Air Medical Transport And Infection

SARS | Guidance on Air Medical Transport for Patients

https://www.cdc.gov/sars/travel/airtransport.html

Upon termination of the mission, the AMT team should provide the following information to their medical director: mission number/date; address of the …

EMS Air Medical Transport - StatPearls

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK482358/

Air medical transport includes fixed wing (airplanes) and rotor wing (helicopters) aircraft. They are utilized in …

Critical Considerations for Fixed-Wing Air Medical …

https://www.jems.com/patient-care/critical-considerations-for-fixed-wing-air-medical-transports/

Air Medical Transport of Patients Diagnosed With …

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33637278/

Innovative solutions allowing for safe helicopter air transport of these critical patients is needed because extracorporeal membrane oxygenation resources are only available in …

MERS: Patient Air Medical Transport Guidance | CDC

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/mers/hcp/air-transport.html

International transport of patients with MERS should be coordinated with public health authorities at origin and destination. All MERS patient transport involving …

Medical transport-associated infection: Review and …

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/infection-control-and-hospital-epidemiology/article/medical-transportassociated-infection-review-and-commentary-making-a-case-for-its-legitimacy/E3B4C442EEA8DA8782A289B355947E8B

The medical transport setting is defined as any vehicle that is used by medical professionals to transport patients during any time, whether emergency or …

IATA - Air Transport & Communicable Diseases

https://www.iata.org/en/programs/safety/health/diseases/

While there is potential for infected people to travel by air, spread is generally only through very close contact such as within households, and any cross-border spread is considered …

Guidance on air medical transport for Ebola patients

https://www.wvoems.org/media/267863/cdc%20guidance%20on%20air%20medical%20transport%20for%20ebola%20patients.pdf

A portable isolation unit is recommended to contain infected materials and minimize contamination of the aircraft. Personnel providing care during transport should be trained …

SPECIAL NEEDS - Air Medical Transport

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Cancer patients needing transport over long distances are generally transported by fixed-wing air ambulance when other means of transportation like ground ambulance or …