An air medical evacuation (also known as a medevac or medivac) is a method of transporting patients who are too ill to travel long distances by ground.

An air ambulance is a private jet that has been specially equipped for a patient that requires extensive or urgent medical assistance during transportation. It is the safest and quickest travel option for patients who are too sick or weak to endure the rigours of commerical flights.

Private jets and air ambulances can use ten times more airports than commercial airlines, allowing to operate into the closest airports to the treating and the receiving hospitals. The aircraft is manned by a medical flight crew including a doctor and/or a nurse and carries extensive medical equipment including respirators, medication, an ECG, CPR equipment and stretchers.

A medical emergency can occur anywhere in the world and at any time: on a cruise, a city trip or a skiing holiday. Nobody likes to think about it, but having an accident or falling ill during a holiday abroad can turn serious quite quickly. While initial treatment is carried out locally, most patients want to go home as soon as possible to receive further treatment in their home country. The reasons for this are clear. In less developed or more remote countries, good medical care cannot always be guaranteed, and people want to return to their home and family as soon as possible. In these cases, medical repatriation is necessary.

When a medical emergency happens in a foreign country, repatriation by air ambulance is often the most direct and convenient way of returning you or a loved one home for vital treatment. It’s also extremely fast – we sometimes organise flights within hours of the first phone call.

In essence, an air ambulance is a private aeroplane or helicopter that has been specially modified to enable emergency medical care for a patient while in transit. EMS Ambulance uses a network of high quality private aircraft across the world, each of which has been carefully designed to allow for minute-by-minute treatment over short, medium or even long-distance flights. Each plane or helicopter comes fully supplied with state-of-the-art equipment and medicines. A team of qualified experts travels with the patient to provide emergency care during the flight.