Facing a medical situation requiring long-distance transport? Medical Transport International 24/7 (MTI 24/7) provides essential air ambulance services when standard travel is not possible. You may wonder: What exactly is an air ambulance? Who can use these services? How do international medical transfers work? This guide answers your questions about MTI 24/7's complete air medical transport solutions. We will explain how our expert teams deliver hospital-level care in the air, ensuring patients receive proper medical attention throughout their journey to appropriate treatment facilities.
Need air ambulance services? Here's what you should know:
Air ambulance services provide specialized medical transport to patients who cannot use commercial flights, utilizing aircraft equipped with ICU-level equipment and staffed by medical professionals.
MTI 24/7 offers customized pricing based on distance, aircraft type, medical team requirements, and logistical factors, with documentation available for insurance claims.
Booking an air ambulance involves a straightforward process of initial contact, medical assessment, flight coordination, quotation, and comprehensive transfer management through a dedicated case manager.
What is an air ambulance?
Air ambulances are specialized aircraft configured as mobile medical units. They are used when standard commercial travel is not medically feasible for patients:
Types of air ambulances: We operate both short-range helicopters for regional transfers and long-range jets for international medical transports, selecting the appropriate aircraft based on distance, landing capabilities, and patient needs.
Patient capacity: We typically transport one patient per flight, accompanied by one family member or companion, ensuring personalized care and maximum comfort during what can be a stressful journey.
Medical equipment: Each MTI 24/7 air ambulance features hospital-grade equipment including ventilators, cardiac monitors, defibrillators, infusion pumps, portable ultrasound devices, and specialized stretcher systems, essentially creating a flying intensive care unit.
Medical flight crew: Our team consists of flight physicians and critical care nurses with specialized aeromedical training, often complemented by paramedics, or specialists based on the patient's condition.
Specialized capabilities: We provide sea-level flights for patients with certain respiratory problems or cardiac conditions, neonatal transport units, isolation capabilities for infectious disease cases, and customized cabin configurations for complex medical scenarios.
With MTI 24/7 air ambulance services, patients receive continuous critical care throughout their journey, eliminating dangerous gaps in treatment that could occur with alternative transport methods.
Who can use our air ambulance service?
Our air ambulance services are available to patients who cannot use commercial flights due to their medical condition, regardless of their location worldwide. They are especially in demand for:
Urgent medical transfers
Non-urgent medical transfers
Special patient groups
Urgent medical transfers
Critically ill or injured patients requiring prompt care not available locally, including trauma victims, stroke patients, patients with acute cardiac conditions (heart attacks, unstable angina), and those needing surgical intervention. These patients benefit from rapid transport to appropriate medical facilities with minimal disruption to ongoing treatment.
Non-urgent medical transfers
Stable patients who require professional medical care during transport, including post-surgical patients, those with chronic respiratory conditions, neurodegenerative diseases, cancer patients between treatments, and individuals with mobility limitations requiring specialized equipment. Though these transfers are not time-sensitive, they still demand medical supervision.
Special patient groups
Pediatric patients including premature infants, elderly patients with complex health needs, organ transplant candidates, infectious disease cases requiring isolation protocols, and bariatric patients needing customized transport solutions. These groups often require medical equipment and expertise tailored to their unique needs.
Each patient case undergoes thorough medical assessment by our professionals to determine appropriate transport options and protocols.
When do you need an air ambulance?
Our air ambulance transport services are typically required when a patient's condition makes commercial travel medically inadvisable or impossible. Very often medical flights are needed for:
Medical repatriation
Medical evacuation
Medical tourism
End-of-life and elderly relocation
Medical repatriation
Medical repatriation is when tourists, expatriates, or workers on business trips experience illness or injury abroad and require medical repatriation to their home country for continued care, family support, or to access their regular healthcare system. This often involves coordinating between different healthcare systems while maintaining continuity of care across international boundaries.
Medical evacuation
Medical evacuation refers to when patients need to transfer from their current location to facilities with more advanced care options not locally available. Medical evacuation includes moving patients from remote areas or countries with limited healthcare infrastructure to regions with advanced medical capabilities.
Medical tourism
Medical tourism refers to patients traveling internationally for treatments who require medical supervision during travel. This includes organized medical transport for patients are too unwell to use commercial flights to reach their destination, and post-procedure transport when returning home while still recovering from medical interventions.
End-of-life and elderly relocation
This alludes terminally ill patients wishing to spend their final days closer to family, or elderly patients with complex medical needs relocating to be near caregivers. These transfers require careful management of comfort measures, pain control, and emotional support during transport.
We organize both international and domestic flights, tailoring our services to meet the specific medical requirements of each patient's journey.
What is the cost of our air ambulance services?
MTI 24/7's customized approach to air ambulance pricing reflects the unique requirements of each patient transfer, ensuring appropriate medical care without unnecessary expenses:
Key cost factors: Several variables influence the final cost, including flight distance, aircraft type required for the patient's condition, medical team composition (specialists, critical care nurses), urgency of transport (scheduling flexibility), and ground transportation needs at departure and arrival points.
Customized quotations: We provide personalized, non-binding quotes based on your specific case details. Each medical flight is tailored to individual patient needs rather than following a standardized pricing model.
Transparent billing: Our quotes clearly itemize all services included, from medical staffing and equipment to flight operations and ground logistics, with no hidden fees or unexpected charges added later.
Cost-efficiency measures: For non-urgent cases, we may suggest optimal timing to reduce costs while maintaining medical safety or recommend our commercial medical escort service. This alternative offers qualified healthcare professionals who manage patient care during regular commercial flights, administering medications, monitoring vital signs, and operating authorized portable medical equipment.
Insurance considerations: Many health insurance policies, travel insurance plans, and employer-provided medical benefits include coverage for medically necessary air ambulance transport. We provide patients with all necessary documentation for their reimbursement claims.
Contact our team for a detailed assessment of your specific situation and a comprehensive quote tailored to the patient's medical needs and transport requirements.
How to book an air ambulance with MTI 24/7?
Our streamlined booking process ensures swift response while addressing all medical and logistical requirements:
Initial contact: Reach us via our dedicated service line, email, or website contact form. Our coordination team gathers essential details about the patient's condition, current location, and destination.
Medical assessment: Our flight physicians review the patient's medical information to determine transport requirements, necessary equipment, and appropriate medical team composition.
Flight coordination: Once medical clearance is established, our aviation team plans the optimal route, aircraft, and timing based on the patient's needs.
Transparent Quotation: we provide a detailed, itemized quote outlining all services included. Upon approval, our team begins preparations while maintaining clear communication with the patient's family and referring physicians.
Comprehensive transfer: Our service includes bed-to-bed transfer with ground ambulances at both ends of the journey, and complete medical handover to receiving facilities.
From your first call to the completed transfer, our dedicated case managers provide a single point of contact throughout the process, eliminating communication gaps and ensuring all aspects of the patient transfer are meticulously coordinated.
Contact us to book an air ambulance!
Contact MTI 24/7 day or night for expert guidance on your specific needs and discover how our seamless air ambulance solutions can provide peace of mind when it matters most.
Reach us by:
Phone: USA: +1 646 335 06 83 / UK: +44 20 3608 0959
Email: info@mti-247.com
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