Air Ambulance Experience Stories from the Field

While traveling on business, Mike Young was in a life-threatening car crash in Singapore on November 7, 2005, in which he lost practically all his blood. Taken to a local hospital, he had a blood transfusion, a splenectomy and had chest tubes put in with out anesthesia. Scared for her husband’s life, Phyllis Young was able to get AirMed to rescue Mike from uncertainty and potentially unnecessary surgeries.

Kathy Sudeikis, past-President of the American Society of Travel Agents, talks about why she not only recommends AirMed to all of her customers but is also a card-carrying member herself. She raves about AirMed’s global aeromedical evacuations, unrivaled track record and the extremely knowledgeable and reliable customer support.

Earl Lambert, a grandfather with a background in pharmaceuticals and aviation, discusses how impressed he is with AirMed’s flight capabilities and superior aeromedical staff. He should know. After all, they saved his granddaughter’s life.

The language barrier and machine-gun toting guerillas were among Katie Hilleke’s greatest worries as she set out for a kayaking expedition to Honduras in July 2006. As a health-conscious 26-year-old, cancer never entered her mind.

Betty Thompson of Vancouver, Washington was on a Regal Princess cruise when she noticed something was seriously wrong with her husband, Jack. Hunched over in severe pain, he struggled to tell Betty that he was having bad chest pains. Betty frantically jumped up from her poolside chair and began yelling for a doctor.