A 3-day-old newborn, in imminent danger of life, traveled inside an ambulance loaded directly on board the aircraft of the 46th Air Force Brigade
The emergency medical transport of a 3-day-old baby from Reggio Calabria to Ciampino, carried out with an Air Force C130J aircraft, ended around the early hours of today.
The little patient in imminent danger of life needed to be urgently transferred to the "Bambino Gesù" pediatric hospital in Rome.
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Specifically, it was necessary to use a C-130J of the 46th Pisa Air Brigade, suitable for embarking the ambulance in which the little newborn traveled, monitored and assisted by a medical team.
The life-saving flight was activated, at the request of the Prefecture of Reggio Calabria, by the AOC (Aerospace Operations Command) of the Air Force which immediately involved the 46th Air Brigade of Pisa, one of the Departments that carries out the operational readiness service for this kind of missions.
Once all the necessary procedures were carried out by the military crew, the aircraft took off from the Pisa airport immediately after midnight to head towards the Reggio di Calabria airport where the newborn, aboard the ambulance, was immediately embarked on the aircraft for the emergency transport. After landing at Ciampino Airport, which took place after 4, the ambulance headed to the "Bambino Gesù" pediatric hospital in Rome for subsequent admission.
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.