Air evacuation

Air evacuation is the rescue of an injured person, or simply people, as a result of an accident or other emergency from a dangerous zone to one of the stationary or temporary evacuation points. The procedure is carried out using specialized aircraft, helicopters, and stretchers.

The main goal of this type of rescue operation is to save as many people as possible who find themselves in a dangerous situation. Everything depends on the speed and competence of evacuation - on the time intervals for each stage of the patient’s life. The operations are organized in such a way that people, along with medical equipment and necessary things, can go “to the rescue ship.”

Air evacuation is used when electricity is lost in dangerous areas (for example, during natural disasters or attacks by rebel groups). In addition to the rescue function, evacuation using airplanes and helicopters is one of the methods of preventing new threats that arise due to unscheduled flights. Therefore, such operations are always coordinated with the relevant organizations.

Reluctance to fly on an airplane or sudden deviations from the route due to fear, high air pressure can cause suffering to people, putting their lives at risk. Most often, aircraft support medical services, and a helicopter is used for evacuations under rubble. Each flight to affected areas almost always includes transporting the sick, disaster victims, children, the elderly with life-threatening injuries, and those with children and elderly relatives at home in need of care. After all, if a medical evacuation maneuver is not performed, the injured will find themselves waiting for helicopters and rescuers for a day or even a longer period. Most often, the time gap affects human life; it is literally measured in minutes and seconds, sometimes the price of such seconds is life.