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Top End-of-Life Care Facilities in the United States

By |2024-04-17T15:46:08+00:00November 20th, 2023|Categories: Geriatrics Patient Transport|

Jump To: What Is Palliative Care | What To Consider | Top Facilities | How We Can Help End-of-life care can make an enormous difference in the experience of both the patient and their loved ones during this time. Ensuring proper care during the final days is a top priority, which is why many people choose to enter hospice or palliative care. These end-of-life programs provide specialized care designed to make patients as comfortable as possible. Just as some hospitals are known for their work in specific specialties, many [...]

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End-of-Life Air Travel Considerations

By |2024-04-17T15:45:05+00:00September 12th, 2023|Categories: Geriatrics Patient Transport|

Jump To: Commercial Flight Alternatives | How to Support Patients | Choosing The Right Services |Take The Next Steps When it is time to carry out end-of-life plans, air travel can become a considerable barrier. Flying to see loved ones, enter a hospice facility, or visit a meaningful place can all make a significant difference in the lives of the people entering or amid end-of-life care and their families. In these trying times, being home and with loved ones is critical, and medical conditions should not prevent it from [...]

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Top 10 Children’s Hospitals in the U.S.

By |2024-02-19T15:08:34+00:00August 2nd, 2023|Categories: Neonate Patient Transport|

Jump To: Important Criteria | Top Ten Hospitals | Considerations |Get A Quote Choosing the right hospital for a sick child is a critical decision. As a parent, you want to ensure they receive the best possible treatment, and knowing what to look for in a children's hospital can help you focus on the essentials. The list of top children's hospitals was designed to help parents and their general practitioners make the best decision for children depending on their condition and the required level of specialized care. It provides a [...]

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

By |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 [...]

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How To Help Your Patient with A Medical Transport

By |2023-05-05T18:08:08+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 [...]

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AirCARE1 Featured in ITIJ: The Future Looks Bright for AirCARE1

By |2023-05-05T18:07:48+00:00June 14th, 2022|Categories: Company News, Medical Equipment, Patient Transport|

Alexander D. Quintana, Director of Sales and Flight Coordination for AirCARE1, shares how the company is looking to the future, expanding its infrastructure, and investing in safety equipment, training and education As we emerge from Covid controls, are you seeing a recovery in the number of repatriation flights you are performing for insurance companies? We have seen almost a full recovery in quote requests coming in from our travel insurance partners. Quotes this year have exceeded pandemic – and even pre-pandemic – figures. As countries ease off restrictions and normal [...]

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The Most Common Reasons for Long-Range Medical Patient Transports

By |2024-04-17T15:56:24+00:00May 24th, 2022|Categories: Medical Transportation, Patient Transport|

A patient transport is the process of moving a patient to and from one location to another often involving hospitals, treatment facilities, or home care. These transports are done through ambulance services. When a patient is transferred over a long distance, typically state to state or over 350 miles, under constant medical supervision it is called a long-range air medical transport. Such transports utilize an air ambulance that can get them to their location safely, comfortably, and quickly. A long-range air ambulance is a medically equipped aircraft that is professionally [...]

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Pain Management During Long-Range Air Medical Transports

By |2024-04-17T15:48:12+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 [...]

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AirCARE1 Featured in ITIJ: High Flow Oxygen Therapy Case Study

By |2023-06-28T15:34:00+00:00March 8th, 2022|Categories: Medical Equipment, Patient Transport|

Since the start of the pandemic, many treatment therapies have grown in popularity within the healthcare environment. One of these therapies is High Flow Oxygen Therapy. High Flow Oxygen Therapy helps reduce the need for invasive ventilation. It has proven to be an effective, non-invasive solution that allows patients to receive oxygen while reducing strain on the body and support healing. This acronym chart aids in describing the benefits of High Flow Oxygen Therapy In the past, High Flow Oxygen Therapy has only been used in a hospital [...]

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

By |2024-04-23T19:12:15+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? 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 transports, specifically when to use a rotary-wing (helicopter) aircraft versus a fixed-wing aircraft (airplane). Many factors play into determining which aircraft is better suited for the patients’ medical situation and transport [...]

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