Medical Transportation when Vacationing in Fort Myers

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Let’s pretend that you and your family are traveling to Florida for a relaxing tropical vacation in Southwest Florida. You, your wife and your 12 and 14 year old daughter and son have been talking about the upcoming vacation for weeks, and plans are all set to enjoy a nice, peaceful week in paradise. Next, you find yourself & your family boarding a plane to Fort Myers, and the only thing your kids can rave about is the fun activities that you have planned for the weeks’ vacation- including: snorkelling, an air boat ride, beach volleyball, kayaking, a visit to the Edison & Ford Winter Estates Museum, and the several family outing boating trips that are planned for throughout the week.
Your plane lands in sunny Florida, and you couldn’t be happier that your vacation has arrived. You & your family spend the next several days taking the rental boat out fishing, kayaking the natural Florida waters, spotting alligators on the air boat ride, and snorkelling on top of the beautiful natural reefs. Towards the end of the week, your family decides they want to take the mid-size rental boat out one more time to enjoy some fishing and dolphin-watching. After traveling about a mile off-shore, you anchor the boat and begin pulling out the fishing gear to try and catch some fish during your last day in Fort Myers.  After about 45 minutes and only one fish in hand, you decide to start pulling the anchor. As you are doing this, out of the corner of your eye you see a boat from the distance heading your way. You look up one more time, and before you know it, the boat hits the transom of your rental boat, sending you and your family out of the boat. Luckily, no damage seems to be inflicted right away on anyone in your family other than shock, and the passengers in the other boat remained unharmed other than some scratches. At first your kids and wife state that they were just shaken up, but not hurt. After waiting for about 20 minutes for the accident paperwork to be filed and marine police to arrive, your son starts complaining of sharp pains in his back. The situation becomes progressively worse as paramedics arrive at the scene to assess your son’s situation and find that he will need to be transported to a children’s hospital due to injuries caused to his spine.
Although this is a reality that we definitely do not wish this upon you or your family, similar situations are a common occurrence in Florida ever year. With Florida being the boating capital of the United States, the state unfortunately also leads the nation in both serious and fatal boating accidents every year. In situations like these, it is critical that you have timely non emergency medical transport to move you or a family member to the hospital as quickly as possible. Air Critical Care’s Ft Myer's Air Ambulance service offers bedside-to-bedside assistance with a team of medically-trained and highly-skilled nurses and doctors with you in every step of the process. The company offers some of the most advanced equipment aboard its Fort Myers Air Ambulance, and is comparable to a hospital intensive care unit. Medical Transportation with Air Critical Care’s Fort Myers Air Ambulance can be done worldwide to any hospital in any city, state or country. Transport services are made available to you 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Air Critical Care will arrange every detail of the Fort Myers Air Ambulance transport, and you can rest assured that your loved ones will arrive safely and comfortably. The company’s fleet of planes and vans are well prepared to handle any and all situations that may arise. The crew of Air Critical Care’s Medical Professional Team will provide the utmost highest standards in medical transportation care for you & your family.
Should you or your family need medical transportation from out Fort Myers Air Ambulance while traveling, please call Air Critical Care at 1-800-550-0674.

Traveling and the Need for Medical Flight Transportation

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Traveling and becoming sick seem to go hand and hand. Whether you travel by car, air, train or cruise, there are bacterial germs all around us. How do you prevent yourself from getting sick when your travel domestically or abroad? Air Critical Care explores the options on how to prevent you and your family from getting sick while traveling- but if you do get sick and need medical transport, Air Critical Care transportation services are available to you in Every City, Every State & Every Country Worldwide for immediate ground and air transportation.  
Here are a few basic health tips to keep in mind while traveling:

• Only pack non-perishable snacks
• Bring alcohol hand sanitizer to use regularly during travel
• Pack a first aid kit in case of small emergencies
• Refrain from storing medications in your car because heat and humidity are likely to alter their strength & potency
• Sanitize tray tables, as they are highly ridden with bacteria and certain viruses
• Wash your hands whenever possible
• Make sure that you and your family’s vaccinations are up-to-date
• When traveling abroad, avoid high-risk locations such as live animal & poultry markets
• Avoid undercooked shellfish, seafood & meat
• Drink plenty of water to stay hydrated
• Do not leave food out in hot weather for more than an hour
• Be aware of any contagious viruses present in other countries when traveling abroad

**(These health tips were gathered from studies done by the following organizations: AAA, University of Arizona, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Community Medical Center)**
During a critical time when rapid response is important, it is essential that your family be given the utmost quality care and attention that they deserve. Air Critical Care and ACC Medlink are dedicated to taking care of your every need should you require a medical flight transport or a ground interstate medical transport. If you and your family are traveling to a different country, it is imperative that you be prepared should a contagious outbreak or disease affect your family.
Air Critical Care is available 24/7 for transport to every city, state and country worldwide. Our #1 goal is to provide your pediatric or adult family member with expert air medical care, and focus on the personal attention that every customer deserves, we call that our “Personal Touch”.
If your family member needs an air medical escort or transport, our flight nurse and medical director are on-call to provide you with immediate assistance in transporting your loved one. Air Critical Care’s air medical transport services can help arrange every detail from bedside-to-bedside and take care of any medical or transportation needs you may have.
Our non-emergency ambulance service and Medlink interstate medical transport are also available to you should you or a family member need ground transportation for the transfer of a sick patient from a hospital to another facility or your house.

Our Fort Myers Air Ambulance specialist are ready to assist you with bedside to bedside service.
Call Air Critical Care with any questions or to receive a quote on our patient transfer services.
Air transportation: 1-800-550-0674 Ground Transportation: 1-800-550-1025

6 steps to Air Ambulance Transport

6 Steps to Coordinate Air Medical Transportation

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1-800-550-0674

Gather information about the facility that you are wishing to be transferred to.
• Name and Date of Birth
• Facility where patient is currently and where patient is to be transported to
• Physical Condition: weight, height and ability to move or sit
• Medical Condition: Can the patient sit, or ambulate, special diets
• Does patient require special equipment, i.e., oxygen, ventilator, IV, etc
• Reason for transfer
• Passengers accompanying patient: Need names and estimated weights
Call an air medical transport services company.
Have all medical information ready to give to our Transport Coordinator.
Discuss the right form of medical transport with the Transport Coordinator to find the option that best fits your needs.
• Air Ambulance
• Commercial Medical Escort
• International Commercial Medical Stretcher (Non-U.S. Airlines Only)
Provide contact information for your health insurance and financial arrangements.  
Let us handle the rest! We will:
• Arrange all departing and receiving information with the institutions involved.
• Select an aircraft that is strategically located and notify our medical flight nurse and medical director, who will obtain a detailed report from the discharging hospital.
• Maintain communication with all doctors and your case manager from beginning to finish.
• Contact your insurance company to see what they will cover. We will bill most insurance companies directly.
• Coordinate in-flight services for your aero medical transport to be tailored to your needs.
• Food, drinks and snacks
• Patient medication
• A flight nurse will arrange necessary medical equipment to be used during the trip
• Coordinate ground transportation from bedside-to-bedside.
• Prepare travel details for any passengers that may be traveling with the patient.

Dealing with Asthma? Let Air Critical Care Air Ambulance or ACC Medlink Help You Travel in Comfort.

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For those dealing with asthma, simple things such as not changing an air filter or not keeping windows closed during pollen season can easily trigger an asthma attack. Asthma triggers are surrounding us every day. The key is to know where to look for them to prevent them from getting worse. Smoke, mites, mold, pets, cockroaches, pollen, dust and damp, humid areas are all sources that can be detrimental to any sufferer of asthma attacks. So where to begin?
WbMD.com recommends several easy ways to help prevent you or a loved one’s asthma attack from happening:

• Prevent high indoor humidity by using a dehumidifier
• Use hot water once a week to clean bedding
• Use allergen-proof bedding covers when possible
• Turn on exhaust fans when taking a shower to diffuse steam
• Do not place indoor plants in any bedrooms
• Use insect sprays to kill cockroaches, but only when no one is home
• Avoid highly-scented creams and perfumes that may aggravate your lungs
• Wash your pets weekly
• Replace carpeting where possible with hard floors to prevent pet dander from getting trapped in the carpet

As a leader in medical air ambulance services, Air Critical Care and ACC Medlink medical flight nurses are very familiar with symptoms and conditions related to asthma. When you or a loved one is not fit to travel alone by public transportation or by commercial flight, Air Critical Care can help get you to your destination. Our highly-trained medical staff wishes to serve your every need for when your condition requires an air ambulance or non-emergency transportation services. Our services can be used worldwide for medical transport and are fitted with the most advanced technology in the medical transportation industry. Whether a patient is suffering from a condition that is directly or indirectly related to asthma, our doctors and nurses are trained on the most advanced equipment and practices to help make traveling with asthma and other medical conditions much more comfortable.

Air Critical Care medical services include: Air Ambulance, Commercial Medical Escort, and International Commercial Stretcher Services.
Air Critical Care LLC provides worldwide air ambulance services with the highest quality care aboard our network of Advanced Air Ambulances. Providing medical attention ranging from basic life support (BLS) to the most Critical Care, the Air Critical Care flight coordinators and medical team members will arrange every detail from bedside to bedside to ensure that the patient’s continuity of care is well maintained. We have provided exceptional air ambulance services for many patients at all levels of care.
A commercial medical escort service can save you thousands of dollars over the cost of an air ambulance. Patients can qualify for this service if the patient can sit in a seat and is medically stable. Our medical director, Dr. Blane M. Crandall will communicate with the patient’s doctors for discharging and receiving information to determine if this mode of transportation is in the patients’ best interest. This service is available worldwide for all international and domestic air carriers. An airline approved medical staff consisting of a Critical Care Registered Nurse (CCRN) or Critical Care Paramedic (CCEMT-P) will fly with the patient in First or Business Class on a commercial airliner. Family members or other companions are able to travel with the patient along with the medical escort provided by Air Critical Care.
International Commercial Stretcher Services turn a Commercial Airliner into an Advanced Air Ambulance, offering a cost effective alternative to private air ambulance services and greater accommodations for passengers. There are strict guidelines and other restrictions involved and the service is not offered for travel exclusively in the United States. Eligibility is determined by our Medical Director, Dr. Crandall, who operates in association with the Medical Department of the Commercial Airline. Approval generally takes 5 – 7 days.  Our ICU/CCU aero-medically trained personnel specialize in critical care transports and carry with them all necessary emergency equipment, including but not limited to: cardiac monitor, defibrillator, IV pumps, portable transport ventilators, oxygen and multi parameter monitoring, and emergency medication. We are a mobile ICU international commercial stretcher service in the air.

ACC Medlink offers: Long Distance Ground Transportation and Non-Emergency Medical Transport
Air Critical Care offers several non-emergency medical transportation options generally for long distance ground medical transportation. This service is offered in specially configured vans or medically equipped large recreation vehicles (RV).  Patients can remain in a stretcher or wheel chair during travel.  The RV offers a regular hospital sized bed. The stretcher in every vehicle will allow the client to recline or sit in an upright position during the trip as the client rides facing forward which decreases the chance of motion sickness. During transportation, our non-emergency medical transportation vehicles are in constant communication with our transportation office and tracked via GPS. This method of transportation is particularly useful for patients with illness or conditions uncomfortable in a private automobile.
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Air Ambulance Technology Evolution Over a the Last Ten Years

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In just the past decade alone, technology has come so far, and it is only getting better. This is great news- especially for the medical flight transport field. Better technology equals better equipment that can handle any type of emergency.
Just recently, Air Critical Care LLC (ACC) received a call to transport a pregnant woman from her Bahamas Cruise in Nassau back to her hometown in Long Island, New York due to severe pregnancy-related issues. Because there was a lack of advanced healthcare options in the Bahamas, Tracey Sonntag and her husband Michael were forced to be transported back to New York by a private air ambulance. The emergency situation called for prompt and advanced services to help keep Tracey and the baby from progressively getting worse. Tracey was diagnosed with preeclampsia and an obstetrical partial previa where the placenta is laying over the cervix and generates blood pools and can lead to massive bleeding as the cervix opens. Air Critical Care LLC was alerted along with ACC’s new medical director, Blane M. Crandall, who specializes in internal medicine and air medical transport of high-risk obstetric patients.
Dr. Crandall was quickly notified about the transport and knew exactly what equipment he would need on the 2.5 hour long flight. Thanks to the company’s recently implemented technological ultrasound equipment, the equipment was able to closely monitor both the baby’s and the mom’s heart. The General Electric LOGIQ Book XP Ultrasound fits the description of how advanced our world’s technology has become and how the air ambulance technology and equipment itself can offer life-saving insights to help doctors make major decisions during emergency situations.
The compact ultrasound is designed to provide boundary-less scanning, integrated networking solutions, versatile probe technology and exceptional image quality. The interface and applications associated with the equipment are easy for doctors to use, along with the equipment’s portable and ergonomic design.  
In speaking with Dr. Crandall about the new equipment that he has utilized on pregnant patients, he said, “As the transferring physician, my experience has revealed many obstacles in the transport of pregnant patients. First, because of the low number of transport agencies available in low socioeconomic areas, as well as areas that are very limited geographically --- there are entire regions that offer air ambulance medical transport options for pregnant patients.” Thanks to equipment like the GE LOGIQ Book XP, Dr. Cradnall was able to successfully monitor Tracey’s condition and treat her accordingly.
Now only time will tell what new technology will enhance the aero ambulance field in the next decade.

Air Ambulance transport officer from scene of deadly accident

Published on Friday 13 January 201212:00
A POLICE officer who died in a car crash was “highly regarded by her colleagues”. PC Karen Paterson, 43, of Hamilton Close, Bourne, was driving in King Street, Langtoft, at about 7.40am on Friday last week when her silver Rover 214 collided with a silver Vauxhall Corsa. Mrs Paterson, who was not on duty at the time, died at the scene. The driver of the Corsa, a 46-year-old woman from Tallington, sustained minor injuries and was taken to Peterborough City Hospital by Lincolnshire Air Ambulance. Mrs Paterson, who was born in Essex, was based at Thorpe Wood police station in Peterborough. Along with her work there, Mrs Paterson worked as a schools liaison officer at Bridge Street police station in Peterborough. She visited schools to warn youngsters of the dangers of carrying knives and guns and taught children to stay safe when using the internet. Deputy general secretary of the Cambridgeshire Police Federation, Oz Merrygold, said Mrs Paterson was a respected officer and her colleagues had been left devastated by her death. Mr Merrygold said: “The sudden and tragic death of Karen has come as a devastating shock to her work colleagues. “Karen was highly regarded by her colleagues and messages of condolence have been flooding in. “At this moment, our thoughts are with Karen’s family at this difficult time.” Mrs Paterson leaves husband David, 44, and two sons. A tribute left on the Mercury website said: “Such a tragic loss, you will be greatly missed by everyone who knew you. Thinking of David, your boys and family at this terrible time.” An inquest into Mrs Paterson’s death was opened and adjourned by coroner Gordon Ryall in Stamford on Tuesday. A post-mortem revealed she died of multiple injuries. The funeral will take place at Bourne Abbey Church on Wednesday, January 25, followed by a private cremation at Peterborough Crematorium at Marholm. Officers are appealing for anyone who witnessed the accident to get in touch with them as soon as possible. Anyone with information should dial 101, quoting incident 45 of January 6.

We transported another High Risk OB Pt.

Air Critical Cares professional medical transport staff including our HROB team with Dr. Crandall  medical director for Air Critical Cares Air Ambulance Service transported a patient from Bahamas to New York on 12/30/2011. It could not have been better. The staff was so happy.