Scottsdale, Arizona - No matter where you are going to on vacation or for how long, at Jet Rescue Air Ambulance we always stress that you make sure your travel insurance covers medical treatment and emergency evacuation. When searching or buying your travel insurance, don’t always assume you are covered for everything. In general travel insurances cover lost or delayed baggage, flight delays, missed departure and flight cancellation. However, more serious matters such as accidents or illness aren`t always covered.

Active vacations..
Planning an active vacation? Take into account that if you are planning an active or extreme vacation with activities such as bungee jumping, skydiving, mountain climbing or underwater sports you have run the risk that cover for injuries as a result of these activities is excluded in the travel insurance policy.

No insurance at all..
It amazes us that literally thousands of people still go on vacation abroad without having comprehensive travel insurance and thinking that an accident or injury would never happen to them. People do not realize that yes it can happen to you or your loved ones. Having an accident or falling ill abroad could cost thousands of Dollars, Euros or Pounds if you are not properly insured.

Just to give you an insight into the costs, domestic air medical evacuation cost averages in between 10 to 20,000 US Dollars, internationally this can exceed the 80,000 US Dollar barrier. These are substantial amounts of money. If you are not covered this can result in you or your loved ones having to sell the car, house or other valuable assets. Now do we want that? No.

In case you wish to organize a medical evacuation but have doubts about your insurance coverage..
It can happen that you wish to evacuate yourself or your loved ones as soon as possible but you have doubts about your insurance coverage. In that case Jet Rescue Air Ambulance can help you out! Our Flight Coordinators will call your insurance company on your behalf and attempt to obtain pre-authorization for a medical evacuation. In addition, Jet Rescue Air Ambulance will submit all claim forms and other required documentation. If we are able to obtain an authorization from your insurance company we will not require payment at the time of service and evacuate you or your loved ones!

Do take into account that most insurance plans require that a specific medical necessity is met. This means that a physician or doctor must certify that the transportation by air ambulance is indicated and that transportation by other means may endanger the patient. Some plans require that the transport is a life threatening emergency or that the destination is the closest appropriate facility.

Be prepared..
If you have bought a comprehensive travel insurance and you are about to go on vacation, be prepared! Ask yourself if you know what to do in case of an emergency.

Some valuable tips;

• Ask your broker or insurance company if there is a manual with standard procedures in case of emergencies such as an accident/illness. Read it, know it.
• Always have the 24h emergency phone number on you (this might be the phone number of an assistance company in case the insurance company outsourced this activity).

Thanks to the excellent quality of our services Jet Rescue Air Ambulance has been chosen as an official provider for major insurance and assistance companies, around the world.

At Jet Rescue Air Ambulance we provide domestic and worldwide air ambulance service, 24 hours a day seven days a week. Our team of professionals is capable of organizing the most complex repatriation missions. If an accident or illness occurs during overseas travelling, Jet Rescue Air Ambulance will advise and transport you to the hospital of your choice. We will provide you with the safest, most reliable and hassle free air ambulance service and serve you efficiently, rapidly and cost-effective.

 

12/11/2010, Scottsdale Arizona - Jet Rescue Air Ambulance is a company that provides domestic and worldwide air ambulance service, 24 hours a day and seven days a week. The company provides specialized medical teams to critically ill and injured patients anywhere in the world and has the capability to organize the most complex repatriation missions.

Many people ask themselves how an air ambulance copes with difficult weather circumstances such as we are seeing this winter. Fast moving fronts, ice fog, strong winds, snow and flat light conditions are part of the winter period. These conditions require careful planning in order to minimize their effects. For these kinds of conditions special winter operating procedures are in place. Let us have a look at both take-off and landing as this is regarded by most people as the most delicate part of flying and aircraft

Take-off
Before an air ambulance aircraft takes off, the second officer checks if there is ice on the wings and reports his findings to the air ambulance captain. For take-off it is necessary to have the wings clear of ice or anything that will adhere to the wing and cause a reduction in lift or alter the aerodynamics of the wing. In case ice was found on the wings the captain calls in the ground crew for de-icing the air ambulance.

After a call from the air ambulance captain the ground crew heads to the air ambulance and de-ices the airplane with heated de-icing fluid which consists of Ethylene or Propylene Glycol, diluted with water. This special fluid is sprayed, under high pressure, onto the air ambulance to melt the frost, ice and snow. Once the airplane is de-iced, the air ambulance is ready for take-off. The de-icing takes place about 15 minutes before take-off.

Landing

In winter conditions the runway surface can be very treacherous. Before landing advanced information about the current conditions of the runway surface is obtained by our air ambulance captain. 

When landing is in process, visibility is of the upmost importance. The air ambulance co-pilots` job is to monitor the aircraft instruments. He is in charge of making sure that the control navigation system is working correctly. The air ambulance captain is in charge of monitoring the instruments until the aircraft gets near visibility minimums. If the runway lights are in sight, and the aircraft is due to snow or rain at or above visibility minimums, the air ambulance captain will disconnect the autopilot and land the air ambulance manually.

Winter conditions such as ice fog and snow can only make flying dangerous if winter operating procedures are not in place. If you choose Jet Rescue Air Ambulance as your air ambulance provider the patient is guaranteed a smooth and safe flight, no matter what season we`re in!

About Jet Rescue:
Jet Rescue Air Ambulance specializes in long-range air ambulance transports and is one of the most experienced air ambulance companies in the world. Thanks to the excellent quality of our services we have been chosen as official providers for major insurance and assistance companies around the world.

Although we fly all over the world, No one knows Mexico and Latin America as we do.
From our different Mexican locations we offer the most reliable air ambulance service from Mexico, Central and South America to any destination worldwide. By choosing Jet Rescue Air Ambulance, you can be sure that your patient or loved one will be in the hands of the most experienced, highly trained medical team in the industry. Our medical teams and support staff provide specialized compassionate care for both the patient and companion.

Jet Rescue Air Ambulance can offer you the best response time in the industry (less than two hours) to common tourist destinations in Mexico and the Caribbean such as Cozumel, Cancun, Puerto Vallarta, Cabo San Lucas, Acapulco, Ixtapa, San Felipe, Puerto Peñasco, Guerrero Negro to name just a few. 
Over the years Jet Rescue Air Ambulance has developed the connections and expertise to open non-24hr airports in Mexico and Latin America.

Jet Rescue Air Ambulance is proud to announce the opening of a new base in Saltillo, Mexico. Saltillo is located just outside of Monterrey, Mexico´s third largest city and one of Mexico`s most important manufacturing centers.

Monterrey is of strategic importance as it is connected with the US border, the sea and inland Mexico through different roads, including the Carretera Nacional that runs from Nuevo Laredo to Mexico City and south, and the Carretera Interoceanica connecting Matamoros with the port of Mazatlan on the Pacific.

The Jet Rescue Air Ambulance base in Saltillo is equipped with a Learjet 25 which has been fully configured as an ICU. From this base Jet Rescue Air Ambulance will cover North East Mexico and Texas.

The base will be operational on the 8th of December 2009 and an extensive training program was set up for the newly recruited Saltillo crewmembers. Flight orientation, flight medicine and aviation safety were the most important themes during the training.

As the success and efficiency of Jet Rescue Air Ambulance depends on its most important asset, its people, each crewmember will participate in continuing education programs as well as ongoing evaluation by its Medical Director, Chief Pilot and Senior Executives.

About Jet Rescue Air Ambulance:

Jet Rescue Air Ambulance provides Domestic and Worldwide air ambulance service, 24 hours a day seven days a week.

The company provides specialized medical teams to critically ill and injured patients anywhere in the world and has the capability to organize the most complex repatriation mission.

Jet Rescue Air Ambulance is dedicated to providing the highest standard of rapid response critical care air ambulance to the ill or injured. The specially trained doctors, nurses and paramedics use helicopters, fixed wing aircraft and ground ambulances to bring a tertiary hospital level of care to our patients.

 

2/10/09 Scottsdale, Arizona - Jet Rescue Air Ambulance always strives to have the most reliable state-of-the-art medical equipment in the air ambulance industry. It is also the company’s policy that the equipment used by the medical team is less than 4 years old. Now, why is this so important? I hear you think.

The following example is just one of many that show that the quality of the medical equipment does make a difference. On the 2nd of November 2009 Jet Rescue Air Ambulance transported a Bariatric Patient with Pneumonia from a hospital in Saltillo, a city in Mexico, to the receiving hospital in Dallas.

The ventilator at the Hospital in Mexico could not support this 228 kilos (About  417 lbs.) patient. To make the situation even more worrying, the equipment used by the initially contracted Air Ambulance Company was also unable to support this patient. The patient’s O2 saturation was below 89.  

Jet Rescue's Draeger Oxylog 3000 once again proved that there is no other transport ventilator with the same capabilities! Without any problem at all the Oxylog 3000 supported this patient and the O2 Saturation during the bed-to-bed transport remained at a satisfactory level of 97%!

This patient was experiencing a life threatening situation and was in critical condition. Imagine if you or your beloved ones are in a similar life threatening situation. Would you want to depend on medical equipment that is outdated or just not up for the task?  Exactly, and that is why Jet Rescue Air Ambulance strives to have the best, state-of-the-art and most reliable medical equipment!

The Jet Rescue Air Ambulance medical equipment that is available for each flight consists of;

• Zoll M Series CCT fullu loaded  Monitor/Defibrillator/Pacemaker
• Laerdal Portable Suction Unit
• Dräger Oxylog 3000 transport ventilator/Oxylog 2000 back up ventilator
• Propaq encore 206 backup monitor
• Portable laboratory Abbott i-STAT
• Siui Cts 900 portable ultrasound

Ultrasound scanner for mobile use in and outside the aircraft with 5-inch TFT LCD, 256 grey shades, Memory up to 160 images, 2-kg weigh

• ACLS and Specialty pharmacy
• Trauma Equipment
• Advanced Airway Management
• Lifeport Self contained ICU stretcher with 12,000 lts of Oxygen, unlimited suction and   unlimited medical air.
• Draeger TI 500 transport incubator Globe Trotter.
• 3 110 v electrical outlets

About Jet Rescue Air Ambulance:

Jet Rescue Air Ambulance is corporately based in Scottsdale, AZ, with Satellite bases in Mexico. Jet Rescue Air Ambulance provides Domestic and Worldwide air ambulance service, 24 hours a day seven days a week.
Jet Rescue Air Ambulance provides specialized medical teams to critically ill and injured patients anywhere in the world and have the capability to organize the most complex repatriation mission.

 

16/10/2009, Guadalajara, Mexico - JET RESCUE AIR AMBULANCE, a worldwide provider of air ambulance services with bases in Scottsdale AZ,Guadalajara MX and Toluca MX announces that the organization is the first Latin American Air Ambulance company in process for obtaining the EURAMI (European Association of Aero-Medical Professionals & Organizations) accreditation. Obtaining this prestigious accreditation would be of great importance to Jet Rescue Air Ambulance as it would objectively confirm the quality standards of the company.

EURAMI is a Stuttgart (Germany) based non-profit association of air medical professionals and operators from 27 countries in and outside Europe The association aims to promote air rescue and to develop and harmonize quality standards and to improve patient care and safety in air medical transports.

Quote: “EURAMI Accreditation Standards are periodically revised criteria to assess an Air Medical Service’s level of quality in terms of capabilities, medical management and qualifications, aircraft’s configuration and equipment, operational issues, communications, management policies, quality management, and/or specific requirements for fixed wing and rotor wing aircrafts. These Accreditation Standards are based on legal standards of the European Union (European Standards, e.g. EN 13718-2), international expertise, and the experience of leading European Air Medical Services.”

In order to obtain the EURAMI Accreditation, Jet Rescue Air Ambulance has to accept a specially arranged visit, a thorough inspection, assessment and evaluation performed by a specially trained EURAMI Auditor. When the EURAMI board gives the green light, customers will start to note Jet Rescue’s EURAMI certification and know that they are securing a flight with a reliable air ambulance service.

The EURAMI accreditation would not only show that Jet Rescue Air Ambulance complies with the strict American Air Ambulance standards but also with the European standards!

About Jet Rescue Air Ambulance:

Jet Rescue Air Ambulance is corporately based in Scottsdale, AZ. with 2 bases of operation in Mexico. Jet Rescue Air Ambulance is a worldwide provider of Critical Care air Ambulance services and complex Repatriations on board ICU Jets.Jet Rescue Air Ambulance is the most reliable and experienced Air Ambulance Company in Mexico and Latin America.

Scottsdale 2nd of September 2009 - On July 29 th 2009 Jet Rescue Air Ambulance transported on one of its air ambulances an American tourist that had experienced serious medical problems while on vacation. The patient was diagnosed with Pneumonia, shortness of breath and was connected to a ventilator. Both doctors and family decided it was better for the patient to be transported back to the US in order to receive adequate medical care.  

Jet Rescues` highly trained and compassionate medical team transported the patient from Shangai, China to Los Angeles California via air ambulance.

Jet Rescue’s air ambulance medical infrastructure allows transporting critically ill patients that are ventilator dependant from one continent to another.

For Jet Rescue Air Ambulance it was important that the patient and its family did not get confronted with the burden of all the bureaucracy, paperwork and hassle that comes with an air ambulance transport. Especially in China the language and cultural barrier can cause big delays and frustration to the patient and its family.
The Jet Rescue Air Ambulance flight coordination department made all the necessary arrangements to fly this patient back home bedside to bedside despite the fact that it was a Holiday in China.

Jet Rescue Air Ambulance commitment is to provide safe, quality, affordable air medical transport and relieve case managers and patients’ families of the burden of travel logistics.  
Jet Rescue Air Ambulance always stresses for people to check if they are covered for air ambulance transportation when travelling outside of the United States.

With the rising cost of medical fees overseas, foreign facilities not accepting US Insurance and sometimes sub standard medical care it is important to buy a travel protection plan.
About Jet Rescue Air Ambulance:

Jet Rescue Air Ambulance is corporately based in Scottsdale, AZ, with Satellite bases in Mexico. Jet Rescue Air Ambulance provides Domestic and Worldwide air ambulance service, 24 hours a day seven days a week.
Jet Rescue Air Ambulance provides specialized medical teams to critically ill and injured patients anywhere in the world and have the capability to organize the most complex repatriation mission.

Jet Rescue Air Ambulance aircraft are contracted/dedicated aircraft that operate under their own AOC (Aircraft Operating Certificate) and comply with their local country aviation authority. These Air carriers have exclusive arrangements with Jet Rescue Air Ambulance
For more information,
Please visit http://www.jetrescue.net

JET RESCUE INTERNATIONAL, A REKNOWN CRITICAL CARE WORLDWIDE AIR AMBULANCE SERVICE, PROUDLY ANNOUNCES THE ADDITION OF A LEARJET 35-A TO ITS FLEET . WITH THE ADDITION OF A SECOND LEARJET AT ITS TOLUCA SATTELITE BASE, JET RESCUE INTERNATIONAL GETS READY FOR THE HIGH SEASON.

Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. August 26th 2009 – Jet Rescue International, an air ambulance company with its headquarters in Scottsdale AZ and with further satellite bases in Long Beach CA, Fort Lauderdale FL, Toluca MX and Guadalajara MX, has proudly presented the latest addition to its fleet; a Learjet 35-A. The Learjet will be the second Learjet stationed at the Toluca Airport Jet Rescue Hangar, a few miles from Mexico City.
The Learjet 35-A has been modified with the Extended Range package from Raisbeck engineering and includes:
Extended Tip tanks, Delta Fins, ZR Lite

The medical Interior is custom made and has a Lifeport plus Stretcher system, dedicated medical cabinets and full modern ICU equipment. In addition the aircraft is equipped for worldwide missions. The avionics include TCAS II with change 7 collision avoidance, dual UNS-1 flight management systems, dual HF radios, FM immunity, 8.33 Mhz. frequency spacing, and a 4-tube EFIS system.

The air ambulance aircraft will be crewed by 2 highly experienced pilots,2 ICU trained medical personnel and will be operated by Mexican DGAC Part 135 equivalent Certificate Holder Aero Jl S.A.

JET RESCUE INTERNATIONAL ( A CRITICAL CARE WORLD WIDE AIR AMBULANCE) RECENTLY ADDED A, LEAR JET 35-A XR EXTENDED RANGE AIRCRAFT, SETTING A VERY HIGH STANDARD FOR ALL OTHER AIR AMBULANCE COMPANIES

December 29, 2008 --
GUADALAJARA JALISCO MEXICO. December 4, 2008---THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY OF GUADALAJARA, COUNCIL MEN, PROMINENT BUSINESSMEN, T.V PERSONALITIES, LOCAL AND NATIONAL MEDIA AS WELL AS COMMUNITY LEADERS WERE ON HAND FOR THE UNVAILING OF JET RESCUES NEWEST INCORPORATION TO ITS FLEET. THE EVENT WAS HELD AT THE JET RESCUE HANGAR AT GUADALAJARA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

The gathering was a joyful Celebration: To provide an air ambulance service in Mexico and Latin-America like no other. The event was hosted by JET RESCUES management team. The agenda was simple and upbeat. Present Jet Rescues new plan and give its plans for 2009.

This Particular Learjet 35-A XR has been modified with the Extended Range package from Raisbeck engineering and includes:
Extended Tip tanks
Delta Fins
ZR Lite

The medical Interior is custom made and has a Lifeport plus Stretcher system, dedicated medical cabinets, and full modern ICU equipment.
In addition the aircraft is equipped for worldwide missions. The avionics include TCAS II with change 7 collision avoidance, dual UNS-1 flight management systems, dual HF radios, FM immunity, 8.33 Mhz. frequency spacing, and a 4-tube EFIS system.

The air ambulance aircraft will be crewed by 2 highly experienced pilots,2 ICU trained medical personnel and will be operated by Mexican DGAC Part 135 equivalent Certificate Holder Aero Jl S.A.

Jet Rescue International specializes in worldwide air ambulance repatriations and has rapid access to countries like Cuba and Venezuela.

Testimonial: Hello Alejandra and Pauline: Thanks so much for your support and understanding on how important this case is. We’ve changed the life of a little boy with  low income, who  was about  to loose his legs. he  wasn’t  properly  taken care of in Cancun, given to the fact that he didn’t have enough money. He’s in Mexico city now!! and just entered the hospital, he’s in great hands and his life will change. God bless  you  both, and continue to be the flying angels, helping to save Lives, cause no life is more important than other, and this time, we were very lucky to be able to count on you!