Qatar- Special vehicles for medical emergencies

Date

2/6/2016 10:36:03 PM

(MENAFN- The Peninsula) A tent where patients will be treated based on the seriousness of their condition.

The new Major Incident Response vehicles of HMC Ambulance Service on show at the conference.

DOHA: Hamad Medical Corporation’s Ambulance Service (HMCAS) recently launched special vehicles to deal with major incidents.

‘Major Incident Response vehicles’ are specially designed rapidly deployable containers to be used by the Specialized Emergency Management team within HMCAS to provide medical support after a major incident. The vehicle contains all resources needed to create a temporary field treatment area with a variety of AC tents for treating patients.

The units are staffed by crews who will rapidly deploy the shelters and equipment for treating patients by Ambulance Paramedics and Critical Care Paramedics before transferring them to one of Hamad Medical Corporation’s (HMC) Emergency Departments. The medical decontamination unit enables clinical teams to support other emergency response agencies after a major incident involving a hazardous material.

Major Incident Response vehicles were showcased at the International Conference in Emergency Medicine and Public Health. Brendon Morris Executive Director of the Ambulance Service said: “We believe the vehicles position us well should a large scale adverse event occur. This is part of the national effort to ensure preparation for a major incident of any kind.”

Morris added: “In the event of a major incident the Ambulance Service specialised team will be activated.

“The vehicles that are deployed will depend on the type of incident and the requirements.

“Each container type has a variety of resources inside — they have been designed to maximise the available space and are unique in the volume of supplies they can hold.

“For example. the medical container holds three large patient treatment tents each air-conditioned and equipped with electrical power and lighting; a range of medical supplies such as ventilation units portable oxygen medical kits stretchers refrigerators solar power panelling and a generator with a fuel tank that can be refilled.

“This means the containers can stay on the site of a major incident for as long as they are required with these sustainable power sources.”

These new Major Incident Response vehicles join part of the overall fleet of HMC Ambulance Service which includes more than 160 ambulances 20 rapid response vehicles and three helicopters responding to more than 100000 emergency medical calls each year.

The Peninsula

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