Charity Funds Kit For Air Ambulance 

The Henry Bloom Noble Healthcare Trust has funded a new piece of equipment for the Isle of Man Air Ambulance Service.

The equipment will enable the service to provide uninterrupted chest compressions. 

The Schiller automated compression device is used to provide chest compressions during a cardiac arrest.

New Equipment

It frees up the staff to concentrate on the important task of defibrillating the patient back to a pumping heart rhythm. 

Unlike a human, it won’t become fatigued and can continue whilst the patient is being moved out of the aircraft. 

It replaces a previous, bulkier device that was harder for a lone member of staff to fit to an unconscious patient.

It is compact enough to be kept in the aeroplane at all times, making it available on every transfer – not only for those patients identified as high risk.

Air Ambulance

The Coastguard helicopter, in which the Isle of Man Air Ambulance service staff and patients travel during very poor weather and at night, already has one of these devices on-board.

Kate Teare, Medical Lead for the IOM Air Ambulance Service, said: “We are really grateful to the Henry Bloom Noble Healthcare Trust for funding this fantastic device.

“This is an exciting development that will enhance the care we are able to provide whilst transporting our patients.”