
Kailash Hospital offers 24 hours round the clock ambulance services, geared
to meet any emergency - surgical or medical. An ambulance that can take care
of the patient, right from the site of the accident, or illness, and can
make available to him, at his doorstep all the medical expertise and
advances in patient care.
The ambulance, which is a Mobile Critical Care Unit, provides the patient,
the same care as would be available in any well-equipped intensive care
unit, during his / her transit to the hospital. Designed along the lines of
the modern hi-tech ambulances, it has all the fitments for an emergency unit
including a two-way communication system.
It is manned by a doctor and trained para-medical
personnel. A telescopic stretcher, which doubles as a trolley, minimizes the
effort for transfer of the patient. Special shock absorbers on the vehicle
allow for a smooth journey. Moreover, the unit being air conditioned, it
provides maximum comfort to the patient while travelling. Following are some
of the unique facilities available with the Ambulance -
A doctor, trained in Intensive Care, will always be on
board. To assist him with the patient, will be a male nurse and a ward-boy,
apart from the driver, who would also help in the shifting of the patient.
This is a breathing machine. It supplies oxygen to all
patients, whether adults, or children.
This is used to shock a diseased heart to bring it back
to normalcy.
To take out secretions (sputum) from the lungs.
This is a light-weight aluminium suitcase, containing
all emergency drug, equipment and infusions (drips). It is carried by the
Mobile Critical Care Team to start emergency treatment on the spot.
The unit is equipped with a wireless system, to provide
for communiction between the hospital and the mobile care unit and vice
versa.
This is to help provide information regarding the patient to the hospital
authorities, so that various specialists could be kept ready for the
paitent.
Also expert advice could be sought from various specialists, as the patient
is being transported to the hospital