OUR AEROMEDICAL & SAR CREW
If your present operation requires AME/SAR medical crew Medical Rescue can assist with the correct medical configuration of your aircraft and provision of dual trained professional aeromedical crew.
SAR MEDICAL CREW
Search and Rescue helicopters and aeromedical helicopters are often one and the same requiring a well trained rear crew with both SAR and medical skills, experience and qualifications. Either a medical condition resulted in the need for rescue, or will result from exposure to the environment while awaiting rescue. Either way SAR crews are faced with having to deliver medical care once a person is found.
Moves towards providing at least one highly qualified paramedic on SAR helicopters are being undertaken by service providers world wide. Medical Rescue's helicopter flight medical crew are trained as rescue crew to Australias only nationally accredited Cert III Aviation (Rescue) to ensure they are not only experienced autonomous clinicians but also fit for the role of a rescue "down the wire" crewman. Trained in the various winch techniques and helicopter operations.
AEROMEDICAL CREW
The lack of national registration of paramedic qualifications has lead to the term "paramedic" being widely used by lesser qualified personnel. Having only basic trained “medics” adds additional levels of risk to the patient and operation where the paramedic is required to think and act autonomously often a long way from definitive care and additional advanced level support. It is widely accepted that two medical crew are required when conducting an aeromedical evacuation and this is not considered best practice.
Medical Rescue have a team of experienced flight physicians. flight nurses and Intensive care paramedics with Cert III aviation rescue crew training and extensive flight experience.
FLIGHT DOCTORS
Medical Rescue employs doctors to work alongside Intensive Care Paramedics (ICPs). Having a crew configuration of Doctor/Paramedic combines the skills of both primary and secondary inter hospital transfer into one crew maximising utilisation of the aircraft which can be re tasked between missions without changing crew. This has been long acknowledged in Australia following the NSW 2004 Air Ambulance review and has become the industry standard in Australian state aeromedical services. Our doctors undergo training in the aeromedical environment, hold a Cert III Aviation (Rescue Crew) and have experience in helicopter winching and rescue techniques. Our doctors hail from a variety of specialties but all have a background in Emergency medicine and experience working in a pre hospital environment whether it be Military or civilian aeromedical operations.
FLIGHT PARAMEDICS
Our Intensive Care Paramedics (ICPs) have all been clinical leaders for state or territory ambulance services, are true intensive care trained paramedics, and are at the pinnacle of their careers working as flight paramedics. Our ethos is that ICPs are dual trained as wireman and hold a Cert III Aviation (Rescue Crew), and undergo additional training specific to the airframe they operate from to ensure close integration with aviation crew.
FLIGHT NURSES
Flight Nurses who crew the International air ambulance are all registered nurses from Australia with a background in aviation medicine, Intensive care, and/or emergency medicine. Our flight nurses have also undergone our recognised aeromedical training (AMEC) which has a practical rescue focus, and is beyond what is normally taught through traditional flight nurse training or gained from hospital experience.
SEARCH AND RESCUE CREW
Medical Rescue can also supply permanent SAR aircrew who have all undergone rigorous fitness testing and hold current first aid certificates, Bronze medalions, and have undertaken our rotary wing AME course and Cert III / Cert IV Aviation (rescue crew/aircrew) training.
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