The emergency medical transport of a 4-year-old boy from Cagliari to Genoa, carried out with an Air Force Falcon 50, ended late yesterday evening, Sunday 30 June. The little patient, in imminent danger of life, needed to be urgently transferred from the “San Martino” Hospital in Oristano to the “G. Gaslini” Pediatric Hospital in Genoa.
Specifically, the child traveled inside the aircraft, monitored and assisted by a medical team and his mother. This type of activity for the benefit of the community is one of the institutional tasks carried out by the Air Force. The life-saving flight was activated, at the request of the Prefecture of Oristano, by the Air Force’s Headquarters Situation Room, which immediately involved the 31st Wing, one of the Departments that performs the operational readiness service for this type of mission.
After carrying out all the necessary procedures by the military crew, the aircraft took off from Ciampino airport and landed at Cagliari Elmas where the child was immediately loaded onto the aircraft for emergency transport. After landing at Genoa Airport, shortly after 10:00 pm yesterday evening, the ambulance headed to the “Giannina Gaslini” Pediatric Hospital for subsequent hospitalization.
The Air Force flight departments are available to the community 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, with vehicles and crews capable of operating, even in complex weather conditions, to ensure the urgent transport not only of people in imminent danger of life, but also of organs, medical teams or ambulances.
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