The type of financing that we provide is by credit card. You can put it on as many credit cards as need be if you don’t want to be hit with a lump sum of money directly upfront. Just like all other major airlines, we do require a guarantee of payment prior to the patient transportation aircraft trip.
Our medical director in consultation with the patient's doctor will recommend various medically appropriate options for the patient. The major difference between our aircraft is flight speed. All are equipped with the same advanced life support equipment and skilled medical teams. Some critical patients require the fastest form of transport available, the jets. Others can withstand a little longer flight for substantial cost savings. Factors in choosing the Sky Flight jet aircraft include the patient's medical condition, the number of passengers traveling with the patient, and the length of the flight.
The last option would be the commercial stretcher as opposed to Airevac medical transportation. What we do is we arrange with an airline to remove anywhere from six to eight seats in the rear of the aircraft and then their mechanic will come in and actually install a stretcher for you.
Commercial airline medical escorts offer a lower cost alternative to Angel Flight company for patients who are medically stable. Patients qualify who are able to sit in a first class seat and who meet commercial airline guidelines. Emergency Air Ambulance provides a complete bedside-to-bedside service including medical evaluation, commercial airline clearance, scheduling, ticketing, ground transportation, coordination between sending and receiving facilities, trip reports and insurance paperwork. Our flight nurses will provide monitoring equipment, hygienic assistance and all necessary aid, such as administering medication.
We carry up to $20,000,000 in liability insurance for medical transportation charters aircraft and this is actually one of the barometers that you can use when comparing other companies. You can look at the amount of insurance coverage that they cover and I can tell you that our insurance coverage is very high.
Air ambulance in reality can be cheaper than charter because if you take a charter flight it’s taxable and the tax of the flight exceeds the cost of the nurses for a medical flight. However, we do incur costs to ensure the safety of your patient that charter does not have One, charter does not include medical personnel; two, charter does not include any type of medical equipment; and the third thing is generally the coordination that is involved as well is not included with a charter. We’re going to coordinate Aero with both hospital facilities. We’re going to coordinate with ground ambulance companies to be able to pick up your relative and get them to the airport, so all of that extra service is going to be included whereas that would not be the case with the charter.
Emergency Air Ambulance has the medical capability to transport the most acute patients from infants to senior citizens as well as the sensitivity to transport persons who just need a little assistance. Working with your patient's doctor, our Medical Director will determine the best method of safely transporting your loved one with Sky Flight businesses.
If the patient is being treated medically or requires some assistance, it is quite possible that he will require medical assistance while traveling from one location to another. ambulance costs is the fastest method of transport. However, Emergency Air Ambulance offers several lower cost alternatives for stable patients. Call to discuss alternatives or to talk about some of our lower cost alternatives.
We accept payments such as money orders, bank wire drafts, cashiers checks, personal checks, cash and all major credit cards.Many insurance companies pay the cost of patient escort air ambulance. Please provide the flight coordinator with your insurance information and we will work with your insurance provider to obtain payment authorization for your patient.
After obtaining a medical report, we will know the medications that the patient is taking. If we carry those medications, we will gladly manage them for the patient. If we do not carry the medications on board the Sky Flight planes, we will obtain these medications from the attending doctor of the sending facility. We can administer medications en-route.