Open AccessAir medical transportation in India: Our experience
Author(s) -
Himanshu Khurana,
Yatin Mehta,
S. C. Dubey
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of anaesthesiology-clinical pharmacology/journal of anaesthesiology clinical pharmacology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 2231-2730
pISSN - 0970-9185
DOI - 10.4103/0970-9185.173377
Subject(s) - medicine , psychological intervention , ground transportation , etiology , demographics , air travel , air transport , medical emergency , emergency medicine , medical record , disease , surgery , demography , transport engineering , aviation , engineering , nursing , sociology , aerospace engineering
Long distance air travel for medical needs is on the increase worldwide. The condition of some patients necessitates specially modified aircraft, and monitoring and interventions during transport by trained medical personnel. This article presents our experience in domestic and international interhospital air medical transportation from January 2010 to January 2014.