Xinhua News Agency, Chengdu, July 17th (Zhang Mila, Liu Shu) The Air Force in the Western War Zone issued a -9 medical ambulance aircraft on the 16th, and sent patients from a certain plateau to the mainland hospital for treatment. This is also the first time that the -9 medical ambulance aircraft has carried out the air evacuation task for the wounded and sick since it was installed in the troops.
Zhang Mou, a cadre at a base of the Air Force in the Western Theater, was injured during training, and his condition deteriorated during the treatment in the local hospital. After understanding the situation, the air force in the theater sent Yun-9 medical ambulance plane and air medical team, and sent the patients to Xijing Hospital of Air Force Military Medical University in Xi'an, Shaanxi for treatment.
Long-distance, long-endurance, accurate airlift medical evacuation is a "standard" for a powerful air force. As a special medical aircraft, the Yun-9 Medical Ambulance Aircraft is equipped with advanced medical equipment and has the capabilities of air evacuation, in-flight ambulance, and ground module deployment.
After receiving the order, a medical ambulance crew of an air force regiment in the Western Theater Air Force quickly assembled with the air transport medical team of the Western Air Force Air Force Hospital. At 7 o'clock on the 16th, the Yun-9 medical ambulance plane carried a medical team member from an airport in western Sichuan and flew to the plateau.
"The five medical team members who performed this task covered many specialties such as critical medicine, anesthesiology, orthopedics, and surgery. They can also do life-sustaining treatment for the injured and sick during the evacuation process." Fan Bo, a member of the medical team Introduction. After arriving at a plateau airport, they completed the transfer of patients in just 10 minutes, the plane took off, and the "air mobile rescue platform" began to operate. Medical staff use on-board medical equipment such as electrocardiogram monitors, infusion pumps, sputum aspirators, etc. to carry out emergency treatment in the air for patients who have entered a coma.
In order to minimize the turbulence of the aircraft, the crew members operated precisely along the way. Despite drizzle in the sky, the entire flight was still very smooth.
After a short supply of materials in the middle, the Yun-9 medical ambulance plane flew for 4.5 hours, more than 5,200 kilometers, and landed smoothly at a military airport in Shaanxi. The patient was transferred to an ambulance and taken to Xijing Hospital.
As of press time, the patient's vital signs were stable and he was receiving further treatment.