The flying ambulance is intended for rendering emergency medical aid to casualties on board of helicopter, either on the ground or in flight, (in the volume of the first medical assistance with fulfillment of measurements on reanimation and intensive therapy) directly in the centre of sanitary losses point, with following transportation of the casualties to a hospital in the shortest possible time.

THE FLYING AMBULANCE ALLOWS TO:

• Dispatch medical teams and necessary medical equipment immediately to disaster areas in remote regions;
• Rendering emergency medical aid to casualties on board of the helicopter (either on the ground or in flight)( in the volume of the first medical aid with the fulfillment of reanimation and intensive therapy measurements);
• Urgent evacuation of casualties to hospitals directly from the places of accidents;
• Autonomous operation of the Flying Ambulance (on the ground) on unequipped sites.

THE COMPOSITION OF FLYING AMBULANCE:

• The reanimation modular (container) is intended for accommodation of hardly-wounded casualties and for providing of reanimation and intensive therapy measurements (on the ground or in flight);
• The evacuation compartment is intended for accommodation of casualties on stretchers and providing of reanimation and intensive therapy measurements (on the ground or in flight);
• The rear compartment is intended for treating casualties (on the ground or in flight).

PERFORMANCE

Engine D-136, h.p............................... 2x11.400 hp

Take-off weight:
    normal................................................... 49.6 t
    maximum .............................................. 56.O t
    empty weight......................................... 28.6 t 

Load-carrying capacity:
    in cargo compartment or
    on an external sling ................................. 20.0 t
Dimensions of cargo cabin ....... 12.1x3.29x3.17m
Cruising speed per hour............................ 255 km

Ceiling under ISA conditions (at normal take-off weight):
    hovering OGE (minimum)................. 1.520 m
    service (minimum)............................ 4.600 m

Range:
    standard tanks........................................ 800 km
    four extra tanks ................................... 1.920 km
Diameter of main rotor............................... 32.0 m
Number of blades................................................. 8
Crew..................................................................... 5

Evacuation capacity
    in reanimation modular
    (on stretchers)...................................... 7 per.
    in evacuation compartment
    (on stretchers).................................... 32 per.

Medical personnel....................................... 7 per.