More accurate diagnosis from mobile trauma unit

NST: KUALA SELANGOR: The examination of more than 220 plantation workers at the Sungei Buloh Estate yesterday was conducted at two main centres. The first was a state-of-the-art Mobile Trauma Unit, the only one of its kind in Malaysia.
It is a nearly 13-metre-long customised medical coach built by Medical Coaches Worldwide Inc in the United States.
"The RM1.2 million Mobile Trauma Unit is used to diagnose and stabilise patients before emergency help arrives. It has helped save many lives during accidents when immediate treatment is crucial," said Sam Hogg, the managing director of Safe Aim Mutual Sdn Bhd (SAM) which owns the unit.
Dr K.S. Sathananthar, the head of the state Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) department in Pahang said: "The trauma unit has the latest endoscopy device for diagnosing ENT problems. The RM150,000 device produces clearer images, making diagnosis more accurate."
It is equipped with similar medical equipment to a hospital trauma and operating unit.
Apart from the usual medical supplies and essential drugs, the unit has an electrocardiogram machine, ultrasound, a portable patient monitor for blood pressure with thermoscan, a nebuliser, elite stethoscope, mobile ventilator and defibrillator and an otoscope.
The unit is used at all Petronas Sprinta AAM Malaysian Cub Prix championships and the FIM Motorcycle Asian Grand Prix locations.
The second centre was an in-house clinic converted for the use of the ophthalmologists, paediatricians, radiologists and an orthodontist.