as received, no further info.... FYI Ace Air Ambulance is a service run out of Zimbabwe
Medical evacuation into Nothern Mozambique- Ace Air & Ambulance ZimbabweOur team flew into northern Mozambique yesterday to collect a professional hunter who had sustained poly trauma and a gunshot wound to the femur, very little medical information wasgiven.The team made up of two pilots a flight doctor nd flight nurse landed in a very remotelocation in the Niassa game reserve near the border of Mozambique and Tanzania, andwere shocked to see burnt out small aircraft that were still smoking near the airfield, and aheavy military presence, the military rushed to the aircraft asking the team to leaveimmediately saying there were isis terrorists nearby! Only to find out they were in a hot zonein niassa where they have recently had Islamic attacks at a hunting camp, where theybeheaded lodge staff and killed a number of rangers and burnt lodges.Out of the bush came a vehicle full of armed rangers and carried a critically injured patientwho infact was a ranger shot by Isis two days earlier.While the rangers tried to get away from the islamists they rolled the vehicle and sustainedfemur fracture, diaphragmatic rupture, fracture ankle and bowl injuries ontop of the bulletwound in his other leg.The military then allowed us to attend to him and said to please leave urgently as we weresitting ducks, and radio comms are being sent that isis are very close!The military then surrounded the aircraft in combat positions protecting us while we startedattending to the man who was now pale, septic and severely wounded.After getting more information the patient had been shot and injured two days ago and hadbeen hiding in the bush, while hiding, him and another ranger were then attacked by hyenasin the night and his friend was dragged away, and he cannot recall seeing or hearing fromhim again.The team took three hours trying to stabilize the man before they could take off to the capitalcity which was a four hour flight away.The medical Insurance who kept the information away from our team could have resulted ina very bad situation! But the ACE flight crew, knowing how dangerous the surroundings weresaid “we here so might as well do all we can”The intervention was intensive and very well managed under such circumstances, chestdrains, breathing tubes and assorted life saving medicine was administered to the criticallyinjured man, surrounded by his work mates thanking ACE for all they did, and wished theircomrade farewell.The military and rangers quickly disappeared back into the thick bush as the aircraft took off,leaving them all to fight this group of evil men who simply want to kill the local peoplebecuase they are Christians!!!May God bless them all and protect against these evil creatures trying to destroy northernMozambiqueThank you to the ACE Flight team for saving this man’s life!
