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How To Deal With A Medical Emergency In Mexico
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How To Deal With A Medical Emergency In Mexico

Ambulance Flight, Medical Flight, Medical Transportation, Travel

How To Deal With A Medical Emergency In Mexico

By Denise Waye|2025-01-23T14:48:53+00:00April 3rd, 2023|Categories: Ambulance Flight, Medical Flight, Medical Transportation, Travel|

Medical Care In Mexico For Tourists No one travels on vacation anticipating something terrible to happen, but no matter where you're traveling, you must always be ready to handle a medical emergency. Specifically, dealing with a medical emergency while in Mexico brings its own unique challenges. If such an emergency arises and time is of the utmost importance, here are a few things you should understand and take into consideration if you become critically injured or severely ill while in Mexico. Jump To: Pay Upfront | Language Barrier | Lack [...]

AirCARE1 Featured in ITIJ: Keeping Crews Safe During the Pandemic
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AirCARE1 Featured in ITIJ: Keeping Crews Safe During the Pandemic

Medical Transportation, Nursing

AirCARE1 Featured in ITIJ: Keeping Crews Safe During the Pandemic

By Denise Waye|2023-08-14T13:49:14+00:00September 1st, 2022|Categories: Medical Transportation, Nursing|

ACE Air and Ambulance, Fox Flight Air Ambulance and AirCARE1 told ITIJ how they managed to keep their crews safe during the height of the pandemic – and beyond ACE Air and Ambulance On 5 March 2020, the first Covid case in southern Africa was identified in South Africa: a male citizen returning from a stay in Italy. As an air and ground ambulance service, ACE had been monitoring the goings on in Europe and the US. Dr Charles Crawshaw, ACE Air and Ambulance Chief Medical Director, tells ITIJ: [...]

AirCARE1 Featured in ITIJ: The Intricacies of Transporting a Complex Pediatric Patient
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AirCARE1 Featured in ITIJ: The Intricacies of Transporting a Complex Pediatric Patient

Medical Flight, Medical Transportation, Patient Transport, Pediatric Patient Transport

AirCARE1 Featured in ITIJ: The Intricacies of Transporting a Complex Pediatric Patient

By Denise Waye|2023-08-14T14:01:54+00:00September 1st, 2022|Categories: Medical Flight, Medical Transportation, Patient Transport, Pediatric Patient Transport|

Since the advent of the air ambulance and its eventual evolution into long-range, intensive care units in the sky, its highly trained flight teams are responding to young patients that are more complex than ever before. AirCARE1 was called to transport a critically ill, pre-term, three-month-old infant with a multitude of congenital defects requiring comprehensive pulmonary and advanced cardiovascular life sustaining measures. The baby was to be transferred from an Intensive Care Unit at Phoenix Children’s Hospital to an Intensive Care Unit at Texas Children’s Hospital for evaluation by a [...]

How To Help Your Patient with A Medical Transport
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How To Help Your Patient with A Medical Transport

Medical Transportation, Patient Transport

How To Help Your Patient with A Medical Transport

By Denise Waye|2024-12-17T20:10:11+00:00August 23rd, 2022|Categories: Medical Transportation, Patient Transport|

You have a patient that needs to be transported from your facility to another facility at another location. We understand this can be a daunting task if not done very frequently. What is your first step? Where do you start? How can you best support your patient and family members? The first thing to do is take a deep breath and relax. We are here to guide you through this process and prepare you with the right tools to make it as easy and stress free as possible. Below is [...]

Pain Management During Long-Range Air Medical Transports
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Pain Management During Long-Range Air Medical Transports

Holistic Care, Medical Transportation, Patient Transport

Pain Management During Long-Range Air Medical Transports

By Denise Waye|2025-08-26T14:26:37+00:00April 26th, 2022|Categories: Holistic Care, Medical Transportation, Patient Transport|

Air Ambulance services are required when a patient has a medical injury or illness and needs to be transferred to another location for further medical care. Long-range transports are transfers from state to state, to or from another country outside of the US, or any distance where specialized care is necessary. These transfers are carried out in larger fixed-wing aircraft, versus a rotor aircraft, that are medically configured to act as an airborne ICU and can transport the patient safely, comfortably, and quickly. Long-range Air Ambulance aircraft are professionally staffed [...]

[Infographic] Which Medical Aircraft Do I Use for an Air Ambulance Medical Transport?
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[Infographic] Which Medical Aircraft Do I Use for an Air Ambulance Medical Transport?

Medical Flight, Medical Transportation, Patient Transport

[Infographic] Which Medical Aircraft Do I Use for an Air Ambulance Medical Transport?

By Denise Waye|2025-08-26T14:28:07+00:00October 18th, 2021|Categories: Medical Flight, Medical Transportation, Patient Transport|

Need to transport a patient or loved one but don’t know much about Air Ambulance services, like what aircraft are used and why? Medical Transport Plane: Fixed Wing vs Rotary Wing At AirCARE1 we are passionate about educating our healthcare partners as well as the general public about the medical transport industry. We get a lot of questions and confusion around the aircraft used for medical air transports, specifically when to use a rotary-wing (helicopter) aircraft versus a fixed-wing aircraft (airplane). Many factors play into determining which aircraft is [...]

The Importance of Air Ambulance Accreditations
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The Importance of Air Ambulance Accreditations

Medical Transportation, Patient Transport

The Importance of Air Ambulance Accreditations

By Denise Waye|2023-05-05T18:53:29+00:00February 5th, 2021|Categories: Medical Transportation, Patient Transport|

When entrusting the safety and well being of your loved one with an air ambulance company, it is important that you select a company that is operating with the highest level of standards across both patient care and safety. One way to ensure an air ambulance provider upholds a high level of standards is to choose a company that is backed by the accreditation of leading industry accrediting organizations. When it comes to air ambulance accreditation, there are two organizations worldwide that set the industry standards for patient care and [...]

Assessing Patients’ Conditions in Advance of Air Medical Transportation
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Assessing Patients’ Conditions in Advance of Air Medical Transportation

Medical Transportation, Patient Transport

Assessing Patients’ Conditions in Advance of Air Medical Transportation

By Denise Waye|2025-08-26T14:28:53+00:00October 30th, 2019|Categories: Medical Transportation, Patient Transport|

AirCARE1 was recently featured in an ITIJ (International Travel & Health Insurance Journal) article focusing on the importance of properly assessing a patient’s condition prior to medical air transport. Here is what ITIJ had to say: […]

The History of Air Ambulances
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The History of Air Ambulances

Ambulance Flight, Aviation, Medical Transportation

The History of Air Ambulances

By Denise Waye|2024-09-06T18:36:05+00:00December 14th, 2018|Categories: Ambulance Flight, Aviation, Medical Transportation|

In today’s modern era of medical transportation, fixed wing aircraft and helicopters frequently serve as air ambulances. Staffed with medically trained flight crews, they help transport patients from remote locations to hospitals for the provision of medical care. The fascinating history of medical air transportation testifies to the important changes air travel has made in the modern world during a relatively brief span of human history. Many of the sophisticated technologies employed by air ambulances today are rooted in the many advances made throughout the last century as air ambulances [...]

AirCARE1 Presentation at IAG Conference on Innovative Service
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AirCARE1 Presentation at IAG Conference on Innovative Service

Company News, Medical Transportation

AirCARE1 Presentation at IAG Conference on Innovative Service

By Denise Waye|2023-09-22T20:21:33+00:00November 18th, 2016|Categories: Company News, Medical Transportation|

Denise Waye, founder and President of AirCARE1 presented at the recent International Assistance Group (IAG) held in Berlin, Germany. AirCARE1 is a preferred provider of IAG and provides air ambulance services to the global network of assistance companies that make up the International Assistance Group. Ms. Waye was selected to present AirCARE1’s innovative service they provide to their patients during transport to help reduce the stressors of flight. Utilizing a unique approach to patient care, AirCARE1 provides patients with noise cancelling headsets with therapeutic music as well as hand massages [...]