ICATT Air Ambulance Service in India provides emergency medical evacuation services for 24 hours a week globally. It alleviates all serious concerns while caring for critical patients. Emergency medical care abroad is always a challenge, and finding the right air ambulance provider to drive you home or hospital can be a daunting task. Although cost can be an essential factor for many people, price should not be the primary decision-maker.
ICATT Air Ambulance prices remain affordable but always expensive when compared to ground ambulances. But patients are willing to spend more if they save time. For injured patients and people, time is life and only with their air transport service can they save time. Air medical transportation services are also useful for those who need medical assistance while travelling. These are the people who are advised to be careful when travelling as they are suffering from special conditions like heart disease. ICATT Air ambulance in India is the only way to gain access to world-class healthcare facilities.
Our medical expertise and experience in dealing with medical emergencies overseas ensure that you get appropriate emergency medical care. Many different elements affect ambulance prices, and we always do our best to make sure the costs are not too high. ICATT air ambulance has outlined factors in this article that can affect air ambulance prices.
Why ICATT Air Ambulance?
Trusted by many, including multinational corporations, NGOs, governments and insurance companies, we have extensive global experience in managing and coordinating emergency medical care. We have successfully undertaken the evacuation and repatriation of thousands of sick or injured people abroad.
We offer you …
- Extensive experience as one of the largest providers of medical repatriation
- Global reach with operating offices and an extensive network of trusted partners worldwide
- The most experienced team of doctors, nurses and care coordinators provide unrivalled 24/7 personal service
- Bed to bed transportation with qualified medical staff and state-of-the-art medical equipment of the highest quality from end to end
What makes ambulances so expensive?
Air ambulance companies face several obstacles when picking up their patients. Factors that affect prices are:
The distance that has to be covered:
Distance is an important factor when calculating the cost of an air ambulance. Longer the distance higher the flight cost due to higher fuel cost and cost of the medical team. ICATT has a truly global network of accredited airline providers, which allows us to find a suitable means of transportation near your location. In most cases, patients want to be taken to their home country rather than the nearest hospital. This may result in higher costs if the distance to their home is greater than the distance to suitable facilities.
The distance can also determine the most suitable type of medical aircraft. At ICATT Air Service, we offer medical services around the world and offer the best prices to keep medical repatriation costs affordable.
Type of aircraft required:
The type of aircraft required for medical flights depends on the patient’s condition, the number of people travelling, and the equipment necessary. Critically ill patients are evacuated by helicopter as they can take off and land in the hospital without a ground ambulance. People who fly after having a stroke may need an aeroplane with special medical equipment and a doctor to ensure a safe journey home.
The ICATT air ambulance is very efficient and is designed for a full stretcher, two medical staff and a travel companion.
Medical staff accompanying the patient:
The medical crew required to accompany the patient may also affect ambulance costs, including the number of emergency medical care personnel and any specialists needed during the flight. The crew will consist of pilots, nurses and doctors who will provide emergency medical care during the flight.
Approval by regulatory authorities:
The ICATT Air Service takes care of all the formalities for obtaining a flight permit from a supervisory authority overseas. Patients can acquire permission from doctors about their readiness to fly. If the patient flies to a destination other than their home country, they may require additional visas to be issued in an emergency.
Permission to travel to high-risk areas:
If the patient is being taken to a high-risk area or war zone, obtaining medical repatriation clearance is expensive. Hence, this influences the cost.
Airport landing fee:
When a patient is evacuated on a charter flight, the airport charges landing and handling fees, which directly affects the cost. An additional fee is charged if the airport has to remain open for ambulance landing or taking off, or for defrosting the aircraft.
ICATT Air Service has alliances with major airports around the world so that we can provide air ambulance service almost anywhere on the map.
The price of going by land ambulance:
Once the aircraft reaches the destination airport, a ground ambulance may be required to transport the patient to the medical centre of their choice. This additional fee is included in the total cost of the medical evacuation package.
Conclusion:
Various life-threatening situations such as heart attack, neurological problems, burns, multiple fractures, multiple organ failure, etc. are handled by emergency services. The cost of an air ambulance is influenced by the above factors along with the cost of skilled doctors, paramedics, modern medical equipment and experienced pilots.
ICATT Air ambulance in India offers the lowest prices for airlines worldwide. Contact us today by phone, email, or by filling out our contact form for a low-cost, no-obligation quote.
