Helicopter Ambulances to Be Introduced in HK to Save More Lives

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Helicopter Ambulances to Be Introduced in HK to Save More Lives

Helicopters will join ambulances to rescue more road accident victims in Hong Kong, a government press release said on Sunday.

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Helicopters will join ambulances to rescue more road accident victims in Hong Kong, a government press release said on Sunday.

The new service to be launched on Tuesday will be for a one-year trial responding to road accidents on specific sections of the major highways.

The new roadside rescue service can provide rapid transport to hospital even under adverse traffic conditions as no part of Hong Kong's highway system is more than 10 minutes flying time from a suitable hospital, the press release said.

Statistics show that many of the serious road accidents happen on highways, where rescues are often complicated by the chaos and obstructions caused by the accident. Secondary accidents on the opposite carriageway are also frequent, which could block the alternate access of the ambulance crew and prolong the transferal to hospital.

The survival rate of road accident victims will be further enhanced as a result of a new roadside rescue service to be introduced jointly by the Government Flying Service, the Fire Services Department and the Hong Kong Police Force, the press release said, adding aeromedical services can also be administeredon board by a medical team drawn from the auxiliary medical and nursing staff of the Government Flying Service.

The service will be undertaken by a specially-equipped Eurocopter EC155B1 aircraft, which carries a self-contained medical panel serving as a miniature intensive care unit. The panel, fitted with machines to monitor the casualty's pulse, bloodpressure, heart tracing and blood oxygen level, can carry a patient stretcher on its base. It also has life support equipment including a lung ventilator and a cardiac defibrillator.

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