| If your medical situation or that of a loved one | | | | situation and it is their job to coordinate all the |
| requires travel to another medical facility hundreds | | | | details of getting you from the bed in your |
| if not thousands of miles away, you are bound to | | | | current hospital, to the bed in the hospital you are |
| be very nervous. Here are a few things that you | | | | going to as comfortably as possible. |
| can expect from an air ambulance. | | | | This includes ground transportation, medical |
| Continuation of Care | | | | equipment and supplies, hospital records, discharge |
| It is a nervous thought, leaving the safety of | | | | from one hospital and admission into the next |
| your current hospital, with the doctors that have | | | | one, insurance forms, personal comfort items, |
| been treating you near at hand and having to go | | | | flight plans, catering and any special family |
| by air ambulance to get to your next care facility. | | | | requests. |
| But be assured that the you will receive a | | | | Personal Medical Professional |
| continuation of your current health care. | | | | At all times when you are in the care of an air |
| Staffed with medical professionals, air ambulances | | | | ambulance, be it on the ground getting to the |
| also carry all necessary medical gear, medications | | | | airplane or in the air, you will be accompanied by a |
| and any specialty items relevant to your health | | | | medical professional. This medical professional will |
| care situation. Air ambulance medical professionals | | | | have consulted with your previous physician and |
| thoroughly discuss your health care with both | | | | with your receiving physician. They are prepared |
| your current doctor and the doctor into who's | | | | to handle your health care needs in the air and on |
| care you will be going. | | | | the ground until you are in your receiving hospital. |
| Trained Facilitator to Coordinate Your Travel | | | | An air ambulance service makes your long |
| Well before you ever enter an air ambulance, a | | | | distance transition from one medical facility to |
| trained facilitator will be assigned to you. This | | | | another as seamless as possible. |
| person is very aware of your current health | | | | |