What Does a Flight Medic Do?

Emerging First Aid-Flight First Aid

Flight First Aid

Flying Doctor First Aid was first born in Germany in 1970. It is a first aid way for doctors to fly directly to patients when needed. In Germany, a total of 73 emergency helicopters are equipped, and injuries can be found anywhere in the country, and the helicopters can be reached within 15 minutes.

The rescue of a helicopter can only be made through the fire department, and the general public cannot put it forward directly. The fire department's criteria for determining whether a flight emergency is needed is simple: "A request can be made when the life of a suspected victim is at stake." By the way, in Japan, the annual cost of sending out a helicopter first aid is about 200 million yen (about 15 million yuan), and this cost will be shared by the national and local governments without any cost to the injured.

Of course, the flight emergency will also be restricted by the weather and landing site, and the emergency command center will update the weather conditions in its jurisdiction at any time. When the weather does not allow flying, even if the situation is urgent, first aid can only be completed by ambulance. In the choice of landing site, flight first aid will also be limited. For example: In the past, there were two collisions of multiple cars on the Japanese highway. The helicopter was banned from landing by the original Japanese road group at the scene. As a result, the first aid was delayed. The incident also caused a strong response in Japanese society . In October 2005, the Japanese road group was privatized under the reform of then Prime Minister Koizumi, and this constraint was also removed. Later, the highway that was constructed also frequently held helicopter take-off and landing exercises.