Press release -
Four European countries deploy EpiShuttle to rescue covid-19 patients
Three leading European Air Forces have deployed single patient isolation pods to rescue covid-19 patients from remote areas. In record time, the EpiShuttle is now in service with The Royal Air Force in Scotland, The Royal Norwegian Air Force, the Royal Danish Air Force and the German Air Ambulance DRF.
The use of single patient isolation systems increase the efficiency of our healthcare system during the pandemic outbreak.
- An ambulance or aircraft would normally require 2-4 hours of disinfection between every transport. Isolation pods reduce the need for disinfecting the ambulance, protecting both the crew and the next patient from being infected, says CEO of EpiGuard, Ellen Cathrine Andersen.
The three Air Forces and the German Air Ambulance have all deployed the isolation pod during the last week. The EU supported EpiShuttle was developed by doctors and engineers at the Norwegian company EpiGuard.
- Single patient isolation systems increase the capacity of our healthcare system by making evacuations and transport between hospitals more effective. The EpiShuttle allow patients to receive treatment during the evacuation while protecting the crew, Andersen says.
Facts about medical transfers of covid-19 patients:
- Wearing in full personal protective equipment (PPE) causes fatigue and should not be performed for more than 2 hours.
- Long distance evacuation of contagious patients requires several crews to rotate on performing necessary healthcare.
- The air flow inside a helicopter can easily cause virus to flow from the patient to the crew.
- The EpiShuttle allows crew to operate without wearing full personal protective equipment and without the need for a full disinfection of the ambulance or aircraft.
Press releases and supporting material:
The Scottish Air Ambulance – New technology to aid covid-19 transfers
https://scottishamb-newsroom.prgloo.com/news/new-technology-to-aid-covid-19-air-transfers
The German Air Ambulance (In German only) - EpiShuttles protect patients and crew
Norwegian TV2 on the RNoAF’s deployment (In Norwegian only) - RNoAF has purchased five EpiShuttles
https://www.tv2.no/a/11315095/
Danish Ministry of Defense (In Danish only) - Safe transportation of corona infected
https://fmn.dk/nyheder/Pages/Sikker-lufttransport-af-cornasmittede.aspx
EU press release – Single Isolations Pods help tackle the coronavirus outbreak
For further information, please contact:
Elena Gonder
Phone: +47 473 15 818
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EpiGuard is a Norwegian company established in 2015 providing better solutions for safe transportation of contagious patients. Our team of medical experts and engineers developed the EpiShuttle based on analysis and clinical first-hand experience from previous global epidemics. Our medical background ranges from intensive care, infectious diseases, internal medicine and anesthesiology, and transport medicine. EpiShuttle improves patient safety and care, the safety for health care providers, reduce costs and increase operational efficiency. Saving one – protecting everyone.
