Analysis of possible modification of transport aircraft to medevac in the Czech Republic

• Autorzy: Kozuba Jarosław , Piła Jan , Martinec František

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.20858/sjsutst.2023.118.8

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

With a growing number of coronavirus patients worldwide, military and civilian transport aircraft are increasingly being used for civilian medical evacuation duties (MEDEVAC) on time-critical flights. This article deals with the possibility of converting an aircraft fleet in the Czech Republic to MEDEVAC. The indication for the analysis of the possibility of transforming transport aircraft was the past and current pandemic situation in the Czech Republic. The main research question is how to implement the modification of a selected airline of the Czech Republic to MEDEVAC. An analysis of the technical data of selected aircraft from Airbus and Boeing was used to investigate this problem. Further, an analysis of the medical equipment required for the MEDEVAC aircraft category was also performed using equipment manufactured in the Czech Republic. The results obtained by the analysis and spatial arrangement of the aircraft deck for the transport of patients with medical equipment confirmed the possibility of such a transformation within the Czech Republic. We consider it important to elaborate on a project that would solve, in detail, all the steps of the conversion of a transport aircraft to MEDEVAC.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

aircraft design; MEDEVAC; medical equipment; transport; pandemic

PL

projekt samolotu; MEDEVAC; sprzęt medyczny; transport; pandemia

• Wydawca: Wydawnictwo Politechniki Śląskiej
• Czasopismo: Zeszyty Naukowe. Transport / Politechnika Śląska
• Rocznik: 2023
• Tom: z. 118
• Strony: 109--121
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 11 poz.

Twórcy

autor

Kozuba Jarosław

• Faculty of Transport and Aviation Engineering, The Silesian University of Technology, Krasińskiego 8 Street, 40-019 Katowice, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3394-4270

autor

Piła Jan

• Faculty of Transport and Aviation Engineering, Silesian University of Technology, Katowice, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7336-5826

autor

Martinec František

• Department of Aviation Transport, University College of Business in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic

• https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7407-668X

Bibliografia

• 1. How Delta redesigned its 777 interiors, according to designers. Business – Insider. 2021. Available at: https://cryptopress.network/how-delta-redesigned-its-777-interiorsaccording-to-designers/.
• 2. Obendrauf L. Cestující už do nich nesmí. Jak se z dopravních letadel stávají nákladní. [In Czech: Passengers are no longer allowed in them. As airliners become cargo]. 1999-2021. Available at: http://www.idnes.cz/technet/technika/cargo-letadla-naklad-prestavbapostup. A190719_163701_tec_technika_erp.
• 3. Cabin safety program. Government of Canada. Available at: https://tc.canada.ca/en/aviation/commercial-air-services/commercial-businessaviation/cabin-safety/cabin-safety-program.
• 4. Wide-body and large general aviation aircraft operating considerations. Universal, Weather and Aviation, Inc. Available at: https://www.universalweather.com/blog/wide-body-andlarge-general-aviation-aircraft-operating-considerations/.
• 5. EGO Zli, Bio-bag EBV-30/40 IN/CH. Available at: https://www.egozlin.cz/en/products/cbrn-protection/patient-isolation.
• 6. Systém biologické ochrany – EGO Zlín, spol. s r. o. O nás – EGO Zlín, spol. s r. o. [In Czech: Biological protection system - EGO Zlín, spol. s r. about. About us - EGO Zlín, spol. s r. about]. Available at: http://www.egozlin.cz/24806-system-biologicke-ochrany.
• 7. Medical evacuation (MEDEVAC) table of contents. Available at: https://cms.emergency.unhcr.org/documents/11982/48687/UNHCR,+MEDEVAC+Proced ures/b5d0df8d-1ca7-4d52-9fce-47de6b819f21.
• 8. Gibbs S.G., at all. 2019. “Review of Literature for Air Medical Evacuation High-Level Containment Transport”. Air Medical Journal 38(5): 359-365. Avalaible at: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1067991X19300410.
• 9. Klaus J., at all. 2016. “Disinfection of aircraft: appropriate disinfectants and standard operating procedures for highly infectious diseases”. Bundesgesundheitsbl 59: 1544-1548. DOI: 10.1007/s00103-016-2460-2. Avalaible at: https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s00103-016-2460-2.pdf.
• 10. Gibbs S.G., at all. “Need for Aeromedical Evacuation High-Level Containment Transport Guidelines”. Emerg Infect Dis 25(5): 1033-1034.
• 11. Cornelius B. 2020. “Mass Air Medical Repatriation of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Patients”. Air Medical Journal 39(4): 251-256. Available at: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1067991X20300766.