Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) introduced on Nov. 20 that it has signed a contract with the Protection Acquisition Program Administration for the second section mass manufacturing of medical evacuation helicopters price roughly 163 billion received.
This contract consists of medical evacuation helicopters, technical manuals, spare elements, and different built-in system help components, with a contract interval extending till December 2028. The medical evacuation helicopters are designed to safe golden time for emergency sufferers and offering affected person evacuation and aid help throughout nationwide disasters.
The medical evacuation helicopter, dubbed the “sky ambulance,” was developed based mostly on the Surion platform and is supplied with numerous specialised medical tools, enabling speedy evacuation and emergency therapy of emergency sufferers. The medical evacuation helicopters produced via the primary section mass manufacturing venture signed in December 2018 have been deployed and are at present working with the Military Medical Evacuation Aviation Unit.
Medical evacuation helicopters are considerably contributing to enhancing public security and welfare via help for army emergency evacuation in addition to medical and catastrophe rescue missions throughout nationwide disasters. In truth, it was reported that in October, when firefighting helicopter operations have been restricted because of a powerful wind advisory at Daecheong Island, the northernmost island within the West Sea, the Medical Evacuation Aviation Unit deployed medical evacuation helicopters to urgently transport an emergency affected person suspected of getting a stroke.
The second section mass manufacturing helicopters are scheduled to be outfitted with numerous specialised medical tools equivalent to the primary section manufacturing, together with stretcher help gadgets with computerized top adjustment features, oxygen provide gadgets, defibrillators, affected person monitoring gadgets, and ventilators. Moreover, they will present emergency therapy for 2 critically in poor health sufferers throughout evacuation and may concurrently evacuate as much as six sufferers. An exterior hoist for lifting sufferers can also be put in, enabling easy rescue missions even in conditions the place touchdown is restricted, corresponding to in mountainous terrain. Moreover, auxiliary gas tanks are put in for long-distance mission efficiency, and it’s anticipated that the potential for speedy affected person evacuation and emergency therapy inside golden time will probably be enhanced when emergency sufferers happen in island and mountainous areas.
A KAI consultant said, “This extra mass manufacturing of medical evacuation helicopters will contribute to defending the dear lives of army personnel and residents by transporting emergency sufferers occurring in areas distant from city facilities, such because the northwestern islands and Yeongdong area, to optimum medical establishments inside the shortest doable time.”
