babies. Other aspects of the conference will review the reasons for, and constraints of, legal crew flight-time limitations and how this can affect mission capability, as well as meaningful and efficacious risk management in aeromedical transport.
The conference organiser said: “Whilst the public view of air ambulances may be influenced by the profound media interest in helicopter emergency medical services, the use of fixed-wing air (FW) ambulances goes back almost as far as the history of powered flight itself, and is little understood by the general public. FW patient transfer services may be regarded as ‘Cinderella’ services by some, but they collectively move thousands of patients around the globe every year, and all very quietly, without media interest, and often without recognition. Current fixed-wing air ambulances are not just modern aircraft with state-of-the-art propulsion systems and complex avionics. They are also fitted with dedicated and often bespoke clinical interiors and aircraft-patient interface systems, as well as being loaded with modern complex air-portable medical equipment and ‘bedside’ laboratory analysers, and are staffed with expert critical care and emergency care healthcare professionals specifically trained in transfer medicine.”
Further information: https://goo.gl/ssqFS7