Hunter Safe And Recovering At Home After Global Rescue Evacuation
Global Rescue evacuates man with fatal heart condition from a remote camp in Botswana.
Botswana, Africa –-(AmmoLand.com)- A hunter is safe and recovering at home after Global Rescue medically evacuated him from a remote camp in Botswana to a hospital where he underwent complex heart surgery that saved his life.
The man and his wife were hunting the Tuli Block game reserves in Botswana when he began coughing severely. He visited a local clinic where he was diagnosed with bronchitis, his coughing worsened and he became short of breath. His professional hunter called Global Rescue for help.
Global Rescue’s medical staff obtained the member’s test results, suggested he be evaluated for congestive heart failure after reviewing his medical history, and recommended a medical evacuation from the camp. Global Rescue immediately launched a medically equipped aircraft to evacuate the member, who was transported from a remote landing strip to Johannesburg, the location of the best cardiology unit on the continent. There, he was diagnosed with congestive heart failure, and the local surgeons and Global Rescue physicians agreed he would require immediate bypass surgery. Global Rescue deployed a medical team to his bedside to oversee and coordinate his treatment.
After a lengthy and complicated procedure and post-operative rehabilitation that saved his life, the man and his wife were transported home to Texas.
Global Rescue provides best-in-class medical, aeromedical evacuation, search and rescue and security services to individuals, corporations, travelers and expeditions worldwide. The company’s emergency response teams are comprised of paramedics, physicians and security personnel, many of whom are veterans of elite special operations units of the U.S. Military. Through an exclusive relationship with the physicians of Johns Hopkins, Global Rescue members also benefit from the advisory services of some of the world’s finest physicians.
Examples of Global Rescue’s work include rescuing a safari client from Mozambique and dispatching a special operations team to Africa to protect and prepare to evacuate Americans from a country experiencing political unrest. Other recent missions include evacuations from Haiti, Chile, the Republic of Georgia, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Mexico, Alaska, Argentina, Ethiopia, and Thailand. For more information, visit www.globalrescue.com.