RESUMO
Since the withdrawal of Royal Air Force Puma helicopters from Belize in 1994, the role of casualty evacuation (CASEVAC) of British military personnel, Belizean and foreign nationals throughout the country, has passed to 25 Flight Army Air Corps, currently equipped with Gazelle helicopters. Details of causalty evacuations during 1995 and 1996 have been collated and analysed in order to provided information on casualty types, and the locations from which casualties have been evacuated, during this 2 year period. The data so obtained might be used to ensure the future provision of an appropriately equipped CASEVAC helicopter, or to highlight common causes of significant morbidity in Britian troops deployed to Belize.(AU)
Assuntos
Humanos , Medicina Aeroespacial/estatística & dados numéricos , Resgate Aéreo , Belize , Reino Unido , Auditoria Médica , MilitaresRESUMO
Data on aeromedical transportation for the period 1974 - 1978 carried out by the Air Wing of the Jamaica Defence Force have been analysed. A 400 percent increase in utilisation of the service has been noted. Some of the problems involved have been discussed and recommendations made to increase the overall efficiency of aeromedical transportation in Jamaica. (AU)