Conference review: Southeast Asia Clinical Considerations in Aeromedical Transport
2019 course success
The training in 2018 was successful beyond words, leading Asian Assistance to organise more training in 2019. With increased demand from interested candidates in Asia, in addition to the six-day Foundation Level programme, the team has added the new three-day programme, which combined commercial repatriation and medical assistance introduction, aeromedical crew resource management and medical emergencies in flight.
Dr Martin undertook the bulk of the training package, but two local highly experienced guest speakers helped to deliver the syllabus. Together, they d their experiences on providing high-quality care during air ambulance transfers for complicated cases such as major trauma, critically ill, paediatric and neonatal patients.
Additional activities included hands-on training in emergency flight procedures in the aircraft cabin simulator room, a field visit to fixed-wing hangar, and a tour of the medevac alarm center in Bangkok, Thailand.
Additional activities included hands-on training in emergency flight procedures in the aircraft cabin simulator room, a field visit to fixed-wing hangar, and a tour of the medevac alarm center in Bangkok, Thailand.
Susanne Morch, Managing Director of Asian Assistance, commented on the increasing popularity of the course: “In addition to CCAT alumni from all Southeast Asian countries as well as Nepal and South Korea, this year we have participants from Qatar, Hong Kong and Taiwan. I am proud to report we successfully ran our third CCAT training in 2019 with a total of 40 participants.”
Asian Assistance is hoping to reach more participants within the region, particularly the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS), who it hopes can join this course in the future. The company has said it is open to collaborating with organisations that can support human resources in the region. Morch added: “Our plan is to broaden the curriculum to cover non-clinical consideration aspects and the implementation of international standards of aeromedical transport into the ASEAN region to maximise safety and standards in this industry.”
