Medical Emergency Helicopter Unit : Our Day Begins ... When Your Is About To End

The AGUSTA A-109E is an Italian-built high speed and high performance multi purpose helicopter. It has two engines, a four blade main rotor, a two blade tail rotor and retractable landing gear with EMS (EMERGENCY MEDICAL SYSTEM) configuration.

It is fully equipped with electronic systems, which ensure the safety and accuracy of the flight, such as radar, auto pilot, GPS and other modern avionics.

The helicopter’s crew is a pilot and a co-pilot. When used as a flying ambulance, it also carries a doctor and a paramedic.

The helicopter cabin is configured as a modern Intensive Care Unit (ICU) with Cardiac Monitor-Defibrillator, oxygen supply, fluid suction device and infusion pump. It has the capability of transferring one patient on a stretcher. Also, two patients can be transferred, provided that one of them could be transferred sitting.