Air Medical Flights: Corporate aviation quickly adapts to meet urgent needs. Beyond luxury, corporate jets provide essential services in critical and remote situations. Medevac flights are a key example of this service.
Medevac flights transport critically ill or injured patients when ground travel isn’t safe or possible, especially over long distances or in rural areas. Air ambulances in these regions are vital, offering in-flight medical care with specialized equipment and staff.
A Growing Market
Recent research shows rapid growth in the air ambulance market across the Middle East and Africa. Analysts expect the sector to expand at nearly 13% per year through 2031.
Rapid Configuration and Flexibility
Companies like Dubai-based ASM offer many aircraft types, including Learjet 60XRs, that adapt quickly for air medical flights or medevac operations. Within hours, ASM can configure these aircraft for a medical mission and transport the patient to a medical facility.
Fixed-wing aircraft are typically used for medevac missions. However, helicopters can access areas without runways, enabling medical teams to reach confined and remote locations.
Highly Skilled and Equipped
Air ambulances for air medical flights deploy highly trained medical teams—including paramedics, flight nurses, and doctors—to areas inaccessible by road, drastically reducing emergency response times. Specialized companies like ASM run coordination centers 24/7, ready to organize the mission from the moment they receive the call. They gather patient information, ensure all necessary records are available, and obtain a fit-to-fly certificate from a certified medical provider.
During the flight, in severe cases, onboard medical teams use advanced equipment such as respirators, cardiac monitors, defibrillators, intravenous fluids, and life-support machines like ECMO units. The team provides continuous, specialized care tailored to the patient’s condition and keeps the referring facility updated throughout the journey.
Seamless Logistics and Bed-to-Bed Care
Each medevac mission involves detailed planning, from obtaining flight clearances to assembling an experienced medical crew based on the patient’s specific needs. The team—comprised of doctors, paramedics, nurses, and respiratory therapists—delivers critical care throughout the journey and coordinates with a ground ambulance and hospital staff upon landing.
The bed-to-bed service provides a seamless transfer from one hospital to another, including ground transport on both ends. By managing each step, medevac teams minimize risks and ensure the highest standard of care during every phase of the transfer.
For further information, please contact:
Aviation Services Management FZE
Suite 217, 8WB, DAFZA, Dubai, UAE
Tel: +971 4 4097755
Email: sales@asm.aero
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