Evacuación aeromédica de pacientes COVID-19. Reporte de casos

Abstract

background: the aeromedical evacuation in the Chilean Air Force has had an important development in the last 15 years. the coronavirus disease declared as a global pandemic by the WHO has generated the challenge of transferring highly infectious patients to centers of greater complexity. the objective of this article is to report our experience in the transfer of COVID -19 patients in constant attention and medical monitoring. Clinical case reports: the aeromedical evacuation of 2 COVID-19 patients was performed from the Hanga Roa Hospital, Rapa nui, to the national thorax Institute, Metropolitan Region, in a Lockheed Hercules C-130, which corresponds to a pressurized fixed-wing airplane. The transfer was carried out with the corresponding personal protection elements and in individual isolation capsules with advanced negative pressure life support (ISO -POD), in order to reduce the level of contagion to the aero sanitary crew and minimize the impact on the flight material used. Discussion: the transfer was carried out achieving all the objectives set out under a strict security protocol and the two COVID-19 patients were transferred successfully. the negative pressure isolation capsule system was safe and reliable, since no crew member presented symptoms or was infected by COVID -19, and also allowed the transfer of highly contagious patients during an 8-hour flight operation. REsumEnIntroducción: La evacuación aeromédica en la Fuerza Aérea de Chile ha tenido un importante desarrollo en los últimos 15 años. La enfermedad por coro-

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