What Is a Medical Flight?
A medical flight is the transport via airplane of a sick or injured individual who requires special medical attention from trained medical professionals during the flight. Medical flights will have a variety of medical equipment available, as well as patient-specific medications, to ensure that the patient is as safe and comfortable as possible throughout the duration of the flight.
Who Needs a Medical Flight?
There a variety of reasons why people would need to take a medical flight. For instance, if a person is on vacation and suffers a severe injury, he or she may want to take a medical flight back to his or her home country to receive treatment. Or, if someone has a rare disease or disorder that requires them to travel a long distance to seek specialized care, they can take a medical flight and receive the necessary care during the trip.
What makes a medical flight different from a private jet flight?
Medical flights are done on private jets, so they are private jet flights. However, they’re done on specially-outfitted private jets that have medical gear to support patient needs. There are even medical jets that support ICU-level care!
How Much Does a Medical Flight Cost?
Each medical flight is custom quoted, because each one is different. Different situations that impact the medical flight cost include how long the flight is, how many stops are acceptable (smaller planes traveling longer distances can need refueling stops), how much care the patient needs, and airfield costs at airfields close to either side.
There are numerous other nuances, which is why if you need a medical flight cost now, give us a call. Our trained medical flight coordinators can talk to you, understand your situation, and very quickly generate a quote for you.
Typically, short flights with lower levels of care needed are cheaper than long flights with high levels of care.
Are Medical Flights & MedEvacs the Same Thing?
Generally yes, most people talking about Medical Flight and MedEvacs mean the same thing. There are some general differences.
Medical flights typically imply that a specially-fitted jet ambulance is being used, and not a helicopter. MedEvacs can sometimes include both helicopter evacuations as well as medical flights.
Both suggest that people who are having medical difficulties are going to a place where they can receive the right level of care as quickly as possible.
Can I Get Medical Assistance on a Commercial Flight Without Taking a Private Medical Flight?
Yes! Our trained medical escorts have specialized experience in numerous medical conditions that make it hard to fly without help, but aren’t so difficult that they require private jet flights. Medical escorts can help from bed to bed, door to door, and can help with almost every aspect of coordinating medical support during travel.
AIR AMBULANCE WORLDWIDE OFFERS SAFE MEDICAL FLIGHTS TO AND FROM ALMOST ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD
At Air Ambulance Worldwide, we put an emphasis on providing the safest medical flights possible to all of our patients, which is why we have earned an ARGUS Gold rating, a highly regarded safety rating for private charter flights. We have earned this prestigious rating because we:
- Equip all of our aircraft with the same medical equipment that you would find inside of an ICU
- Hire seasoned pilots with years of experience
- Have medical staff members on all of our flights who are trained in flight physiology and have years of experience working in an ICU
What’s more, we also offer bed-to-bed services, meaning we will pick you up from wherever you are, drive you to your medical flight, and then drop you off at your final location and ensure that you’re in good hands before we leave. To learn more about the medical flights that Air Ambulance Worldwide provides, contact us today. We have flight coordinators standing by 24/7 who can answer any questions that you may have.
