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At an age of 13, over 200,000 visits have been made and 13,000 hours of flight, about 5,500 patients transported. As a result, Amil Resgate Saude, a pioneer in Latin America, is considered the best Aeromedical Rescue Service in South America. It currently operates a Cessna Citation Jet II helicopters and 23 ambulances.

Amil Resgate Saude reference is in attendance and rescue missions, collaborating with government agencies and integrating Plans Serving Major Disasters, managed by the Fire Department of Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo.

With three bases on 24 hour standby (in Rio, Barra da Tijuca and Niterói, in Sao Paulo, Alphaville), the rescue service has 41 intensive care physicians, 47 nurses and technicians, 10 pilots, 22 drivers, 6 aircraft mechanics, an aeronautical engineer and four rescue coordinators.

The Origins

Amil initially bought AS-350-B2 Squirrel helicopter, the French newly launched model,  two land ambulances, truly portable ICUs. In 1994, with the need to expand throughout the country and in neighboring countries the area of operation of its air medical rescue service, the company bought a jet, Citation SII, manufactured by Cessna in the United States. The model left the factory configured for medical services, following the latest rescue techniques.

Reference

The Professionals that work in the Amil Resgate Saude are unanimous in stating that the service nowadays is a reference in Latin America. Is the model, not only technology but also the mentality of pre-hospital medicine implemented in our country. "We can say, citing testimony from colleagues from other areas, that we changed the concepts of emergency care and emergency calls that require first on-site treatment and transportation to hospitals and specialized services," says Dino Roberto Gomes, manager of Amil Resgate Saude Rio de Janeiro.

The members of the Amil Resgate Saude take pride in belonging to the team and know that their work has changed the concept of emergency care in Brazil. Doctors from other public and private company allocate the release of a new concept in emergency medicine, which includes the "emergency". The components of the service make a point of saying they wear, instead of a shirt, the overalls of Amil Resgate Saude and cannot hide the satisfaction they feel when they arrive with a patient in a hospital and his colleagues, after the necessary medical procedures, seek to find out the resources that are available to the public 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Bases

Amil Resgate Saude has three operational bases: two in Rio de Janeiro (Piratininga in Niteroi and Jacarepagua, in Barra da Tijuca) and one in Sao Paulo (Alphaville). The basis of Sao Paulo, which was installed 13 years ago in Alphaville, is a Medical Emergency Center that is part of the lives of those in the region. When someone needs medical attention, the first seek the service that has become a benchmark in the region.

Preventive Care

Besides participating in operations of simulating accidents at major international airports in the country, Amil Resgate Saude carries out activities such as education to communities about how to proceed with accident victims before the medical services arrive.

Rio de Janeiro

Euro Comunicação
José Carlos Tedesco & Roberta Barcellos
(21) 3204-3204 / (21) 2294-5251
contato@euro.inf.br

São Paulo

CDN – Comunicação Corporativa
Renner Cardoso
(11) 3643-2804
renner@cdn.com.br