AIR AMBULANCE SERVICE-USEFUL INFO..

An ambulance is a vehicle which transports sick or injured people to places of treatment for illness or injury. There are several types of ambulances: land-based motor vehicles, such as trucks, vans, station wagons, buses; air ambulances, such as helicopters, fixed-wing aircraft; boats and hospital ships.

Air ambulance service specializes in air medical transportation. Long-distance medical transportation includes services of physicians, paramedics and nurses. Airplanes, fully equipped as intensive care units, provide emergency medical service and international medical care, transferring the patient from one country to another. An air ambulance is used for emergency medical assistance, where a traditional ambulance cannot easily or quickly reach the patient. In air ambulance service, helicopters are used as ambulances. Usually used for emergency care in places inaccessible by road, they are able to travel significantly faster than a road ambulance

Air ambulance specialists are trained medical team with flying experience; in critical situations, when every minute counts, medically equipped air ambulance becomes the most important factor in saving humans’ life. Continuous medical intensive care during flight enables the physicians to maintain the patients’ life until he reaches hospital for continuing medical service. Medical services provided in air ambulance include continuous patient monitoring including EKG, non-invasive blood pressure, pulse oximetry and capnography. Specially trained people in equipped facilities help to rescue the patients’ life.

The need for emergency medical services is especially important in distant areas, where there is no immediate access to hospitals. Among international medical services, air ambulance service proves to be one of the most important factors, demonstrating the ability to respond quickly to the patients needs and provide the necessary medical care.

Air Ambulance Service - useful information

By Natalie Halimi

Hotel to host events in aid of Air Ambulance £1 appeal

The Beaufort Park Hotel, New Brighton, is in the process of organising an events programme to raise awareness and funds for the Wales Air Ambulance's new £1 appeal to upgrade its current fleet of helicopters.

The appeal is encouraging as many people as possible across Wales to donate £1 each to fund a fleet of three new helicopters, which will cost £1 million a year to run. The helicopters will be based at Caernarfon, Swansea and Welshpool, but their services will be deployed across Wales.

Staff at the hotel have already organised a race night, to be held on Friday, April 11, along with other events throughout the year.

The highlight of the fundraising will be an exclusive gold themed summer ball, which will be held on Friday, July 25.

Sue Warnock, general manager, said: "We are pledging our support to the Wales Air Ambulance and hope to make as many people as possible aware of this essential service."
A HOTEL will hold a series of charity events to help with a new appeal launched by the Welsh Air Ambulance.

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Royal marines to raise Air Ambulance funds

The Royal Marines Commando Challenge will be raising funds for the Devon Air Ambulance Trust and Help for Heroes.
Last year £225,000 was raised for charities by the 4,000 competitors taking up the challenge. 

The 2008 event takes place on Woodbury Common, near Exeter, on October 11-12. The Devon Air Ambulance Trust needs to raise at least £2.2m each year.

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