Hospital groups will require a dedicated retrieval specialist

Dr Fergal Cummins of AeroMedevac Ireland and the Department of Emergency Medicine at University Hospital Limerick outlines the need for an enhanced retrieval medicine system to accommodate the roll-out of the new hospital groups and their ‘hub and spoke’ model of care. AeroMedevac Ireland is a tertiary retrieval firm that recently celebrated the success of its 100th patient retrieval. This was a significant milestone as Ireland’s first indigenous retrieval organisation. Minister for Health Dr James Reilly officially launched AeroMedevac Ireland in March 2011. Since then the company has gone from strength to strength, successfully repatriating all patient demographics, from children…