TRANSPORT OF MEDICAL TEAMS
Upon the
reception of a request our Operation Centre is fully activated. The
request should contain simply the pickup Unit data, the expiration of
the observation time (CAM = Commissione Accertamento Morte: Death
Declaration Commission), and the maximum acceptable return time.
Immediately for ground trips and in about 20 – 30 minutes for aerial or
combined ones, the équipe is informed of the conditions of the transport
and the time it will be picked up at the starting point.
Our personnel will be in place at least ten minutes before the agreed
time, to define the operational details.
The NOPC Ops Centre will inform the necessary authorities to activate
the maximum urgency procedures.
In the case of transfer by helicopter, our personnel will take care of
the arrangements needed to the approach and landing on the Hospital
helipad. The medical team will be followed in each step by our personnel,
in order to face and solve any logistic problem – unexpected too – that
could arise, e.g. the worsening of weather condition or a delay of the
explant beyond the ephemeris, thus requiring the use of an IFR
helicopter, an aircraft or a car.
Constantly the NOPC Ops Centre will keep open a flow of communication
between the explant team and the transplant unit to coordinate and
optimize the timing of both operations.
We like to highlight that our service is not limited to the sheer
transfer, but our personnel is trained and available to comply with any
logistical need, also in the surgery rooms; so that the medical staff
will be able to fully dedicate only to the sanitary aspects. |