Air ambulance insurance is critical when traveling abroad, particularly to remote areas or engaging in high-risk activities. We list out the possible catastrophic financial and health-related consequences.
Crowd funding can be an effective way to raise funds when you are in need of money for air ambulance repatriation back to the United States. Here is a step-by-step guide.
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.
