Ambulance

Hinduja Hospital offers 24 hours round the clock ambulance services, geared to meet any emergency - surgical or medical. An ambulance that can take care and provide the patient, right from the site of the accident, or illness, advance medical assistance.

The ambulance, which is a mobile Critical Care Unit provides the patient, 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 transfer of the patient. Special shock absorbers allow for a smooth journey. Moreover, the unit being air-conditioned, it provides maximum comfort to the patient while traveling.

Ambulance Features

• Defibrillator
  This is used to shock a diseased heart to normal.
  
• Emergency Kit
  This is a light - weight aluminum suitcase, containing all emergency drugs, equipment and infusions (drips). It is carried to the house of the patient, to start emergency treatment, on the spot.
  
• Suction Machine
  Takes out secretions (sputum) from the lungs.
• The Mobile Critical Care Team
  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.
• Two-way Communication System
  The unit is equipped with a wireless system, to provide for communication between the hospital and the mobile care unit. This is to keep the hospital updated on the patient conditions, so that various specialists could be kept ready for the patient. Expert advice could also be sought from various specialists, as the patient is being transported to the hospital.
• Ventilator
  This is a breathing machine. It supplies oxygen to all patients, whether adults or children.