Dr. Fortea’s passion for trauma victim management has also led her to work for the Spanish primary helicopter emergency services (HEMS) and as a flight physician for patient transport missions with long-haul fixed-wing air ambulances and commercial aircraft for the past two decades. She also has extensive experience in coordinating, managing and handling patient transfers, recoveries and repatriations, while advising several major health insurers and healthcare organizations.
Her enthusiasm for helping people around the world, to get them home safely, efficiently and with high quality medical care, is part of Dr. Fortea’s holistic approach. Fortea for the care of her patients.
Dr. Fortea is also the director of an Organization that is responsible for the well-being of sailors who are injured or ill during their travels in Europe, many miles from home. In addition, she is a professor and instructor for HEMS services in Spain and for international teaching. She has the energy to teach and transmit her knowledge and extensive experience to new generations of aeromedical doctors and nurses.
Dr. Fortea is an orthopedic consultant and trauma surgeon with over 20 years of experience. She completed her degree in Medicine at the Autonomous University of Barcelona and her Biomedicine degree at Leiden University in the Netherlands. She speaks eight languages and is also the Medical Director of the International Department of the General University Hospital of Catalonia in Barcelona.
Dr. Fortea’s passion for trauma patients led her to work as a flight doctor with the Spanish Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) and to perform medical repatriations in fixed-wing air ambulances and commercial aircraft both in Spain and around the world for the last two decades.
She also has extensive experience in the coordination, management and treatment of patient transfers, recoveries and repatriations, while advising several major health insurance companies and medical assistance organizations.
Her enthusiasm for helping people from all over the world, safely and efficiently transferring them to the most appropriate level of care or taking them home, is part of her holistic approach to patient care. (Another facet is her expertise in the field of nutrition).
She is also the director of an organization that looks after the well-being of seafarers who are injured or become ill during their long voyages to Europe, where they are miles from home. In addition, she is a professor and instructor for HEMS services in Spain and teaches internationally. Her passion for the profession is clearly palpable in the enthusiasm she shows while teaching new generations of aeromedical doctors and nurses.
Dr. Fortea’s passion for trauma victim management has also led her to work for the Spanish primary helicopter emergency services (HEMS) and as a flight physician for patient transport missions with long-haul fixed-wing air ambulances and commercial aircraft for the past two decades. She also has extensive experience in coordinating, managing and handling patient transfers, recoveries and repatriations, while advising several major health insurers and healthcare organizations.
Her enthusiasm for helping people around the world, to get them home safely, efficiently and with high quality medical care, is part of Dr. Fortea’s holistic approach. Fortea for the care of her patients.
Dr. Fortea is also the director of an Organization that is responsible for the well-being of sailors who are injured or ill during their travels in Europe, many miles from home. In addition, she is a professor and instructor for HEMS services in Spain and for international teaching. She has the energy to teach and transmit her knowledge and extensive experience to new generations of aeromedical doctors and nurses.
Dr. Fortea is an orthopedic consultant and trauma surgeon with over 20 years of experience. She completed her degree in Medicine at the Autonomous University of Barcelona and her Biomedicine degree at Leiden University in the Netherlands. She speaks eight languages and is also the Medical Director of the International Department of the General University Hospital of Catalonia in Barcelona.
Dr. Fortea’s passion for trauma patients led her to work as a flight doctor with the Spanish Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) and to perform medical repatriations in fixed-wing air ambulances and commercial aircraft both in Spain and around the world for the last two decades.
She also has extensive experience in the coordination, management and treatment of patient transfers, recoveries and repatriations, while advising several major health insurance companies and medical assistance organizations.
Her enthusiasm for helping people from all over the world, safely and efficiently transferring them to the most appropriate level of care or taking them home, is part of her holistic approach to patient care. (Another facet is her expertise in the field of nutrition).
She is also the director of an organization that looks after the well-being of seafarers who are injured or become ill during their long voyages to Europe, where they are miles from home. In addition, she is a professor and instructor for HEMS services in Spain and teaches internationally. Her passion for the profession is clearly palpable in the enthusiasm she shows while teaching new generations of aeromedical doctors and nurses.
