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Air Ambulance Guide

Pertinent Questions to Be Asked Before Airambulance Dispatch

The questions that we discuss in this guide are primarily related to motor vehicle accidents. It must be noted that this is just a...

Categorizing Reasons Why a Medical Flight Cannot Respond to Calls At Times

There are several terms used to describe a situation where a medial flight does not arrive even after a call. The reasons behind this...

Factors that Determine the Need for Medical Flight Service

As we have time and again discussed, the decision to avail a medical flight service, most often, is in the hands of the treating...

Challenges Involved in Starting an Air Ambulance Business

Air ambulance service, as a business, is not short of challenges, budget being the first concern but not the least of it. A good...

Medical Flights and Physician Training

Being a physician in fixed-wing medical flights is no small task. Being responsible for a patient in an intensive care unit setting, hundreds of...

A Guide to Air Blocks on Medical Flights

The study of aviation physiology is quite extensive. On diving deep into this subject, it becomes apparent that air blocks are major factors that...

Surviving an Air Ambulance Crash in the Middle of Nowhere

Now, that’s a scary situation isn’t it? Imagine that you’re in an air ambulance and it crashes in the wilderness. What would be your...

Medical Flight Safety – Oxygen System Checks

The advancement in medical flight performance has a lot to do with the development in oxygen equipment in recent times. Typically, medical flights make...

How is Air Ambulance Cost Calculated?

The last thing that comes to mind during emergencies is money. Staying alive takes priority over everything else and naturally so. It is after...

Understanding the Term ‘Medical Necessity’ in the Context of Medical Flights

One of the most basic criteria for insurances approving and covering costs of medical flights is establishing that there was actually a medical necessity...

Hypoxia – A Condition that Medical Air Transport Personnel Should be Aware of

Literally translated, hypoxia means diminished availability of oxygen to the body, something that is quite common in medical air transport scenarios. However, a pre-existing...

Guide: Medical Flight Stretchers

Not all medical travels warrant a medical flight. When time is in your hand but the treatment for the ailment demands that you travel...

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