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A country doing everything possible to take care of their citizens. Amazing. 
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A Norwegian fighter jet saved a dying man’s life by whisking medical equipment 300 miles to the country’s remote central coast in just 25 minutes.
The patient would die without a last-ditch lung and heart procedure called extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, but the town of Bodø did not have the skills or machines for it.
With all nearby machines offline, doctors called colleagues in Trondheim, 300 miles to the south, which had one available.
The jet made the 30-mile flight from Trondheim to Bodø in just 25 minutes, when it usually takes 35 minutes. A hospital trauma team picked up the equipment from there and transported it and the critically ill patient another 350 miles to University Hospital of North Norway in Tromso
Quick-thinking staff at Saint Olaf hospital called the air force for help, just as two F-16 fighter jets were about to take off from a nearby airbase for an exercise.
‘They didn't ask any questions, except for what size the machine was,’ the hospital’s chief doctor Anders Wetting Carlsen said.
One of the jets made the desperate mercy dash to an airfield in Bodø in just 25 minutes, carrying the cargo in a tiny compartment under its wing.
A hospital trauma team picked up the equipment from there and transported it and the critically ill patient another 350 miles to University Hospital of North Norway in Tromso, saving his life.
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation is a last ditch heart and lung treatment to keep patients in heart or lung failure alive by removing blood from their body and artificially removing the carbon dioxide and oxygenating red blood cells
Norway’s F-16s are rarely fitted with the cargo tanks and it was an incredible stroke of luck that the jet was carrying one at the time, air squadron head Lieutenant Colonel Kleppe said
Air squadron head Borge Kleppe told Norwegian daily Verdens Gang it usually takes 35 minutes to make the trip.
‘But given the special nature of the cargo, the pilot stepped on it and arrived at the destination less than 25 minutes later,’ he said.
Norway’s F-16s are rarely fitted with the cargo tanks and it was an incredible stroke of luck that the jet was carrying one at the time, Lieutenant Colonel Kleppe said.
‘There were a number of coincidences that made this go well. Had call arrived half an hour later, the aircraft would have already been heading south. And usually we do not fly with cargo tanks,’ he said.
The air force has in the past used Hercules or DA20 cargo aircraft in medical emergencies, but this was the first time an F-16 was commandeered.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...sh-just-25-minutes-save-dying-man-s-life.html
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- F-16 air force jet ferried special heart and lung machine between hospitals
- The last-ditch ECMO treatment saved the patient's life
- Usually a 35-minute flight, the jet made the journey in just 25 minutes
- It was luckily fitted with a rarely-used cargo tank to carry the equipment
A Norwegian fighter jet saved a dying man’s life by whisking medical equipment 300 miles to the country’s remote central coast in just 25 minutes.
The patient would die without a last-ditch lung and heart procedure called extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, but the town of Bodø did not have the skills or machines for it.
With all nearby machines offline, doctors called colleagues in Trondheim, 300 miles to the south, which had one available.
The jet made the 30-mile flight from Trondheim to Bodø in just 25 minutes, when it usually takes 35 minutes. A hospital trauma team picked up the equipment from there and transported it and the critically ill patient another 350 miles to University Hospital of North Norway in Tromso
Quick-thinking staff at Saint Olaf hospital called the air force for help, just as two F-16 fighter jets were about to take off from a nearby airbase for an exercise.
‘They didn't ask any questions, except for what size the machine was,’ the hospital’s chief doctor Anders Wetting Carlsen said.
One of the jets made the desperate mercy dash to an airfield in Bodø in just 25 minutes, carrying the cargo in a tiny compartment under its wing.
A hospital trauma team picked up the equipment from there and transported it and the critically ill patient another 350 miles to University Hospital of North Norway in Tromso, saving his life.
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation is a last ditch heart and lung treatment to keep patients in heart or lung failure alive by removing blood from their body and artificially removing the carbon dioxide and oxygenating red blood cells
Norway’s F-16s are rarely fitted with the cargo tanks and it was an incredible stroke of luck that the jet was carrying one at the time, air squadron head Lieutenant Colonel Kleppe said
Air squadron head Borge Kleppe told Norwegian daily Verdens Gang it usually takes 35 minutes to make the trip.
‘But given the special nature of the cargo, the pilot stepped on it and arrived at the destination less than 25 minutes later,’ he said.
Norway’s F-16s are rarely fitted with the cargo tanks and it was an incredible stroke of luck that the jet was carrying one at the time, Lieutenant Colonel Kleppe said.
‘There were a number of coincidences that made this go well. Had call arrived half an hour later, the aircraft would have already been heading south. And usually we do not fly with cargo tanks,’ he said.
The air force has in the past used Hercules or DA20 cargo aircraft in medical emergencies, but this was the first time an F-16 was commandeered.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...sh-just-25-minutes-save-dying-man-s-life.html
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