The type of equipment carried on a flight is dictated by the patient’s medical condition.
The Standard Equipment carried on a flight includes the following:
- Life port stretchers fitted with full oxygen cylinders
- Thomas pack which includes the following:
- Airway, Breathing, and difficult intubation equipment
- Trauma kits with Chest drainage equipment with Heimlich Valves
- Current Advanced Life Support Medications, Antibiotics
- Intravenous Fluids (Crystalloids, colloids)
- Intravenous and Intraosseous cannulae
- Thermal blankets
- Diagnostic Tools (Stethoscope, Spotlight, Thermometer)
- Cardiac Monitors/ Defibrillators (Zoll X series) with the capacity to provide 12 lead ECG and Hemodynamic monitoring
- Hand held Pulse Oximeters
- Respiratory Ventilators dictated by the medical case with additional back up (Oxylog Series, Medumatt Life Base, HamiltonT1)
- Bedside Laboratory equipment (I-Stat Blood gas analyzers and Portable Glucometer)
- Extrication & Immobilization gear (Full body and limb splints, Scoop Stretcher & harness)
- Syringe Pumps (B Braun)
- Laerdal Suction Units
- Portable Oxygen Cylinders
- Cool boxes (WHO approved for maintenance of cold chain)
- Torches, Headlamps
