Procedure to Transport Dead Body by Air

Blood for sure Ambulance operates across the world and assists people in transfer/moving human body to domestic, national and international sector throughout the world with utmost care, respect, concern and at most economical cost.

There are a few formalities to be completed before moving the body to any Cargo flights.

1. Condition of the Body: The condition of the dead body must be embalmed & it must be packed in coffin box. Blood for sure ambulance assists you in the embalming and sealing body in coffin box. This facility is also available in some well-known hospitals & all Medical Science institutes.

2. Passenger flight ticket: Book your flight ticket at least 7-8 hours in hand before your departure. So that there is an adequate amount of time remaining for body embalming, sealing in the Coffin box and other required documents to get it done and keep in mind that you must report at least 3 hours before the actual flight time.

The following documents needed for complete the dead body transportation by air & all these below documents should be made in English & at least 6 set of photocopies of all these documents are needed.

1. Death Certificate from respective hospital/ medical authority.

2. Original Passport of the deceased person or photocopy of cancelled passport.

3. Original Embalming and Packaging Certificate that should include deceased’s full name, age, place of death issued by Embassy.

4. NOC from local police where death has occurred (Police STAMP is Mandatory)

5. Post-mortem Report.

6. PNR flight number of the co-passenger.

7. Coffin certificate.

8. 1 passport size photo.

To avail any type of dead body transportation by air service including embalming along with coffin packaging services and any type ambulance services call to our 24/7 Ambulance helpline number 08067335555 to avail ambulance services with standard precautions, at better cost and timeline.

Warning Signs of Cancer that People too Often Ignore

Cancer is the second most leading cause of death after Heart Diseases. 
There are more than 200 type of cancer. But the most common cancers includes lung , breast, pancreatic, Kidney cancer, leukemia, Thyroid cancer and bladder cancer.

But knowing the signs & symptoms in early stages can cure the significant percentage of cancer. Often cancer has no specific symptoms but it’s important to undergo cancer screening if you feel these warning signs. 
1. New lumps or swelling: If you see a lump or growth in the skin including neck, armpits, stomach pain, chest, breast or elsewhere in your body, you should not ignore it, including wounds that don’t heal for weeks.Consult your doctor.
2. Wheezing or Shortness of breath: It’s not unusual to feel shortness of breath every now and then. But if you notice shortness of breath more than usual or for a lot of the time, consult your doctor. And also regular chest pain may be the sign of the severe condition.
3. Persistent cough/hoarseness or coughing up blood: Usually these are caused because of infection in bronchitis , but these could be the symptoms of cancer of the lung, Head & Neck. Anyone who is suffering from constant coughing/ cough that lasts more than a month should consult the doctor immediately.
4. Change in bowel Habits: 
Consult your physician if you experience these below changes that lasted more than a few weeks. 
1. Blood in your stools.
2. Persistent bloating.
3. Pain in Stomach/ abdomen or back passage.
4. Continuous Constipation / Diarrhea for no obvious reason.
5. Discomfort after eating.
6. Difficulty in swallowing.
5. Bleeding: 
Consult your Doctor if you have any unexplained bleeding such as:1. Blood in your urine.
2. Blood During Vomiting
3. Blood when you cough.
4. Blood in Stool
5. Bruising.
6. Moles: A new mole or existing mole that changes its shape or size and sometimes with bleeding or bruise that does not heal. Then Consult your doctor.
7. Unexplained weight gain or loss: If you are maintaining normal weight and suddenly you put on weight and if it continues month to month then you should consult the doctor. And unexplained weight loss suddenly is also one of the first sign of cancer.
8. Fatigue or Extreme Tiredness: If you are feeling extreme tiredness even after taking enough rest then you should go for the checkup. If you are facing unusual trouble in swallowing and losing weight then you should consult the doctor.
9. Skin changes and itchy skin: If you find sores in the mouth or elsewhere in the body, that doesn’t heal even after many days, and irritated skin on any parts of the body, then consult your doctor right away.
10. Changes in mouth: If you chew tobacco or smoke, then you have the higher risk of mouth cancer. So if you find any white or red patch on your mouth, tongue, throat or lips consult the doctor.
11. Breast changes: If you find any lump in your breast, consult your doctor. Many of the times men tend to ignore lumps in the breast. But keep in mind that at least 1% breast cancer occurs in men.
12. Frequent Fever: Fever is the common symptom of cancer. But many of the time fever starts once the cancer treatment affects the patient’s immune system. Many times fever is also the symptom of leukemia or lymphoma.
13. Aches & Pain: Pain is an early symptom of many cancers like bone cancer. Other types of pain include back pain, and sudden headache that doesn’t go for many days could be a symptom of brain tumor. Many of the time pain may be a sign of cancer that has already started spreading.
14. Changes in nails: Unusual changes in fingernails indicate several types of cancer. The changes in fingernails include black or brown spots, clubbing of fingers or toes, indicate many types of cancer including skin, lung, and liver cancer.

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Procedure to Transport Dead Body by Air

Blood for sure Ambulance operates across the world and assists people in transfer/moving human body to domestic, national and international sector throughout the world with utmost care, respect, concern and at most economical cost.

There are a few formalities to be completed before moving the body to any Cargo flights.

1. Condition of the Body:

The condition of the dead body must be embalmed & it must be packed in coffin box. Blood for sure ambulance assists you in the embalming and sealing body in coffin box. This facility is also available in some well-known hospitals & all Medical Science institutes.

2. Passenger flight ticket:

Book your flight ticket at least 7-8 hours in hand before your departure. So that there is an adequate amount of time remaining for body embalming, sealing in the Coffin box and other required documents to get it done and keep in mind that you must report at least 3 hours before the actual flight time.

The following documents needed to carry the dead body transportation by air & all these below documents should be made in English & at least 6 set of photocopies of all these documents are needed.

1. Death Certificate from respective hospital/ medical authority.

2. Original Passport of the deceased person or photocopy of cancelled passport.

3. Original Embalming and Packaging Certificate that should include deceased’s full name, age, place of death issued by Embassy.

4. NOC from local police where death has occurred (Police STAMP is Mandatory)

5. Post-mortem Report.

6. PNR flight number of the co-passenger.

7. Coffin certificate.

8. 1 passport size photo.

To avail any type of dead body transportation by air including embalming along with coffin packaging services and any type ambulance services call to our 24/7 Ambulance helpline number 08067335555 to avail ambulance services with standard precautions, at better cost and timeline.

First Aid For Diabetic Emergency

Most patients manage their diabetes with balanced diet and/or self-administered insulin. But there are some conditions, where patient need urgent first aid.
1. If the patient is unconscious, call Emergency medical services immediately. And never try to give anything to eat or drink if he is unconscious.
2. While waiting for help, check their breathing, pulse and level of conscious. If the victim is unconscious, place the patient horizontally on the flat surface, open their airway &administer CPR.
3. If, the patient is fully conscious, give some sugar, sweetened drink or chocolate or glucose or any prescribed medication which gives improvement within few minutes.
4. While waiting for help, reassure the patient because he may be confused until fully recovered.
5. While waiting for help don’t try to give the patient a dose of insulin without testing patient’s blood sugar level.

1. Continue giving sugar or sweetened drink, every 15 minutes until the patient fully recovers.

Causes of Diabetes:
The cause of the diabetes does not know yet. But few known risk factors include:
1. Type 1 diabetes: Type 1 diabetes is caused when immune system attacks & destroys the insulin producing cells in pancreas. The main causes include genetics, environmental factors and potentially even viral or bacterial infection.
2. Type 2 diabetes: This is the most common type of diabetes and the risk factors are multi-factorial that include genetics (parenting or sibling with diabetes), increasing age, and lifestyle factors with bad diet, high blood pressure, lack of physical inactivity, overweight, ethnicity, obesity and a lethargic lifestyle.
3. Gestational diabetes: This affects females during pregnancy & the diagnosis of this type is made during pregnancy. The main cause of Gestational diabetes is unknown and the risk factors include family history of diabetes, overweight, hormonal changes and large baby weight (weighing more than 9 pounds).

Signs &Symptoms of Diabetes:
Common symptoms include:
1. Hunger & Fatigue.
2. Being thirstier &frequent urination.
3. Itchy skin & dry mouth.
4. Blurred vision.
5. Unusual weight loss.
6. Skin infections that do not heal for longer duration
7. Numbness in feet & hands.
8. Slow healing of cuts & bruises.
9. Nausea & vomiting.
10. Abdominal pain.
Important: For gestational diabetes, there are no symptoms. So it is very important to be tested during pregnancy at the proper time.


Prevention:
Best way to prevent diabetes is changing your life style & it’s not too late to start. But many of the times type 1 diabetes can’t be prevented.
Few factors that help us to prevent diabetes include:
1. Be physically active: participate in everyday exercise for at least 30-45 minutes which helps to maintain proper weight and fitness. (Regular physical activity).
2. Balanced &Healthy diet: enjoy a variety of healthy food including fruit, vegetables, fiber, reduced fat products and wholegrain and cereals.
3. Limit red meat.
4. Skip the sugary drinks & limit alcohol intake.
5. Quit smoking.
6. Control your blood pressure &cardio-vascular diseases.

Frequently Asking Questions about Diabetes:
1. What is Diabetes?
Diabetes is also referred as diabetes mellitus, is a lifelong condition where the person has high blood glucose (blood sugar) level than normal, and pancreas cannot produce enough insulin to make use of glucose or the body cannot respond properly to insulin or it might be both.
2. What is the role of Insulin in your body?
Insulin is a hormone made by the pancreas (organ to control sugar levels) helps your body to use glucose (sugar) from carbohydrates in the food. It helps in regulation of blood glucose levels.
Lack of insulin results in symptoms of diabetes.
3. What are the types of diabetes?
Type 1 diabetes: Type 1 diabetes is caused when immune system attacks & destroys the insulin producing cells in pancreas. As a result little or no insulin is released into the body which results in sugar level builds up in the blood instead of being used as energy. Patients with type 1 diabetes have to take insulin injection for the rest of their lives.
Type 2 diabetes: This occurs when body properly can’t use insulin or does not make enough insulin. As a result, sugar level increases in the blood instead of being used as energy. About 90 per cent of people with diabetes have type 2 diabetes.
Type 2 diabetes is managed depending on the severity. It is managed with the help of physical activity, meal planning, and medications that helps to control blood sugar more effectively.
Gestational diabetes: This affects females during pregnancy & the diagnosis of this type is made during pregnancy. It affects almost two to four per cent of women during their pregnancy and an increased risk of developing diabetes for both mother and child.
4. Is diabetes serious? Or what are the complications of diabetes? Diabetes is a very serious disease that should be well managed. Serious complications of severe diabetes include damages to kidneys, eyes, nerves, heart, gums and teeth.
1. People with diabetes are more likely to develop heart & stroke problems.
2. Diabetes causes diabetic retinopathy which may cause blindness.
3. Diabetes is the leading cause of kidney failure.

5. How to Cure Diabetes??
There is no cure for diabetes. But few simple things can make a big difference in controlling the diabetes.
Type 1 diabetes cure: Type 1 diabetes people must use insulin. There are some medications which are advised by Health professionals that include insulin-producing cells that can work without affecting immune system.
Type 2 diabetes cure: The best way to cure type 2 diabetes is watch over blood sugar level & setting up goals with the help of Doctor, with the help of medications, exercise & balanced diet. Medications with insulin, non-insulin & therapies like insulin therapy, bariatric surgery helps in managing diabetes.

Checklist To Be Followed Before Planning Funeral Services

Dealing with loved one’s death can be very distressing & painful. And it’s the overwhelming responsibility of the family to pay respectful tribute to the deceased person. And many a time’s deceased persons family are confused about many questions about the funeral services & arrangements.

Here are few questions that rise about Funeral services & arrangements:

1. Whether body to be buried or cremated?
2. Which type of vehicle to be used, whether mortuary vehicleor hearse van?
3. Will there be a casket, and if so, will it be open or closed?
4. Where is the burial site/crematorium in the city?
5. What are the religious traditions to be followed?
6. If the death is happened outside their country, then how to transport body to their origin country?
7. What is the Dead body Transportationcost?

To assist in such a distressing situation, there are Funeral directors & Funeral Service providers who help in complete funeral arrangements & process by taking sole responsibility of the Funeral Services depending upon your needs & wishes.

Here are few tips to be followed when your loved one dies.

1. When someone dies at Nursing Home/Hospital: The hospital will issue the death certificate soon after the death. While waiting for Death certificatecall mortuary ambulance Services to transport dead body to their place. You can contact Funeral Service Provider to handle complete Funeral Services including arranging mortuary vehicle, Freezer box, Coffin box, Washing Human Remains, casket, & other facilities on request.
2. When someone dies in an accident/homicide:If the person is still breathing Call immediate ambulance. Give emergency First Aid if you know. If the person is already dead, inform to police right away & call Mortuary Ambulance to move the body for post mortem. By obtaining post mortem report & death certificate call Funeral Service providers for better assistance.

1. When Someone Dies Abroad:When your loved one dies abroad or away from home, the bereavement can become worse. However, you can get help from organization like VMEDO who give you better assistance in such an emergency and help you in complete funeral arrangements. To get connected with VMEDO, helpline number is 08067335555.

There may be multiple original & photo copies of the documents are required to transport the descendant’s transportation to the origin country. Here are few useful steps that can help for international & domestic dead body transportation:

1. Register the Death:All the deaths should be registered in the country where the person died. To register the death of the deceased with local authorities you should know following details of the person.
2. Full name & surname of the person.
3. Date of Birth.
4. Passport Number
5. When & where the passport was issued.
6. Death certificate showing the cause of death.
7. Any Government id proof.
8. Embalming Services:Embalming is a type of funeral custom of cleansing and disinfecting bodies after death by removing the blood & gas from the body to keep it away from decomposition & keep it hygienic for the transportation till its final destination. Many a times, they may remove few organs from the deceased body to avoid decomposition if necessary. After embalming, the body will be kept in coffin box or freezer Box based on the type & distance of transportation.
9. Repatriation Services: For dead body repatriation services,after embalming, the body should be kept in coffin box services & the accompanying passengers should be booked for the same flight & it should subject to Transportation Security Administration(TSA) guidelines.

The different types of documents needed for Repatriation services include:

1. Death Certificate.
2. Embalming certificate.
3. Post mortem report.
4. Certificate for packing of coffin.
5. Infectious/non-infectious disease certificate (issued by a Doctor)
6. Certificate of contents issued by undertakers.
7. Funeral Arrangements: Depending upon your requirements Funeral directors help you in arranging transportation of the deceasedby Road(ground) Ambulance, Air Transportation & Train Transportation & they also help you with Documentation Clearance, Ticket booking & communicating the destination ambulance or funeral directors.

Information required for Funeral Directors:

1. Name of the deceased.
3. Current location of the body.
4. Cause of death.
5. Destination address.
6. Your relationship to the deceased.
7. Transporting Cremated Remains: Many a times cremated remains need to be transported to different cities & sometimes different country through air transportation.

You should check with concerned airlines or Funeral Director to know the policies for transporting cremated human remains. Many of the times it is transported as Cargo which needs documentations & it has to follow T S A (Transportation Safety Administration) guidelines.

The specific requirements include the type of container to be used, which should allow X-rays inside the container to permit the item to transfer. Contact any Funeral director/Funeral Service Provider who assists you in dignified & respectful care of the deceased upon your request.

4. When someone dies at home:When someone dies at home, contact your family doctor or any General physician to confirm the death, which helps to issue the death certificate. Then you can contact Funeral Undertakers or Funeral Service Providers or morgue undertaker service for the better funeral assistance, who can perform Hindu Funeral Services, Christian Funeral Services etc based on your religious customs.

If you are planning to move dead body to a different place or planning to keep it for more hours, then body should be kept in a freezer box (ice box) to avoid decomposition.

Funeral planning involves many decisions concerning funeral ceremonies, religious customs, funeral products & final disposition of the body.

Funeral directors can help based on your wishes & needs including coordinating with cemetery.

The choices to be made when making funeral arrangements include:

1. Method of interment

• Will the deceased be buried or cremated?
• Will the body be donated to Medical College? Will organs be donated?

2. Ceremonies

• What are the funeral traditions to be followed?
• Where will the ceremonies be held? At a funeral home? At a place of worship? At the graveside?
• Will there be a procession to the cemetery? Will the deceased be transported in a hearse or mortuary vehicle?
• Where to purchase Funeral products?

To all the above confusions, the funeral director can assist & arrange on behalf of a family.

    3.Funeral products:

1. Caskets: If the body to be buried, you need to choose a casket that are available in varied sizes and budgets that are made of metals, woods, and fiber glass.
2. Urn: When cremation is the final choice, an urn is needed to hold the ashes until the scattering takes place. Urns are available in marble, wood or metals such as bronze or steel.

The different types of services Funeral directors serve include Funerals of all faiths, burial services with related equipment, Graveside services, cremation services, scattering of Ashes, Coffin box services, Freezer box services, cold storage with mortuary facility, Floral arrangements, Embalming services, Exhumations, Repatriations, Hearse Van Services & Mortuary Vehicle Services.