A 7-day-old newborn, in imminent danger of life, traveled aboard an aircraft of the 31st Wing of the Italian Air Force
The urgent medical transport of a 7-day-old baby from Cagliari to Ciampino, carried out with an Air Force Falcon 50 aircraft, ended in the early afternoon today.
The little patient in imminent danger of life needed to be transferred urgently from the "Duilio Casula" hospital in Monserrato (CA) to the "Bambino Gesù" pediatric hospital in Rome.
Specifically, the infant traveled inside a thermal cradle, monitored and assisted by a medical team and accompanied by his parents.
This type of activity in favor of the community is one of the institutional tasks carried out by the Air Force, which just yesterday celebrated the centenary of its foundation (March 28, 1923). In fact, this represents the first emergency medical transport of the second 100 years. Since the beginning of the year there have been more than 30 flights to transport patients in imminent danger of life.
Today's life-saving flight was activated, at the request of the Prefecture of Cagliari, by the Air Force Summit Situation Room, which immediately involved the 31st Wing, one of the Departments that carries out the operational readiness service for this type resignation.
Once all the necessary procedures were carried out by the military crew, the aircraft took off from Ciampino airport in the morning and landed in Cagliari Elmas, where the newborn was immediately embarked for emergency transport. After landing at Ciampino Airport, which took place at 14:00, the ambulance went to the "Bambino Gesù" pediatric hospital in Rome for subsequent admission.
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The Air Force Flight Departments are available to the community 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, with vehicles and crews able to operate, even in complex weather conditions, to ensure the urgent transport not only of people in imminent danger to life, but also to organs, medical teams or ambulances.
Hundreds of flight hours are carried out every year for this type of intervention by the aircraft of the 31st Wing of Ciampino, the 14th Wing of Pratica di Mare, the 46th Air Brigade of Pisa and the helicopters of the 15th Wing of Cervia.