Lingtian Airlines urgently evacuated a patient with aortic dissection on the third day of the Lunar New Year, fighting for their lives.

(Provided by Lingtian Airlines)

[Reporter Liu Yuqing/Penghu Report] As the Lunar New Year holiday continues and every family is reunited, Penghu County’s resident medical helicopter, Lingtian Airlines, shoulders the last line of defense in Penghu’s medical care. During the Spring Festival, it sticks to its post. Received an emergency medical evacuation task, urgently stripped the patient's aorta and sent it to Kaohsiung Rong Zong for his life.

In the early hours of today, Lingtian Airlines was notified by the air referral review center of the Ministry of Health and Welfare that a patient suspected of aortic dissection in the Ministry of Penghu Hospital needed to be rushed to Kaohsiung Veterans General for emergency treatment. The male patient was 71 years old and had high blood pressure. Taking medicine for a long time, he walked to see a doctor at around 0:00 in the morning. He complained of shortness of breath, chest tightness and other symptoms. The emergency room of the Ministry of Penghu Hospital performed preliminary examinations such as electrocardiogram and established peripheral intravenous infusion and gave drugs.

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Due to the strengthening of the northeast monsoon and the arrival of cold currents, the weather conditions at Penghu Airport today are not good. There are low clouds, rain, and gusts of up to 39 nautical miles, which are equivalent to mild typhoons. The weather conditions were once close to the critical point of mission initiation, which is a test for flying The pilot's professional judgment on the weather. If the forecast of the weather condition will be lower than the critical point, the mission will not be able to be performed due to weather factors. The pilot needs to make the safest decision under the premise of considering flight safety and patient safety.

Lingtian Airlines took off from Penghu Airport at 6:13 in the morning, landed at Kaohsiung Airport at 6:53, and arrived at Kaohsiung Rongzong at 7:10.

Chen Wansheng, Director of Lingtian Aviation Helicopter Medical Referral Service Center, said that the Spring Festival holiday will not affect the execution of the evacuation mission. Both Taiwan and Penghu have performed emergency medical evacuation missions, sticking to their posts to protect the lives of residents on outlying islands.

During the consecutive Spring Festival holidays, Lingtian Aviation still sticks to its posts to protect the lives of people on outlying islands.

(Provided by Lingtian Airlines)