Why do people get life flighted?
Why do people get life flighted? A life flight, or air ambulance flight, is a flight in a medical aircraft that is specially fitted with medical equipment to transport sick or injured patients, as well as accompanying medical personnel, from one medical facility to another, often in another country.
Why would a patient need to be Airlifted?
Victims of spinal injuries or other patients with mobility issues who need to fly to a specific hospital are transported on a stretcher on-board our aircraft; Burn victims requiring additional medical or aesthetic treatment are frequently transported by air rather than ground ambulance in order to reach the hospital.