The young patient needed to be urgently transferred to the Gaslini Paediatric Hospital in Genoa. A Falcon 900 aircraft from the 31st Wing of the Italian Air Force was used for the transport.
The emergency medical transport of a... concluded in the dead of night. newborn only three days old From Alghero military airport (SS), home to the Italian Air Force's Airport Detachment, to Genoa airport, carried out with a transport aircraft Falcon 900 of the 31st Wing.
The young patient, in imminent danger of life, required urgent transfer. from the Sassari University Hospital to the Gaslini Paediatric Hospital in Genoa. The newborn travelled in a special thermal cot, accompanied by a medical team who monitored her throughout all phases of the flight.
The flight, defined as “IPV – Imminent Danger to Life”, it was activated at the request of Sassari Prefecture hello Summit Situation Room of the Air Squad Command – 1st Air Region of the Italian Air Force. This immediately concerned the 31st Wing of Ciampino, one of the Units that carries out operational readiness service for this type of mission. Once they arrived at Genoa airport, where an ambulance was already waiting for the little one, the Falcon 900 returned to Ciampino, the permanent base of the 31st Wing, becoming available again for immediate deployment if necessary.
The Italian Air Force's Flight Departments are available to the public 24 hours a day, every day of the year, with aircraft and crews capable of transporting patients, organs, medical teams, and ambulances, even in complex weather conditions. Hundreds of flight hours are carried out each year for this type of operation by the aircraft of the 31st Wing of Ciampino, of the 14th Wing of Pratica di Mare, of the 46th Air Brigade of Pisa and by the helicopters of the 15th Wing of Cervia, stationed at various bases from the north to the south of the country.
