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AIR AMBULANCES TO ENSURE HEALTH AT LIMA 2019 PAN AMERICAN GAMES
This inter-institutional operation is carried out from Huacho to Paracas, going through Metropolitan Lima, Callao, Bujama and Punta Rocas, places where the competition venues are located.
From the first day of the Lima 2019 sports competitions, this massive sporting event has been protected thanks to the Aero-Medical Evacuation System. It operates under a Unified Command made up of the Armed Forces and the Peruvian National Police, in cooperation with the Ministry of Health, EsSalud, SISOL, local and regional governments and the private sector. The system ensures that this multi-sport event is carried out in a safe and healthy environment.
For this reason, emergency care measures have been taken and more than two thousand people have been deployed, along with 60 ambulances, helicopters, airplanes and a network of public and private health facilities, which are alert and prepared in the event of any emergency that may arise during the competitions.
These aircrafts and helicopters, which have been provided by the Armed Forces and the PNP, have a specialized crew consisting of a pilot, co-pilot, paramedic, doctors and nurses, all certified and experienced specialists in emergency response, disasters and aero-medical evacuation. They will monitor the venues of the Pan American Games: from Huacho, Metropolitan Lima, Bujama, Punta Rocas, up to Paracas.
Doctor Juan Luis Arce Palomino, a specialist in Emergency Medicine and Disasters who is also the Emergency Medical Services Coordinator of the Games Services Department and Medical Services of Lima 2019, informed, “Although there has not been any major incident so far, these airplanes and helicopters have advanced life support equipment, such as resuscitators, stretchers and medications for assisted transport without complications to patients.”
He also explained that, besides aircrafts, mobile ground support infrastructure has been deployed, such as advanced medical posts, emergency response teams, mobile units, ambulances and specialized personnel in all medical tasks.
With this Aero-Medical Evacuation System, it is guaranteed that medical emergencies in the Lima 2019 Pan American and Parapan American Games will be solved as soon as possible, and that the health of athletes and spectators attending this multi-sports event will be protected in the event of an emergency.
