Air travel as a means of transport does not come with comfort to everyone; fear of flying, altitude sickness on arrival without forgetting jet lag. These are to name a few, some of the challenges travelers face daily.
Air medical evacuation is one of the pioneer products under the umbrella of Emergency Medical Services that our company started. We take patients from homes to hospitals, hospital – to hospital, sometimes client instructions do include ‘local doctors – hello Tanzania! Normally these are tricky cases, considering we are professionals, but that is a story for another day.
Jabir Shekomba, our very own medevac expert with over twelve (12) years of experience in medical air rescues alone does have a lot to tell when it comes to transporting patients. He has a clean slate of always saving a life, this has whole support with the team in line of course, from our control room, medical doctors, paramedics, and other support.
In one scenario, a patient was being flown from Dar es Salaam to Nairobi for further treatment. This patient had lost consciousness and regained it during the flight. Imagine blacking out due to an illness and waking up on a plane in the middle of nowhere! Proper human medical procedures were, of course, sedated back to sleep; the patient and the team safely landed in Nairobi, the respondent hospital took over and his life was saved.
Saving lives is a huge commitment and emergencies do come in all kinds, unannounced and each case is special and has its challenges. We take pride in being able to tackle case by case just to ensure that lives are saved.
Your Health & Safety Is Our Concern.