Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 26 November 2014
78. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Defence when the review of the Air Corps emergency aeromedical service will be completed; the total number of missions completed to date; if he will provide a breakdown of the type of patient transported; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45498/14]
View answerThe Working Group, set up by the Minister for Health to consider how best to provide a permanent EAS service, has completed its work and I understand that its Report has been sent to the Minister for Health for his consideration.
From the commencement of the pilot EAS service on 4 June 2012 until 31 October 2014 the Air Corps has completed a total of 816 EAS missions. These taskings included cases of severe heart attack (called segment elevation myocardial infarction or STEMI), trauma and other time-critical cases, as tasked by the HSE’s National Aero-Medical Coordination Centre. To date, STEMI and suspected STEMI related missions have accounted for almost one-third of completed EAS missions.
