Mutxamel-based Generalitat’s medicalized helicopter provides services that often save patients’ lives due to SAMU’s attention and speed of transfer. It is a mobile intensive care unit that comes to the emergency area by air.
43 years old, Alejandro Belmonte She arrives at her work station with a smile and leaves with him when she finishes her twelve-hour day. SAMU doctor specializes in air emergencies. He is passionate about his work and is completely dedicated to caring for people in need of medical attention. And in his case these are usually emergencies because mostly serious accidents or Patients whose lives could be saved thanks to rapid transport by plane to the hospital Dr. Belmonte, along with a nurse, a pilot, and a crew member, forms one of the crews of the SAMU Alpha 9 unit, Generalitat’s medical helicopter based at Mutxamel airport.
Air transportation
This aircraft, dedicated to airborne medical transport, about twenty services per month and although it operates mainly in Alicante, it also covers the southern region of the state of Valencia and has even offered services in neighboring provinces from time to time.
By last October 31st he had already performed 184 flights Attending emergencies, according to data from health, where 132 services correspond to emergency medical transport and 52 services to the transport of patients who need to be transported quickly from one hospital to another.
This Emergency Information and Coordination Center (CICU) It is tasked with activating two medical helicopters operating in the provinces of Alicante and Castellón. They belong to the Security and Emergencies Authority, but are at the disposal of the Ministry of Health and have medical staff (doctors and nurses) from SAMU. Generalitat has two other drones based in Manises, but they’re not just for medical use. However, they are sometimes sent for interhospital transport and medicalized by teams from SAMU units.
This main demand This is the equivalent of air health care traffic accidents or assistance whose transfer time should be very short, such as a patient with chest pain who may have a heart attack. A quick transfer can save a person’s life. It’s a golden rule and they actually understand it.
A medicalized helicopter Assistance cabin equipped with the same vehicles as the SAMU ambulance and they even have an incubator. According to Alejandro Belmonte “This is a mobile UVI and the only difference with terrestrial SAMU is the more limited space here”. Given these limitations, the doctor explains that he is sure he is sick before boarding the patient on the helicopter. stabilized to avoid unpredictable during flight.
Since the emergency notification came, Take-off takes only five minutes Once the four members of this SAMU air unit and the injured patient are picked up, the transfer usually takes no more than twenty minutes.
Altitude
in function patient pathology, The doctor is the person who warns the pilot. avoid health complications during flight altitude, sudden accelerations or turns.
The helicopter is in service from sunrise to sunset and the summer season is the season with the highest demand due to the increase in events across the province. Alicante. Motorcyclists and cyclists who had an accident in Tabarca, a 5-year-old boy with choking problems, workers, mountaineers and hikers are on the list of patients who were treated and transferred by helicopter this year. SAMU Alpha 9 unit, your precious guardian angel from heaven