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JUN 24, 2003 (newstodate): From the autumn of 2004, Sweden will have an airborne ambulance service in place to respond to national emergency needs.
Based on a SEK 18 million budget, the Swedish government has initiated the project with participation from the Swedish CAA, SAS, and the national health services.
At the core of the ambulance service is one SAS Boeing 737-800 that can be readied by the airline within six hours after the emergency call, specially trained SAS cabin staff, and health personnel from various Swedish hospitals.
Among the targets to be reached during the project is the selection of four medical crews each consisting of 18 people.
The re-configured aircraft will allow for six patients in intensive care, facilities for an additional eight heavily injured patients, and a total of 22 other patients to be flown to a hospital within 300 miles from the disaster scene.
Each aircraft will have two cockpit crew members, four or five cabin crew, one flight engineer, and an aircraft handling coordinator.
Based on a SEK 18 million budget, the Swedish government has initiated the project with participation from the Swedish CAA, SAS, and the national health services.
At the core of the ambulance service is one SAS Boeing 737-800 that can be readied by the airline within six hours after the emergency call, specially trained SAS cabin staff, and health personnel from various Swedish hospitals.
Among the targets to be reached during the project is the selection of four medical crews each consisting of 18 people.
The re-configured aircraft will allow for six patients in intensive care, facilities for an additional eight heavily injured patients, and a total of 22 other patients to be flown to a hospital within 300 miles from the disaster scene.
Each aircraft will have two cockpit crew members, four or five cabin crew, one flight engineer, and an aircraft handling coordinator.