Learn the key differences between medevac and air ambulance services. This beginner’s guide explains when each option is needed and how they support patients during medical emergencies.
Learn when air ambulance services are essential, including severe trauma, remote-area emergencies, and time-critical hospital transfers. Discover key medical situations that require rapid air transport.
Medical care provided en-route between two medical facilities, usually between a local community hospital and a regional trauma center or other specialty center.
An arrangement of medical, public health, and public safety resources to prevent occurrences of emergency illness and injury and to mitigate the impact of such occurrences which can’t be prevented. May be local, regional, state, or national.
"IFR" stands for "Instrument Flight Rules." It refers to a set of rules governing the conduct of flight under weather conditions where navigation by Visual Flight Rules (VFR) is no longer reliable.
Trauma Transport Protocols (TTP) describe the procedures used by the emergency medical services prehospital provider for dispatch of vehicles, assessment of the extent and severity of injuries of trauma patients and determination of the destination (facility) to which trauma alert patients are transported. TTP's are a legal document that should outline, as accurately as possible, the actual procedures followed by the emergency medical service provider.
