Air Mercy Service
It is the mission of the AMS to contribute towards an improvement in the quality of life of all communities, facilitate access to equitable and effective healthcare, and the provision of air medical and other associated humanitarian services. The AMS plays a vital role in providing not only emergency rescue and air ambulance services but also a health outreach programme, taking critically needed healthcare to impoverished communities. The AMS works in partnership with the Department of Health in each of the provinces in which it operates.
We will provide help whenever and wherever it is needed.
We are committed to Changing Lives, Saving Lives.
In accordance with the principles and objectives of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, and in support of the National Health Systems to:
- Contribute to the improvement in the quality of life of all communities.
- Faciliate access to equitable and effective healthcare.
- Provide air medical and other associated humanitarian services.
OUR SERVICES
The Flying Doctor and Rural Health Outreach Service
• To provide delivery of appropriate and effective healthcare to rural communities, by flying specialists many of whom are volunteers, as well as support personnel to outlying hospitals.
• To provide specialist support to district and secondary hospitals.
• To decrease elective referrals from district hospitals to higher level facilities.
• To address acute backlogs at district hospitals for patients in need of specialist care.
• To address important community primary healthcare needs.
• To improve rural skills by training local and medical personnel.
• The KZN service has been extended to include a ground support unit. The ground support unit has access to areas which are in close proximity to Pietermaritzburg.
The Air Ambulance Service
• To complement the local road ambulance services by providing rapid emergency air-medical transportation of patients who are critically ill or injured.
Rescue Service
• To provides specialised medical, mountain and surf rescue services, working closely with local EMS and affiliated rescue organisations.
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