Why are air ambulance planes suitable for children transportation?

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Traveling with healthy children can already be a stressful experience, so what about when they are ill or suffering from a serious medical condition that may need medical intervention at any time? When it comes to sensitive child transportation cases, one of the best ways to travel is via an air ambulance provided by an international ambulance service provider.

Considering that children are more fragile and delicate than adults, air ambulances are often the only option that will ensure that your child reaches their destination safely, whether you are traveling to obtain better medical treatment or to be closer to your family. Let’s not forget that infants and babies need extra care.

What you should remember before booking a medical flight for your child

When it comes to medical flights for children, flying commercially with a sick child can be dangerous because of the lack of medical personnel and medical equipment on board. Medical flights will ensure that your child has the medical supervision and care needed for a safe journey. We have special medical flights for children to ensure optimum safety. Our air ambulances can be fitted with specialised equipment such as pediatric incubators.

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Why is travelling with a sick child on a commercial flight dangerous?

In most cases of sick children transportation traveling abroad is the only chance of survival for the patient. This is because the medical facilities, whether it is in terms of doctors or equipment, are not available in the home country and treatment cannot be done. The patient may have already been undergoing some form of treatment and needs further medical care. Traveling becomes essential, but impossible on commercial flights because of the child’s medical condition. Why are commercial flights not appropriate?

Lack of medical equipment onboard

Most commercial flights would often have only a basic first aid kit on board and parents are advised to bring their medical kits for their children. This is a huge problem for sick children who need constant medical attention, whether it is on the way to the airport, during the flight or on the way to the destination hospital.

While air ambulance aircraft come fitted with bespoke medical equipment ready to be used at any time, commercial flights cannot ensure that proper care, which is vital for children's survival, is given to sick children. This means that their health cannot be monitored during the trip and not much can be done if any complication occur.

No medical professional onboard

Children or infants who are seriously ill cannot take care of themselves and they need more care than usual. In some cases, they cannot express themselves properly if they need help. That is why they need to be accompanied by a professional during a trip. Commercial flights do not have a medical staff specialized in child care onboard. Not only is there no experienced medical crew to monitor your child’s health during the flight, but also, there is no one to intervene in case an emergency comes up mid-air.

Why are medical flights necessary to transport children?

Considering all of these issues mentioned, parents, who are already in distress because they have a sick child on hand, might think that traveling is impossible. However, all of the problems mentioned can be solved by our special medical flights for children. These come in the form of air ambulances.

Medical Air Service is an international ambulance service provider that has specially-equipped aircraft that prioritize your child’s safety.

Why are our air ambulances the perfect medical flight option for children?

  • Specialized medical equipment for children: The ambulance planes of Medical Air Service are fitted with all the equipment needed to care for your child during the trip and in case of a medical emergency, which means that newborns and premature babies can travel without complications. The devices can be accommodated according to your baby’s condition and needs. For instance, your newborn can travel in a pediatric transport incubator. A mobile one can be built so that he/she can board the plane without being moved out of the incubator at all. Moreover, we even take care of your children during the trip to and from the airport. We pick patients up at the hospital in a ground ambulance to ensure their safety all throughout the journey.

  • Experienced doctors: Babies and children require the best pediatric care possible. That is why Medical Air Service makes sure that you are accompanied by professionals in the field who will look after your child and intervene in case of medical emergencies.
  • Less chance of Infections: Since you will be the only one, besides the medical crew, traveling onboard the air ambulance, there is less chance of germs transmissions and infections. There are no other passengers on board the medical flight. Moreover, you will not have to worry about waiting in lines, among the crowd, during the onboarding process.
  • A less stressful experience: Opting for a medical flight for your child means you do not have to experience the troubles of delays, flight cancellations or transits.
  • Moreover, as an experienced international ambulance service provider, we are aware that this experience is new and stressful for you. As such, we take the responsibility of dealing with all the complexities related to the medical flight for your child. We can even contact the hospital at your destination and arrange for ground transport, an ambulance, to bring your child to the hospital, once you land.

Contact us to arrange a medical flight for your child

Your child’s safety is our priority. Do not hesitate to get in touch with us for more information about our medical flights for children or to learn more about our air ambulance services no matter your pediatric needs . We are available 24/7 for a free consultation session.

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