A 7-day-old newborn, in imminent danger of life, traveled aboard an aircraft of the 31st Flight of the Air Force
It concluded in the early afternoon of today the Urgent medical transport of a 7-day-old baby from Cagliari to Ciampino, carried out with a plane Falcon 50 of the Italian Air Force.
The small patient in imminent danger of life needed to be urgently transferred from the “Duilio Casula” Hospital in Monserrato (CA) to the “Bambino Gesù” Pediatric Hospital in Rome. Specifically, the newborn traveled inside a thermal cradle, monitored and assisted by a medical team and accompanied by his parents.
This type of activity in favor of the community is one of the institutional tasks carried out by the Air Force, which just yesterday celebrated the centenary of its foundation (March 28, 1923). In fact, this represents the first emergency medical transport in the second 100 years. Since the beginning of the year, there have been more than 30 flights to transport patients at imminent risk of death.
Today’s life-saving flight was activated, at the request of the Cagliari Prefectural Authority, by the Air Force Situation Command Room, which immediately took action. 31st Wing, one of the Departments that carries out operational readiness service for this type of mission.
After carrying out all the necessary procedures by the military crew, the aircraft took off from Ciampino Airport in the morning, landing at Cagliari Elmas, where the newborn was immediately boarded for emergency transport. After landing at Ciampino Airport at 14:00, the ambulance headed to the “Bambino Gesù” pediatric hospital in Rome for further hospitalization.
The Italian Air Force's flight departments are available to the public 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, with aircraft and crews capable of operating, even in complex weather conditions, to ensure the urgent transport not only of individuals in imminent danger of life, but also of organs, medical teams, or ambulances.
Hundreds of flight hours are carried out each year for this type of operation by aircraft from the 31st Wing of Ciampino, the 14th Wing of Pratica di Mare, the 46th Air Brigade of Pisa, and by helicopters from the 15th Wing of Cervia.
