Brazil carries out five to seven thousand transports of patients in serious condition by air, by means of aircraft, per year. And, as a reference in the segment, the Helisul Aviation is responsible for a large part of this type of service across the country, in addition to serving all the nations of South America, reaching places that are difficult to access or that a traditional ambulance would take much longer to reach.
The aeromedical service is extremely important in ing efforts to save lives, as it is often the first to assist critically ill patients. On other occasions, it is the bridge to a hospital service with greater resources and conditions for the treatment of complex illnesses. To achieve this, it needs to have the best technological and human resources, evaluates physician Felipe Novak, coordinator at Helisul's Aeromedical Department.
“In this sense, Helisul uses the best there is to carry out its missions”, he says. In the sector since 2018, Novak celebrates the advances and achievements of the Aeromedical Service in the company in this decade. On June 12, 2022, the department completed 10 years of operation and it celebrates its evolution.
“Helisul's aeromedical service has gained a lot of experience in recent years and today we consider it a mature service, with many hours of rotary and fixed wing flight and more than 9 patients treated and/or transported”, points out Novak.
Excellence service
Each life that ed through the aircraft was attended with all the care and excellence that made the 'Helisul standard' a reference in the specialized segment. The company has medicines, materials and equipment with the highest technology available in the national and international market.
In ten years, the teams treated and transported patients of all ages and profiles, from extremely premature infants weighing less than 700 grams to the elderly. As well as patients with congenital malformations, with severe burns, people with various types of cancer, cardiovascular, kidney, neurological, infectious diseases, candidates for transplants, victims of trauma, among many others.
Air medical service teams
Helisul has a team of specialists in aeromedical transport and rescue: they are doctors and nurses with proven experience in Emergency and Urgent Care, Advanced Life (ACLS), Trauma Victim Patient (PHTLS/ATLS/ATCN), to the Neonatal and Pediatric patient (PALS/NALS), major burns and infectious diseases, among other conditions.
The team is complemented by an exclusive pharmaceutical professional, who controls and manages the entire stock of materials and inputs on the ground, for total safety of the operation, in addition to pilots and co-pilots. All highly qualified, qualified and experienced to carry out such a delicate and highly responsible job.
Every rescue and every transport is seen as a mission, in Novak's opinion. According to him, it is a very “challenging” and “exciting” job: “Being qualified is not enough, you must love what you do and always seek the best for each patient.”
He reveals that the biggest challenge, especially in these last two years, was maintaining the safety of the operation during the Covid-19 pandemic and having to overcome physical and mental exhaustion.
“We lost dear people and felt sorry for ourselves when we were the last hope in an attempt to survive. There were months of uncertainties, fears and a lot of work. But we managed to keep our entire Helisul team oriented and protected, in addition to the growth of about 20% more in our fixed-wing transport”, highlights the doctor.
the aircraft
The helicopters and turboprop planes used by Helisul for air medical transport of patients function as a true intensive care unit, with physical structure in accordance with hospital standards, in compliance with health legislation.
Aircraft are indicated for transport in which patients need to be moved over medium distances and for flights at low altitude. Turboprop planes are used for longer distances and when there is a need to transport two patients simultaneously. They can be accompanied by up to two people.
In order to carry out the missions of the Aeromedical Service in complete safety, all Helisul aircraft undergo periodic preventive inspections. They also meet all the requirements set forth in the regulations of the National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC).
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