Aeronautica Militare: trasporto sanitario d’urgenza per un neonato di un giorno da Lamezia Terme a Roma

A one-day-old newborn in imminent danger of life travelled in a thermal cradle aboard a Falcon 900 aircraft of the 31st Wing of the Italian Air Force

The emergency medical transport of a one-day-old infant from Lamezia Terme to Ciampino (RM), carried out using a Falcon 900 transport aircraft of the 31st Wing of the Italian Air Force, was completed in the early hours of this morning.

The small patient, in imminent danger to life, needed to be transferred urgently to the “Bambino Gesù” paediatric hospital in Rome. For this type of transport, specifically, it was necessary to use a Falcon 900 of the 31st Wing of Ciampino, an aircraft suitable for transporting the newborn who was in imminent danger of life. The little patient, who travelled inside a thermal cradle, was monitored during the flight by a medical team for the entire duration of the journey.

The life-saving flight was activated, at the request of the Prefecture of Catanzaro, by the Summit Situation Room of the Air Force Command which immediately involved the 31st Wing of Ciampino, one of the Units that carries out operational readiness service for this type of mission.

Once all the necessary procedures had been carried out by the military crew, the aircraft took off from Lamezia airport at dawn this morning. Here, the little boy was immediately embarked on the aircraft for emergency transport. After landing at Ciampino airport, the ambulance headed to the “Bambino Gesù” paediatric hospital in Rome for subsequent admission.

The Italian Air Force's flight units 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 people in imminent danger of death, 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.