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Top New Travel iPhone Apps for 2015

By |2023-09-25T13:18:54+00:00September 30th, 2015|Categories: Travel|

Whether you are still in the planning mode for future travel or you are in the airport waiting to board for your flight, there are a wide variety of iPhone apps that will help tremendously with your trip. Ranging from price alert booking engines to making packing easier, we have something on this list for every traveler. So without further delay, take a look at our top pics for new iPhone apps that will be able to help you on your next trip. Hopper: Airfare Price Prediction Flight pricing is [...]

AirCARE1 Becomes Preferred Provider for International Assistance Group (IAG)

By |2023-09-25T13:15:22+00:00September 18th, 2015|Categories: Company News, Press Release|

AirCARE1 has become a preferred provider for the International Assistance Group (IAG). International Assistance Group® is a global network of 61 Partners and preferred providers from all sectors of the assistance value chain, located in a range of countries throughout the world. Selection to become a preferred provider is based on recommendation and a vetting process. AirCARE1 is only the second air ambulance provider to be selected from the United States. Click Here to Read Full Press Release

Holistic Care in the Air

By |2023-04-10T18:52:16+00:00July 29th, 2015|Categories: Company News, Holistic Care|

Taking an holistic approach to treating patients onboard air ambulance flights is a unique method we use here at AirCARE1 to reduce stress in patients during the flight. Denise Waye, president and owner of AirCARE1, explains in an article she wrote for AirMed&Rescue Magazine, the positive impact holistic care can have on patients. As a critical care nurse and former music major, Denise integrated music into the medical environment of air transport after seeing how music and a holistic approach to patient care dramatically decreased the stress levels in her patients. AirCARE1 [...]

15 Worst Things About Commercial Air Travel

By |2023-09-25T13:22:29+00:00July 9th, 2015|Categories: Travel|

When it comes to airport travel, most people see it as a necessary evil; whether it be meeting a client located in another city or the means of getting yourself to a small island in the Caribbean for a well deserved vacation. As much as we need airplanes to get from point A to point B, there are so many things about air travel that we just can't stand. And without further ado, here we have our list of the top 15 things that most people absolutely hate about either airports [...]

Credit Card Offers Free Medical Transportation

By |2023-06-28T15:39:00+00:00July 2nd, 2015|Categories: Air Ambulance Industry News|

American Express has now decided to offer free medical transportation with some of their credit cards. A new benefit offered, termed the Premium Global Assist® Hotline‡, is designed to help travelers who may be if need of emergency services while traveling abroad. With this hotline, card holders are provided with medical assistance services which does include medical transportation. When you travel more than 100 miles from home, you have 24/7 medical, legal, financial or other select emergency coordination and assistance services, including medical and legal referrals, passport replacement, cash wires and [...]

Public Notice: Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems

By |2023-09-25T13:28:09+00:00October 24th, 2014|Categories: Company News|

The Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems will conduct an accreditation site visit of AirCARE1 on December 1st & 2nd 2014. The purpose of the site visit will be to evaluate the program’s compliance with nationally established medical transport standards. The site visit results will be used to determine whether, and the conditions under which accreditation should be awarded to the program. CAMTS accreditation standards deal with issues of patient care and safety of the transport environment. Anyone believing that he or she has pertinent or valid information about [...]

Six Tips on How to Spot an Air Ambulance Broker

By |2023-09-25T13:13:37+00:00May 23rd, 2014|Categories: Patient Transport|

Choosing the services of air ambulance provider especially during a stressful time can be a daunting task. Thankfully, the advent of the internet with its powerful search engines has made this task much easier to ensure you are getting an air ambulance provider. Easy- right? Wrong! Your search may lead you to an air ambulance broker who portrays themselves as an actual air ambulance operator with websites showing images of aircraft and making promises of providing their “own” aircraft, medical staff and flight crew, when in reality they simply broker [...]

AirCARE1 Receives Blanket Mexican Air Ambulance Permit

By |2024-06-10T13:43:21+00:00February 25th, 2014|Categories: Company News|

AirCARE1 is pleased to announce we have received our Blanket Mexican Air Ambulance permit from the government of Mexico. This blanket permit allows AirCARE1 to conduct “at will” air ambulance operations in and out of Mexico. AirCARE1 has worked diligently to obtain a blanket Mexican Air Ambulance permit in order to provide ease of access to patients needing expeditious medical evacuations out of Mexico. A blanket Mexican Air Ambulance permit allows AirCARE1 the capability of launching flights to Mexico with a two hour call out time while flying to Mexican [...]