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SQN690 AIREVAC

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690

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Agenda

• SQN 690

• Danish AIREVAC – education• Danish AIREVAC – operations• Danish AIREVAC – the structures• Equipment

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SQN690 AIREVACOrganisation

Full time:1 Surgeon Commander – SQN Commander1 Surgeon Commander – Second in command1 Leader AECC1 Leader CSU2 Flight Medics

Reserve personnel:13 Flight Surgeons / Flight Medical Officers / Surgeons14 Flight Nurses18 Flight Medics

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Agenda

• SQN 690

• Danish AIREVAC - EDUCATION

• Danish AIREVAC – operations• Danish AIREVAC – the structures• Equipment

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Educational background

• Basic military training• Flight surgeons

– At least 2 years of specialist training for anesthesia and intensive care

• Flight nurses– Specialists in anesthesia nursing

or intensive care nursing• Flight medics

– Paramedics

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Training objectives

• To utilize and integrate existing knowledge and skills to perform in an unfamiliar environment with potential unfamiliar stressors.

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Training objectives

• To utilize and integrate existing knowledge and skills to perform in an unfamiliar environment with potential unfamiliar stressors.

• To corporate across professional and national boarders

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Training objectives

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Training objectives

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Training objectives

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Training objectives

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Training objectives

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Training objectives

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Training objectives

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Training objectives

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Training objectives

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Agenda

• SQN 690 • Danish AIREVAC – education

• Danish AIREVAC – operations

• Danish AIREVAC – the structures• Equipment

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EVAC AFGHANISTAN

Helmand Province

R3Field Hospital

KandaharCamp BastionBrize Norton

BirminghamRamstein

AECC responcibility

EUROPE

Evacuation ex. Afghanistan

Forward AE

Kabul

Civ R4

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Forward AirEvac

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Camp Bastion

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RAF or USAF

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690

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ROYAL AIR FORCE C-17

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690

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Birmingham

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690

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Hercules C-130J

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690

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Challenger CL-604

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690

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R2LM

AECC responcibility

DENMARK

Evacuation “short range”

with Casualty Staging Unit (CSU)

Forward AE

TAOR

CSU

Civ R4

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AECC responcibility

Iceland

Arctic disaster evacuation

with Casualty Staging Unit (CSU)

Forward Team

Triage

Greenland

CSU+

Civ R3/R4Cruise ShipLanding stripFW AE

Forward AE

RW AE

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690

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Arctic disaster relief (exercise SAREX Greenland Sea 2012)

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690

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Civil evacuation – Libya 2011

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AIREVAC operations: Total: 359 evacuations

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1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Missioner

PT i alt

Libyen flyvn.

PT fra Libyen

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Agenda

• SQN 690• Danish AIREVAC – education• Danish AIREVAC – operations

• Danish AIREVAC – the structures

• Equipment

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Classical AIREVAC structure:

SMODETCO

Chief SurgeonOn duty

Operative Command

(HOK/SOK/FTK)

Contact officer on duty

(coordinating)

Contact OfficerUnit

AECCAECO

AE TeamCCATT

Contact Surgeon

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AIREVAC-REQUEST

Chief Surgeon

On duty TACDENDuty Officer

AECC

FLIGHT OPS.

MEDICAL

SQN 721

AmbulanceService ?

Police

Civil hospital

MISSIONSMO / DETCO

MEDICALAIRCREW

MEDICALAIRCREW

MEDICALCREW

Tactical Command

Duty Officer

FAMILY

UNIT

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EVAC • Gather initial medical information (MEDREP)

• Advice on medical aspects with regard to evacuation (fit for flight)

• Determine flight configuration• Determine necessary medical capability for evacuation • Staffing of CCATT• Coordinate evacuation with tactical commands• Coordinate evacuation with partnering AECC• Arrange for transportation of patient from APOE to civil

hospital• Coordinate with and inform civil hospital• Inform all other relevant entities (contact officers, Danish

armed forces health service etc.)

AECC/AECO tasks

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AECC considerations

• Type of aircraft (C-130J or CL-604)• Flight time• Altitude• Landing facilities• Weather issues en-route• Transportation options (APOD - hospital),

escort etc.

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Agenda

• SQN 690• Danish AIREVAC – education• Danish AIREVAC – operations• Danish AIREVAC – the structures

• Equipment

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Hercules C-130J

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CAF/USAF Hercules C-130H

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EVAC • Wartime configuration:

– Up to 97 stretchers...• Peacetime configuration:

– 2 ambulances or..– 2 AE-modules or..– 1 AE-module and 1 ambulance or..– In combination with stretchers

C130J Hercules

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C-130J Intensive Care AE Module (A+B)

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Intensive care set up

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Intensive care set up

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C-130J Intensive Care AE Module

Advantages:• Climate• Vibrations / noise• Supply (ox+220v)• Std. stretchers• Good working conditions• Contamination of plane…

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• VW transporter synchro / MB Sprinter• Intensive Care ambulances• Currently 2+1• Door to door transportation

• Power supply 220 V AC + 12 V DC

• Air condition• Noise/vibration

C-130J Intensive Care Ambulance

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Challenger CL-604

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690

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Challenger CL-604

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690

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Challenger CL-604

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Challenger CL-604

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SQN 690 (AIREVAC)Mission accomplished – every time…!