Medivac Assistance for the Critically Ill

2007-03-08 10:33:40

( Insurance )



Medivac of Emergency Medical Evaluation Aircraft is the most rapid way of transporting patients needing immediate medical treatment from the scene of an accident to a hospital. Medivac is also known as an air ambulance services that saves numerous lives due to the efficiency and speed of its services.

Senior citizens, immobile patients or other people who are unable to travel long distances and require transportation to a hospital can use medivac. When hospital evacuation is required due to a lack of medical facilities, the services of medivac can be made available. Finally, medivac services can also be availed when ground ambulances are unable for the patient due to their severe medical condition.

Medivac planes or aircraft have complete medical equipment such as oxygen and emergency operating facilities with doctors and nurses. Usually, at an emergency the air ambulance company determines what other equipment are needed by obtaining information from the hospital or from people requesting for their service.

Normally, medivac insurance is included in one’s travel insurance, which can cover air ambulance services and the services of doctors and nurses. It is advisable to check the conditions of your travel insurance and find out the type of medivac coverage they offer, because medivac not only has services around the United States, but these air ambulances can also transport people worldwide. Medivac insurance can also be purchased separately. Coverage is limited to a 90-day period, but can also be extended to a longer time frame if an extra fee is paid.

Medivac traces its roots from the Australian Royal Flying Doctor Service who in 1928 had services that transported patients and doctors from distant locations to hospitals.

Later on, the military adopted this type of service by using a helicopter. During the Korean War, the US army caught on and used the service to transport seriously injured soldiers from the scene of the war to a temporary fixed hospital in another place.


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