Evacuation and Repatriation by air ambulance
For those who have serious illness or injury and cannot be airlifted by a regularly scheduled flight there is always an option to be transported by a dedicated air ambulance jet. It is transportation by a dedicated Air-Ambulance jet. The final destination depends on the willingness of the patient, his employer or the insurance company. In cooperation with a number of Western European air ambulance providers, GVA arranges medical transportation worldwide including the CIS. GVA is currently using Learjet 35 A, Learjet 45, Falcon-10, Falcon-20, Cessna Citation and other dedicated air ambulance jets. GVA with its multilingual Alarm Centers and ICU physicians provides coordination, medical escort and monitoring of the medical transport process. GVA follows the protocols of medical emergency management, as recommended by the standards of the American Heart association.
The aircraft and the joint team is equipped with state of the art equipment for loading the patient and monitoring the vital signs during the flight including:
- Ventilators: Dräger Oxylog 2000, Dräger Babylog 2000, Dreas LTV 1000
- SPIRA and CPAP equipment Defibrillators and external pacing PhysioControl LP 10P
- ECG device: Shiller AT-1
- ECG monitors: Datex Light, Propaq 100-series, Nonin 8500
- Pulse- and capnometers: Datex, Propaq, Nonin
- Blood pressure monitor: Datex Light, Propaq 100-series
- Infusion Pumps: Braun Perfusor Compact
- Blood glucose: Glucocard II
- General Monitors: Datex Light, Propaq 100-series
- Intensive Monitors: Datex Light, temp, BP, CVP, PCWP
- Suction Units: Weinmann Accuwac AVL-Opti Criticla Care analyzer
- Triager Cardiac System Analyzer
- Orion Diagnostica QuikRead Analyzer
- Incubators Dräger Intensive Care transport incubator ITI 5400 for air transportation of premature infants
- Other medicaments and equipment for resuscitation.
Safety and reliability of flights are provided by high-qualified pilots and technicians and when required of a Russian navigator during the flights in FSU.
The Air Ambulance operators are certified in accordance with operating license issued by JAA-Joint Aviation Authority that is bound to ICAO Standards Joint Aviation Requirements (JAR-OPS 1).