T h ailand has top-no t c h , fast and efficient emergency care
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Thailand has top-notch, fast and efficient emergency care
Thailand has top- n o t c h ,
fast and efficient emergency care
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HELICOPTER EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
When medical emergencies arise in Thailand, the ambulatory services available are fast and efficient with ground, water and air transportation for every eventuality. In matters of life and death, time waits for no one. Bangkok Hospital is one that can move critical patients by helicopter to save valuable time getting them to the treatment they need. They offer medevac services throughout Indochina with experienced teams of doctors and nurses on call 24 hours a day. Patients are quickly taken to trauma centers to receive care from experienced medical professionals. Bangkok Hospital is one that offers : • • • • •
Helicopter Emergency Medical Services Mobile IC & Cardiac Hydrolance Ambulance Medical Escort Service Motorlance
Bangkok Hospital is the only operator of medical helicopter services in Southeast Asia. The aircraft is installed with advance life support equipment and attended by certified aviation medical doctors and flight nurses. Services includes: on-site patient medical treatments for trauma, cardiac, neonatal, obstetrics, pediatrics, burn and emergency cases and patient stabilization, air ambulance point-to-point patient transfer, and medical logistics of equipment, supplies and personnel. HEMS operates on a 24-hour stand-by basis out of Bangkok, with services to all provinces in Thailand, neighboring countries, and territorial maritime areas.
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MOBILE ICU & CARDIAC
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HYDROLANCE AMBULANCE
Complimenting their air and ground life support mobile units, Bangkok hospital has introduced the Hydrolance Ambulance Service that provides injured and ocean stranded patients with critical and instantaneous care whilst onboard. Â Their sea worthy speed boat is equipped with injury and life sustaining systems. Communications are made between the medical facility and boat crew to facilitate the immediate treatment upon arrival to shore. Hydrolance Ambulance Service is presently available only at Bangkok Hospital Samui.
Mobile ICU and Cardiac units are fully equipped with CDMA systems that link to the hospital's patient record, database system, and consultation. Whilst in transfer, the mobile ambulatory teams, cardiologists and doctors at the hospital can arrange for immediate interventional coronary procedures such as coronary angiography, cardiac catheterization, balloon angioplasty, bypass surgery, or treatments as prescribed by the cardiac specialists.
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MEDICAL ESCORT SERVICE
Bangkok Hospital offers well-trained, experienced doctors and nurses to escort patients back to their home country, via commercial or charter flights. In 2008, Bangkok Hospital's Aviation Medicine Department was awarded EURAMI accreditation in “Air Medical Special Care” for both fixed-wing and rotating-wing aircraft.
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MOTORLANCE
The motorcycle ambulance is an innovative solution to cope with Bangkok's heavy traffic. A doctor or paramedic is sent by motorcycle to provide medical support to patients in need of immediate care, before the ambulance arrives. This service is presently available in the Bangkok metropolitan area only.
Experienced medical staff are on call 24 hours a day insuring no patient waits for vital critical care. The hospitals are ready to help, and the ambulatory services are fast and efficient, getting patients to the treatment they need quickly.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT We would like to take this opportunity to cordially thank all of the doctors, consultants, therapists and other specialist clinicians who have provided much of the information in this brochure, and allowed us to avail ourselves of the specifications and standards to which they work. Many thanks also to the dedicated staff of the clinics and to the owners and administrators who have provided information and access and participated in the development of this project. Find more information about Thailand Medical Tourism at www.ThailandMedTourism.com Tourism Authority of Thailand Bangkok Office Address 1600 New Phetchaburi Road, Makkasan, Ratchathewi, Bangkok 10400 THAILAND Website www.TourismThailand.org