Repatriation

OVERSEAS REPATRIATION

Many people have suddenly found themselves in a position where an employee, relative or friend is seriously ill or injured in an area where adequate medical treatment is not available. In many cases they are neither able to cope nor able to obtain the necessary medical assistance. Heathrow Air Ambulance Service is a specialist organisation, which can rapidly provide the very best solutions for :

• The Insurance Industry:
• Travel industry:
• International Repatriation Companies:
• Embassies:
• Public and Private Companies:
• Hospital Trusts:
• The National Health Service:
• The Private customer.

MEDICAL ESCORTS

Doctors, nurses and paramedics, appropriately qualified for the patient's condition, available to escort patients by air throughout the world.

REPATRIATIONS to or from OVERSEAS

With over 28 years experience in this field, we are able at short notice to effect the safe, competent and comprehensive transfer of patients from any part of the world. Either by scheduled airline or private air ambulance. This service provides:

• Investigation
• Assessment
• Report & Advice
• Ticketing
• Medical Clearance
• Transfers to and from airports
• Medical escorts
• All necessary equipment
• Hospital admission and appropriate medical referral
• Continuous liaison and reporting to the client throughout

DEDICATED AIR AMBULANCE

Our 24 hour Control Centre provides a comprehensive service:

A TURN KEY OPERATION

1. Investigation, assessment and advice in cases of accident or sudden illness overseas
2. Medical advice by our Company Doctor, with access to specialists in the relevant field of medicine.
3. Electing the aircraft appropriate to the patient's medical needs and the flying time involved.
4. Comprehensive aviation medical equipment.
5. Medical teams appropriate to the patient's condition.
6. Scheduling medical teams, air ambulances and arranging medical referral at receiving hospital.
7. Liaison with client throughout.
8. All aspects of the client, care and transportation are properly insured.

Air ambulance evacuation is an extremely intricate and complex matter and is not always the answer.

It is sometimes neither in the medical interest of the patient nor within the financial resource of the individual having to pay the bill. Financial pressures, however, must be resisted and all decisions taken on medical grounds, otherwise an unnecessary element of risk is introduced.

Hasty and badly organised air ambulance evacuations could result in costly and ill coordinated exercises to the detriment of the patient and family.

Whilst the need for air ambulance repatriation does exist, it should not be the automatic and precipitated response in every case where a person has been injured or taken seriously ill in a remote area. This particularly applies to the patient who, having undergone a prescribed course of treatment for a week or so, could then by repatriated by scheduled airline service without undue risk.

Alternatively, time and money are wasted if the medical team arrive only to find that the patient's condition prohibits air travel altogether. Good communication from the outset will save a considerable amount of time, expense and distress.

Air Ambulance International is an experienced emergency service which can best determine the appropriate action that is required in the event of a medical emergency occurring overseas