A real-time HEMS (Helicopter Emergency Medical Service) drill conducted at Jakkur Aerodrome in Bengaluru on Thursday.
India’s first air-ambulance service conducted a real-time HEMS (Helicopter Emergency Medical Service) drill at Jakkur Aerodrome in Bengaluru Thursday. The live drill involved an aero-medical rapid response by the International Critical Care Air Transfer Team (ICATT)’s HEMS team from Bengaluru to an accident site at Mandya District involving a mother and an infant.
The team flew by helicopter to the site in Mandya, where they demonstrated their rescue and resuscitation operations on site, stabilised the mother and infant, loaded them in the helicopter and immediately flew back to Bengaluru. They were received by Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka, C N Ashwathanarayan at Jakkur Aerodrome, who inaugurated the mock drill. According to ICATT, the complete drill took place in real-time. “This is the first time in India that such a drill has been conducted where all the emergency services are simultaneously involved – police, fire, aviation, and medical services," said a release.
“Air Ambulance services in India will be a giant leap in Emergency Medical Services (EMS), air ambulance facilities will save many live," said Ashwathanarayan.
16/01/20 Darshan Devaiah BP/Indian Express/Yahoo News
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India’s first air-ambulance service conducted a real-time HEMS (Helicopter Emergency Medical Service) drill at Jakkur Aerodrome in Bengaluru Thursday. The live drill involved an aero-medical rapid response by the International Critical Care Air Transfer Team (ICATT)’s HEMS team from Bengaluru to an accident site at Mandya District involving a mother and an infant.
The team flew by helicopter to the site in Mandya, where they demonstrated their rescue and resuscitation operations on site, stabilised the mother and infant, loaded them in the helicopter and immediately flew back to Bengaluru. They were received by Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka, C N Ashwathanarayan at Jakkur Aerodrome, who inaugurated the mock drill. According to ICATT, the complete drill took place in real-time. “This is the first time in India that such a drill has been conducted where all the emergency services are simultaneously involved – police, fire, aviation, and medical services," said a release.
“Air Ambulance services in India will be a giant leap in Emergency Medical Services (EMS), air ambulance facilities will save many live," said Ashwathanarayan.
16/01/20 Darshan Devaiah BP/Indian Express/Yahoo News
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