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Transport Bag Offers Pre-Hospital Blood Protection on Air Ambulances

Air ambulance operations manager: “The decision to start carrying blood products on board our helicopters and RRVs was a major one for the charity, one which has significantly improved the care that can be delivered to patients.”

Essex & Herts Air Ambulance (EHAAT) in the UK now carries blood supplies on board its helicopters and Rapid Response Vehicles (RRVs).
Essex & Herts Air Ambulance (EHAAT) in the UK now carries blood supplies on board its helicopters and Rapid Response Vehicles (RRVs).
Credit: ehaat.org

Pre-hospital care given by first responders can be critical to a patient’s survival: the ability for responders to give a transfusion at the scene of an incident could be lifesaving for a patient suffering significant bleeding and blood loss.

Many Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) first responders in Europe and globally are utilizing the Pelican BioThermal’s Crēdo ProMed transport bag, including Great North Air Ambulance Service, London’s Air Ambulance Charity and Yorkshire Air Ambulance. The medical transport bag is designed to protect health products, ensuring lifesaving blood products can be used at the scene of emergencies before the hospital.

One of the latest air ambulance charities to implement Crēdo ProMed is Essex & Herts Air Ambulance (EHAAT) in the UK, which now carries blood supplies on board its helicopters and Rapid Response Vehicles (RRVs).

Since introducing blood on board they have carried out 48 transfusions. Scott McIlwaine, Operations Manager at EHAAT, said, “The decision to start carrying blood products on board our helicopters and RRVs was a major one for the charity, one which has significantly improved the care that can be delivered to patients.”

“It was important for us to make sure that our critical care teams had the right equipment. That includes containers to ensure the blood is stored, transported and the correct temperature is maintained in the field for periods of up to 24 hours. After comprehensive research we selected Pelican BioThermal Crēdo ProMed transport bags, and they have never let us down,” added McIllwaine.

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