航空護理師新紀元：國際醫療轉送

New Era of Flight Nurse: International Aeromedical Transport

醫療國際化是國家醫療政策的重點發展項目，而國際醫療轉送服務是促成台灣醫療國際化的重要因素之ㄧ。在這特殊的專業領域，航空護理師與航空醫師一同協助病患克服跨國或洲際飛行轉送所需面對的高空低壓生理變化以及轉送過程的挑戰。為了因應國際醫療轉送服務的需求，航空護理師的角色因應而生。然而，國內具國際醫療轉送經驗的航空護理師僅占全國護理人員的少數，面對這國際化趨勢所帶來的挑戰，護理專業人員應積極提升自我專業準備度。本文以護理觀點對國際醫療轉送趨勢、航空護理師訓練，航空護理師於國際醫療轉送過程之角色，以及未來展望做介紹，提供有志投入國際醫療轉送之護理同仁教育訓練及執行轉送任務之參考，達到提升國際間醫療轉送品質、落實醫療國際化。

International aeromedical transport service is one of the major focuses of national health policy, and it is also an important factor that may facilitate the medical internationalization of Taiwan. In this special professional realm, flight nurses and flight doctors needs to work together to help the patient overcome the change of their physiology at high altitude with low-pressure when flying internationally or intercontinentally. To meet the demand of international medical transport services, a new role of flight nurse was developed. Nurse professionals who are interested in the new role need to well repare themselves to meet the great challenge of the medical internationalization. In this paper, we will introduce the trend of the international aeromedical transport service, the training and roles of flight nurses, and prospect of the international aeromedical transport service from nursing point of view. Hopefully, it may provide health professionals who want to devote themselves to the international aeromedical transport with the information they needed for further educational training or for transport missions, so that the quality of the international aeromedical transport may be promoted to meet the great needs of medical internationalization.