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In this edition of the ITIJ Air Ambulance Review, we cover innovation and leadership in medical transport, accreditation and when to stay and pay or scoop and run. Plus share case studies from around the world exemplifying best practice in the industry

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Case Study: AirCARE1 uses High Flow Oxygen Therapy on board its air ambulance

In the past, High Flow Oxygen Therapy has only been used in a hospital setting. After observing the major benefits of this therapy, AirCARE1 incorporated high flow into the company’s…

Case Study: How to transport a patient with respiratory insufficiency

A patient with respiratory insufficiency is likely to aggravate their respiratory distress during transport, especially with aeronautical constraints and pressurisation phenomena

Case Study: Transporting a Covid patient on ECMO across the globe

In August 2021, AirMed International set out to complete a transport that most would consider impossible. They needed to move a Covid-19 patient on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) from the…

Case Study: The challenges of neonatal medical evacuation

Neonatal medical evacuation often presents the biggest medical challenges, particularly in aeromedical transport. To provide the absolute best service, specialist knowledge and equipment is required

Case Study: Airlec Air Ambulance uses first air ambulance configuration of Falcon 900EX

Paul Tiba describes a memorable mission that made use of Airlec’s Falcon 900EX – the world’s first version of the aircraft in air ambulance configuration

Case Study: Providing air medical services in remote locations

Dr Annemay Huppert discusses the importance of preparation in providing air assistance in the most remote locations

Case Study: Unicair on how to safely transport Covid patients

Alex Veldman, Cornelia Rohrbeck, Hans-Jürgen Preuss and Michael Diefenbach report on protocols for the safe transport of Covid patients

Aeromedical accreditation in a post-pandemic world

Oliver Cuenca talks to representatives from across the aeromedical accreditation industry about how the coronavirus pandemic has affected global demand, how auditing has had to adapt, and whether there have…