European Air Ambulance (EAA) and Remote Medical Solutions International (RMSI) launch cooperation agreement. 

New collaboration will allow the two air ambulance operators to improve efficiency and reduce risk

European Air Ambulance (EAA) and Remote Medical Solutions International (RMSI) are pleased to announce the start of a new cooperation agreement that will utilize the best of each service to provide more efficient mission handling and less overall risk for the customer. The cooperation will not only improve the communication between EAA and RMSI, it will also establish operational and medical processes between both parties.

In particular, the agreement will apply to repatriation from Afghanistan and Iraq, the high-risk areas in which RMSI provides medical evacuation. RMSI specialises in emergency medical response, support and retrieval solutions for governments, non-governmental organisations and companies working in remote and/or hazardous environments. Its Hawker 800 Jet air ambulances, give it the regional aero-medical capabilities to offer emergency response services in the larger Middle East. Where required, RMSI can deploy a range of mobile field or static medical support clinics with the appropriate level of medical staffing. In addition, RMSI has established partnerships with international hospitals located in the countries where it operates.

RMSI will fly the patient to Dubai, where wing-to-wing transfer will take place with an EAA aircraft already in position. EAA will then fly the patient back to the final destination. The entire operation will be handled by EAA Missions Control Centre (MCC), which is available 24 hours a d day, seven days a week, 365 day a year. EAA combines the strengths of its founding members, DRF Luftrettung (DRF) and Luxembourg Air Rescue (LAR). Together, DRF and LAR boast a record of 40 successful years of medical repatriation from over 150 countries worldwide, giving EAA one of the broadest experience bases in the Air Ambulance industry.

Customers will receive a quotation from EAA MCC for repatriation from Afghanistan or Iraq within one hour. Once the quotation is approved, EAA and RMSI will immediately set in to motion the mission, using their complementary skills and resources to ensure maximum efficiency and safety. MCC coordinators can choose the appropriate physician for each mission from a large pool of anaesthetists, neonatologists, gynaecologists or other specialists. The MCC coordinates EAA's fleet of 6 Learjets 35A, all fitted with state-of-the-art medical equipment and supplies to ensure the best possible patient care in the air.

Customer contact:

EAA Mission Control Centre

Tel: +49 711 7007 7007

For more information about our partner RMSI:

http://www.rmsi-medevac.com/

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Highest quality care for the smallest patients 

If there is one field of medicine that is particularly tough and demanding it is Neonatology. Neonatology is at the crossroads of intensive care and paediatrics and involves the specialist care of newborn and/or premature babies.

The repatriation or medical transfer of a newborn baby to a specialist unit, invariably using an incubator, can often present a real challenge to air ambulance and rescue helicopter teams. The medical skills and equipment necessary to maintain the health and continuous care of the patient, in addition to the complex logistics involved, require the utmost professionalism and faultless organisation of the team.

For several years, Neonatology transport has been one of the specialities of the European Air Ambulance (EAA) members Luxembourg Air Rescue (LAR) and DRF Luftrettung. With state-of-the-art equipment (incubator and intensive care ventilator) at their disposal, EAA’s neonatal missions always include a neonatologist as well as a specialist intensive care children’s flight nurse/paramedic who has been trained in APLS (Advanced Paediatric Life Support).

LAR’s permanent equipment includes two incubators, a Dräger 5400 equipped with a Babylog 2000 ventilator and a MediPrema N.I.T.E. equipped with a Mobile Stephan R120 ventilator (see photo). DRF Luftrettung’s permanent equipment for the fixed wing operations is a Dräger 5400 equipped with a Babylog 2000 ventilator. These units complement other monitoring equipment and accessories specially adapted for young patients.

As part of its cooperation with the Centre Hospitalier in Luxembourg, LAR regularly undertakes the transfer of unstable newborn patients to specialist units elsewhere in Europe – for instance the paediatric cardiology department in Brussels or the premature baby department at the Necker Hospital in Paris.

Thanks to its experience in organising medical flights around the world and the professionalism of the specialist teams, as well as the quality of the medical equipment, EAA can guarantee optimum care for even the smallest of its patients.