ESKADRILLE AIREVAC

SQN690 AIREVAC

ESKADRILLE AIREVAC Agenda SQN 690 Danish AIREVAC – education Danish AIREVAC – operations Danish AIREVAC – the structures Equipment

ESKADRILLE AIREVAC SQN690 AIREVAC Organisation Full time: 1 Surgeon Commander – SQN Commander 1 Surgeon Commander – Second in command 1 Leader AECC 1 Leader CSU 2 Flight Medics Reserve personnel: 13 Flight Surgeons / Flight Medical Officers / Surgeons 14 Flight Nurses 18 Flight Medics

ESKADRILLE AIREVAC Agenda SQN 690 Danish AIREVAC - EDUCATION Danish AIREVAC – operations Danish AIREVAC – the structures Equipment

ESKADRILLE AIREVAC Educational background Basic military training Flight surgeons –At least 2 years of specialist training for anesthesia and intensive care Flight nurses –Specialists in anesthesia nursing or intensive care nursing Flight medics –Paramedics

ESKADRILLE AIREVAC Training objectives To utilize and integrate existing knowledge and skills to perform in an unfamiliar environment with potential unfamiliar stressors.

ESKADRILLE AIREVAC Training objectives To utilize and integrate existing knowledge and skills to perform in an unfamiliar environment with potential unfamiliar stressors. To corporate across professional and national boarders

ESKADRILLE AIREVAC Training objectives

ESKADRILLE AIREVAC Training objectives

ESKADRILLE AIREVAC Training objectives

ESKADRILLE AIREVAC Training objectives

ESKADRILLE AIREVAC Training objectives

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ESKADRILLE AIREVAC Training objectives

ESKADRILLE AIREVAC Training objectives

ESKADRILLE AIREVAC Agenda SQN 690 Danish AIREVAC – education Danish AIREVAC – operations Danish AIREVAC – the structures Equipment

ESKADRILLE AIREVAC AFGHANISTAN Helmand Province R3 Field Hospital Kandahar Camp Bastion Brize Norton Birmingham Ramstein AECC responcibility EUROPE Evacuation ex. Afghanistan Forward AE Kabul Civ R4

ESKADRILLE AIREVAC Forward AirEvac

ESKADRILLE AIREVAC Camp Bastion

ESKADRILLE AIREVAC RAF or USAF

ESKADRILLE AIREVAC ROYAL AIR FORCE C-17

ESKADRILLE AIREVAC Birmingham

ESKADRILLE AIREVAC Hercules C-130J

ESKADRILLE AIREVAC Challenger CL-604

ESKADRILLE AIREVAC R2LM AECC responcibility DENMARK Evacuation “short range” with Casualty Staging Unit (CSU) Forward AE TAOR CSU Civ R4

ESKADRILLE AIREVAC AECC responcibility Iceland Arctic disaster evacuation with Casualty Staging Unit (CSU) Forward Team Triage Greenland CSU+ Civ R3/R4 Cruise Ship Landing strip FW AE Forward AE RW AE

ESKADRILLE AIREVAC Arctic disaster relief (exercise SAREX Greenland Sea 2012)

ESKADRILLE AIREVAC Civil evacuation – Libya 2011

ESKADRILLE AIREVAC AIREVAC operations: Total: 359 evacuations

ESKADRILLE AIREVAC Agenda SQN 690 Danish AIREVAC – education Danish AIREVAC – operations Danish AIREVAC – the structures Equipment

ESKADRILLE AIREVAC Classical AIREVAC structure: SMO DETCO Chief Surgeon On duty Operative Command (HOK/SOK/FTK) Contact officer on duty (coordinating) Contact Officer Unit AECC AECO AE Team CCATT Contact Surgeon

ESKADRILLE AIREVAC AIREVAC-REQUEST Chief Surgeon On duty TACDEN Duty Officer AECC FLIGHT OPS. MEDICAL SQN 721 Ambulance Service ? Police Civil hospital MISSION SMO / DETCO MEDICAL AIRCREW MEDICAL AIRCREW MEDICAL CREW Tactical Command Duty Officer FAMILY UNIT

ESKADRILLE AIREVAC Gather initial medical information (MEDREP) Advice on medical aspects with regard to evacuation (fit for flight) Determine flight configuration Determine necessary medical capability for evacuation Staffing of CCATT Coordinate evacuation with tactical commands Coordinate evacuation with partnering AECC Arrange for transportation of patient from APOE to civil hospital Coordinate with and inform civil hospital Inform all other relevant entities (contact officers, Danish armed forces health service etc.) AECC/AECO tasks

ESKADRILLE AIREVAC AECC considerations Type of aircraft (C-130J or CL-604) Flight time Altitude Landing facilities Weather issues en-route Transportation options (APOD - hospital), escort etc.

ESKADRILLE AIREVAC Agenda SQN 690 Danish AIREVAC – education Danish AIREVAC – operations Danish AIREVAC – the structures Equipment

ESKADRILLE AIREVAC Hercules C-130J

ESKADRILLE AIREVAC CAF/USAF Hercules C-130H

ESKADRILLE AIREVAC Wartime configuration: –Up to 97 stretchers... Peacetime configuration: –2 ambulances or.. –2 AE-modules or.. –1 AE-module and 1 ambulance or.. –In combination with stretchers C130J Hercules

ESKADRILLE AIREVAC C-130J Intensive Care AE Module (A+B)

ESKADRILLE AIREVAC Intensive care set up

ESKADRILLE AIREVAC Intensive care set up

ESKADRILLE AIREVAC C-130J Intensive Care AE Module Advantages: Climate Vibrations / noise Supply (ox+220v) Std. stretchers Good working conditions Contamination of plane…

ESKADRILLE AIREVAC VW transporter synchro / MB Sprinter Intensive Care ambulances Currently 2+1 Door to door transportation Power supply 220 V AC + 12 V DC Air condition Noise/vibration C-130J Intensive Care Ambulance

ESKADRILLE AIREVAC Challenger CL-604

ESKADRILLE AIREVAC Challenger CL-604

ESKADRILLE AIREVAC Challenger CL-604

ESKADRILLE AIREVAC Challenger CL-604

ESKADRILLE AIREVAC SQN 690 (AIREVAC) Mission accomplished – every time…!