Royal Air Force No 22 (Training) Group, High Wycombe, UK
Aeromedical Evacuation Sqn, RAF Brize Norton, Royal Air Force, Sleaford, Lincolnshire, UK.
BMJ Mil Health. 2023 May;169(e1):e93-e96. doi: 10.1136/bmjmilitary-2020-001565. Epub 2020 Dec 24.
Here, we report the first known transcontinental aeromedical evacuation of a large number (55) of patients with known and suspected positive COVID-19. These patients were evacuated from Havana, Cuba, to the UK through MOD Boscombe Down as part of Operation BROADSHARE, the British military's overseas response to COVID-19. We describe the safe transfer of patients with COVID-19 using a combined military-civilian model. In our view, we have demonstrated that patients with COVID-19 can be aeromedically transferred while ensuring the safety of patients and crew using a hybrid military-civilian model; this report contains lessons for future aeromedical evacuation of patients with COVID-19.
在这里，我们报告了首例已知的跨大陆空运大批（55 名）已知和疑似 COVID-19 阳性患者的事件。这些患者从古巴哈瓦那通过国防部博斯科姆唐空运至英国，作为英国军队对 COVID-19 的海外应对行动“BROADSHARE”的一部分。我们描述了使用军民混合模式安全转移 COVID-19 患者的情况。在我们看来，我们已经证明，使用军民混合模式可以在确保患者和机组人员安全的情况下对 COVID-19 患者进行空运转移；本报告包含了未来 COVID-19 患者空运转移的经验教训。
