At the recent International Conference in Emergency Medicine and Public Health, Hamad Medical Corporation’s Ambulance Service (HMCAS) showcased their new Major Incident Response vehicles.
Making use of specially designed rapidly deployable containers, these vehicles are equipped with all the necessary requirements to deal with a major incident in their three type configurations, namely: medical, decontamination and logistics.
In the event of a major incident, these units would be deployed by the Specialized Emergency Management team within HMCAS to provide emergency medical support.
The medical vehicle contains all the resources required to create a temporary field treatment area with a variety of air conditioned tents in which patients can be treated according to their clinical acuity. The units are staffed by specially trained crews who will rapidly deploy all the necessary shelters and equipment in preparation for the treatment and stabilization of patients by Ambulance Paramedics and Critical Care Paramedics prior to transferring them to one of Hamad Medical Corporation’s (HMC) Emergency Departments. The medical decontamination unit enables clinical teams to support other emergency response agencies in the event of a major incident involving a hazardous material.
Bron/foto: Hamad Medical Corporation -Corporate Communications Department.
