title: Monitoring in motion. An update on the Air Ambulance Service of the South African Red Cross Society (Cape Region).
abstract: Since 1966, when 40 patients were transported in a single-engined light aircraft in its first year of service, the Air Ambulance Service of the Cape Region of the South African Red Cross Society has continued to grow annually, providing the people of southern Africa with a remarkable and, in its many ways, unique service. More than 3,300 patients have been transported on more than 2,500 flights in the past 23 years. In June 1988, a Cessna Citation jet aircraft was taken into service and, by 20 January 1989, had already transported more than 148 patients on 102 flights. This aircraft was equipped in Cape Town and has sophisticated life support and monitoring equipment, which enables critically ill patients to be transported over long distances in safety.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthetics and Medicine, University of Cape Town.
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Linton
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: la Grange
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: van Wyk
mesh_terms: D000401:Aircraft / Q000592:standards*; D000552:Ambulances / Q000592:standards*; D012011:Red Cross; D013019:South Africa