2024-01-19 07:00:02
Due to a lack of sufficient or appropriate healthcare provision in their territory, some patients are forced to seek treatment far from home or in another country. These medical evacuations also concern expatriates and can be carried out by ambulance, or by plane, in order to allow the patient to reach a health facility as quickly as possible. A high cost delivery, which effectively excludes many patients.
How do medical evacuations work? Getty Images/iStockphoto – gorodenkoff
What are the most common indications for medical evacuations accompanied by Dr Massamba Sassoum Diop? Are there rules regarding medical support for a patient evacuated by plane?
- Dr. Massamba Sassoum Diopemergency physician and President of SOS-doctor in Dakar in Senegal. Emergency doctor at the Essonne SAMU in the Paris region, Former President of the Senegalese Society of Anesthesia, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
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