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Air Ambulance Card Launches iPhone App to Help Travelers Find Hospitals

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (July 26, 2010) – Medical evacuation membership program Air Ambulance Card has launched a free application for iPhone to help travelers find medical assistance away from home. Find-ER by Air Ambulance Card has a one touch hospital finder that locates the nearest medical centers, maps routes to them and provides contact information. The app contains a distress call function that allows travelers to call their designated emergency contact with the touch of a button. Find-ER also stores medical information and doctor and pharmacy contact information that doctors and paramedics can use to help treat a patient.
“We offer our members peace of mind that they can come home for treatment when serious injury or illness strikes on the road,” said Air Ambulance Card Managing Director Sam Jackson. “With Find-ER, we can extend some of that peace of mind to all travelers from the moment a problem arises.”
Full features include:
Hospital Mapping
  • Tap screen to map nearest hospitals
  • Tap hospital name to access contact information
  • Map route to hospital of your choice
Distress Call
  • Store emergency contact information
  • Tap phone icon to place distress call
Store Medical Information
  • Doctor and pharmacy contact information
  • Medical conditions
Medications
Allergies
Find-ER by Air Ambulance Card is available as a free download in the iTunes store.
Air Ambulance Card® flies sick or injured members home to the US or Canadian hospital of their choice when they are hospitalized 150 miles or more from home, domestically or internationally. The membership program offers services for a period of one year to families or individuals, and corporate accounts. Air Ambulance Card memberships are available to residents of the U.S. and Canada and cost $195 per year for individuals and $295 per year for families. For more information visit www.AirAmbulanceCard.com.
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Medevac Experts Release 10 Tips for Spring Break Safety

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (February 11, 2010) – Medical evacuation membership program Air Ambulance Card is releasing its Spring Break 2010 Travel Safety Tips. The advice is compiled from years of transport of sick and injured travelers. “This is what we’d be telling our own kids if they were traveling for spring break this year,” said Air Ambulance Card Managing Director Stan Bradley. More details can be found online at www.AirAmbulanceCard.com/blog.
1. Register International Travel with the State Department, https://travelregistration.state.gov in case of a family emergency in the U.S. or a crisis where you are.
2. Know the Law. While in a foreign country, you are subject to its laws. Research the country online, http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/safety/safety_2836.html
3. Avoid Drugs and Limit Alcohol. Many travelers are injured or killed in car accidents and other incidents involving alcohol and/or drug use. Avoid illegal drugs and limit legal alcohol consumption.
4. Be Watchful. Americans have been sexually assaulted or robbed because they found themselves in unfamiliar locales, were incapable of protecting themselves because of drug or alcohol use or were the victim of a “date rape” drug.
5. Road Rules. Motor vehicles accidents are the most common cause of death of Americans overseas after natural causes. Standards of safety overseas may differ from those in the U. S.
6. Water Warning. Do not dive into unknown bodies of water. Hidden rocks or shallow depths can cause injury or death. Only rent equipment like scooters, jet-skis or scuba gear from reputable operators and insist on sufficient training.
7. Think About Emergencies Now. U.S. medical insurance generally is not accepted outside the United States. Check to see if your carrier will reimburse you and consider a short term foreign travel policy if not. Medical evacuation to the U.S. can cost more than $50,000. Consider a medical evacuation membership plan and read the fine print to be sure it will get you to the hospital OF YOUR CHOICE. www.AirAmbulanceCard.com.
8. Check Medications. Make sure all medicines are in bottles with drug store labels. Carry copies of the prescriptions and make sure you have enough to last the trip.
9. Have duplicates of travel documents. Leave a copy of your passport and itinerary at home. Do not carry documents, money and credit cards in the same pocket.
10. Establish a Routine. Let everyone know where you will be. Plan regular check in times and stick to them.
Air Ambulance Card® flies sick or injured members home to the US or Canadian hospital of their choice when they are hospitalized 150 miles or more from home, domestically or internationally. The membership program offers services for a period of one year to families or individuals, and corporate accounts.  Air Ambulance Card memberships are available to residents of the U.S. and Canada and cost $195 per year for individuals and $295 per year for families.  For more information visit www.AirAmbulanceCard.com.
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Air Ambulance Card & Rhode Island Dental Assn. Offer Members Protection

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (January 6, 2010) – The Rhode Island Dental Association (RIDA) has endorsed Birmingham-based Air Ambulance Card® and is partnering with the company to offer society members discounted medical evacuation. Under the partnership, members who are sick or injured 150 miles or more from home, domestically or internationally, will be flown home to the hospital of their choice.
“The RIDA feels this benefit to be of considerable value to its members as there is ‘No Place Like Home’,” said RIDA Executive Director Valerie Celentano.
RIDA members can purchase discounted Air Ambulance Card memberships through  a link on the association’s website, www.RIDental.com  “Membership in Air Ambulance Card eliminates concerns about the high cost of a medical flight. Members can fly home to be treated by doctors they know at a hospital they trust, and they never receive a bill or file a claim form,” said Stan Bradley, managing director of Air Ambulance Card.
The Rhode Island Dental Association was founded in Providence on July 2, 1878 by a group of seven dentists. Today, more than 600 members, representing over 90 percent of all practicing dentists in this state, belong to the Association. The object of the Association is to improve the dental health of the public and to promote the art and science of dentistry.
Air Ambulance Card® flies sick or injured members home to the US or Canadian hospital of their choice when they are hospitalized 150 miles or more from home, domestically or internationally. The membership program offers services for a period of one year to families or individuals, and corporate accounts.  Air Ambulance Card memberships are available to residents of the U.S. and Canada and cost $195 per year for individuals and $295 per year for families.  For more information visit www.AirAmbulanceCard.com.
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Air Ambulance Card Flies Heart Patient Home from Mexican ICU

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (September 1, 2009) – Air Ambulance Card flew a California man home for treatment after he experienced heart trouble while vacationing in Mexico. The member and his wife were vacationing in Cancun when he went to the hospital with what doctors termed a “cardiac event.” The member’s wife contacted Air Ambulance Card, which began the process of transporting him to Hoag Memorial Presbyterian Hospital in Newport Beach, California. A medical crew picked him up from the Mexican hospital at 10:00am and he was in a bed at Hoag Memorial by 6:40pm that evening.
“He was being treated in public ICU in Mexico. We wanted to be home, he wanted to be treated by his own doctors,” said the member’s wife.
“When a patient is in a foreign hospital, they simply want to come home,” said Sam Jackson, Managing Director of Air Ambulance Card. “Not only do we provide them that comfort, our members enjoy a significant financial protection. This flight from Mexico would have cost $31,000 thousand of dollars if Mr. Soliman had to pay for it out of pocket.”
Air Ambulance Card® flies sick or injured members home to the US or Canadian hospital of their choice when they are hospitalized 150 miles or more from home, domestically or internationally. The membership program offers services for a period of one year to families or individuals, and corporate accounts.  Air Ambulance Card memberships are available to residents of the U.S. and Canada and cost $195 per year for individuals and $295 per year for families.  For more information visit www.AirAmbulanceCard.com.
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University of Nebraska Medical Center Protects Staff Traveling Overseas

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (July 14, 2009) – Faculty and staff of The University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) have begun enrolling in Birmingham-based Air Ambulance Card®’s membership program. UNMC now requires all faculty and staff traveling outside of the continental US on official business to purchase the plans at special rates that allow employees to cover their families at no extra charge. Under the partnership, members who are sick or injured 150 miles or more from home, domestically or internationally, will be flown home to the hospital of their choice.
Air Ambulance Card memberships have been included as a part of the UNMC Private Medical Practice program for two years. UNMC doctors sought out the coverage after arranging a patient’s air medical transport from Italy that cost $150,000. “We know the serious financial risk associated with travel without medical evacuation coverage,” said UNMC’s Keith Swarts. “These memberships protect the staff, protect their families and protect the medical center from the financial hardships that accompany the kinds of medical emergencies we see every day.”
UNMC faculty and staff can purchase discounted Air Ambulance Card memberships online using their UNMC email address at www.AirAmbulanceCard.com/UNMC. Employees can use UNMC’s internal procurement card or can purchase the membership personally by using their own credit card. “With these memberships, UNMC employees and their families can travel with the peace of mind of knowing if something goes wrong, we’ll be there to bring them home,” said Stan Bradley, managing director of Air Ambulance Card.
UNMC is the only public health science center in the state. Through their commitment to education, research, patient care and outreach, UNMC and its hospital partner, The Nebraska Medical Center, have established themselves as one of the country’s leading centers in cancer, transplantation biology, bioterrorism preparedness, neurodegenerative diseases, cardiovascular diseases, genetics, biomedical technology and ophthalmology. UNMC’s physician practice group, UNMC Physicians, includes 513 physicians in 50 specialties and subspecialties who practice primarily in The Nebraska Medical Center. For more information, go to UNMC’s Web site at www.unmc.edu.
Air Ambulance Card provides travelers with prepaid hospital-to-hospital air ambulance service, domestically and abroad.  The membership program offers services for a period of one year to families or individuals, and corporate accounts.  Air Ambulance Card memberships are available to residents of the U.S. and Canada and cost $195 per year for individuals and $295 per year for families.  For more information visit www.AirAmbulanceCard.com.
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Air Ambulance Card to Provide Medical Evacuation to WorldClinic Clients

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (July 7, 2009) – Birmingham-based medical evacuation membership program Air Ambulance Card is partnering with WorldClinic Inc., a New Hampshire executive medical and telemedical program, to provide clients with medical evacuation and repatriation services.
“In a medical emergency, our patients know they have instant access to physicians who are familiar with their personal medical records. With Air Ambulance Card we are able to take that peace of mind one step further, bringing the patient home to the hospital of their choice,” said WorldClinic Director Dr. Dan Carlin.
Under the arrangement, WorldClinic patients hospitalized 150 miles or more from home, domestically or internationally, will be flown home aboard a dedicated medical aircraft to the U.S. or Canadian hospital of their choice. “We eliminate the high out-of-pocket cost of these flights, and strip out the headaches caused by claim forms and reimbursements. WorldClinic patients will do nothing more than pick up the phone and call, and we will bring them home,” said Air Ambulance Card Managing Partner Sam Jackson.
Based in New England, WorldClinic is a unique medical practice dedicated to providing exceptional medical and telemedical care to an exclusive group of corporate executives, individuals and families whose lifestyle may require immediate access to a personal doctor for any health issue, at any hour, from anywhere in the world.
Air Ambulance Card® provides travelers with prepaid hospital-to-hospital air ambulance service, domestically and abroad.  The membership program offers services for a period of one year to families or individuals, and corporate accounts.  Air Ambulance Card memberships are available to residents of the U.S. and Canada and cost $195 per year for individuals and $295 per year for families.  For more information visit www.AirAmbulanceCard.com.
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North Carolina Dental Society Offers Low Cost Air Evacuation Coverage

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (March 10, 2009) – The North Carolina Dental Society (NCDS) has endorsed Air Ambulance Card® and is partnering with the company to offer society members discounted medical evacuation. Under the partnership, members who are sick or injured 150 miles or more from home, domestically or internationally, will be flown home to the hospital of their choice.
“We found out about this program through a member who used the service when his wife was injured on a trip to Costa Rica,” said NCDS Executive Director Dr. Alec Parker. “If one of our members was injured while traveling, either away at a conference or on a family vacation, an extended absence could have a dramatic effect on their practice.”
NCDS members can purchase discounted Air Ambulance Card memberships through the society’s website, www.NCDental.org.  “Membership in Air Ambulance Card eliminates concerns about the high cost of a medical flight. Members can fly home to be treated by doctors they know at a hospital they trust, and they never recieve a bill or file a claim form,” said Stan Bradley, managing director of Air Ambulance Card.
The North Carolina Dental Society is an unincorporated association founded in 1856, whose primary constitutional objectives are “… to encourage the improvement of the oral health of the public, to promote the art and science of dentistry and encourage the maintenance of high standards of professional competence and practice, and to represent the interests of the members of the dental profession and the public which it serves.” More information at www.NCDental.org.
Air Ambulance Card provides travelers with prepaid hospital-to-hospital air ambulance service, domestically and abroad.  The membership program offers services for a period of one year to families or individuals, and corporate accounts.  Air Ambulance Card memberships are available to residents of the U.S. and Canada and cost $195 per year for individuals and $295 per year for families.  For more information visit www.AirAmbulanceCard.com.
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Partnership Brings Carolina Travelers Home for Care on MedCenter Air Jets

Charlotte, N.C. (March 5, 2009) – MedCenter Air is partnering with Birmingham-based Air Ambulance Card, LLC to provide air ambulance transports for members who enroll through MedCenter Air. Under the partnership, members who are sick or injured 150 miles or more from home, domestically or internationally, will be flown home to the hospital of their choice. MedCenter Air will be the provider of choice for members who join under the partnership.
“Patients in the Carolinas Medical Center want be treated by CMC experts, no matter where they get sick or injured,” said (who should we quote here? Jason?). “When we can send our jet and our staff to pick them up and fly them home for treatment, it’s a win for us, a win for the hospital and a win for the patient.” Members can enroll in the MedCenter Air partnership online at www.AirAmbulanceCard.com by entering medcenterair in the group code field.
“Membership in Air Ambulance Card eliminates concerns about the high cost of a medical flight. They can come home to CMC aboard a MedCenter Air jet and the member patient never receives a bill,” said Stan Bradley, managing director of Air Ambulance Card.
MedCenter Air offers comprehensive critical care transport services through a growing fleet of fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters and ground ambulances. All are custom-equipped and staffed with highly trained medical and aviation specialists to serve as airborne and mobile critical care units. MedCenter Air is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems (CAMTS).
Air Ambulance Card provides travelers with prepaid hospital-to-hospital air ambulance service, domestically and abroad.  The membership program offers services for a period of one year to families or individuals, and corporate accounts.  Air Ambulance Card memberships are available to residents of the U.S. and Canada and cost $195 per year for individuals and $295 per year for families. More information at AirAmbulanceCard.com.
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Partnership Brings UAB Travelers Home for Care on UAB Air Ambulance

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (February 10, 2009) – UAB Critical Care Transport (CCT) is partnering with Birmingham-based Air Ambulance Card, LLC to offer discounted air evacuation memberships to UAB faculty, staff and students. Under the partnership, members who are sick or injured 150 miles or more from home, domestically or internationally, will be flown home to the hospital of their choice. CCT will be the provider of choice for members who join under the partnership.
“UAB people want to be treated by UAB experts,” said CCT Medical Director Dr. Kevin Barlotta. “When we can send our jet to pick them up and fly them home for treatment, it’s a win for us, a win for the hospital and a win for the patient.”
Air Ambulance Card has set up a special website for UAB community at AirAmbulanceCard.com/uab where they can sign in with a valid UAB email address to enroll at special rates or find more information. “Membership in Air Ambulance Card eliminates concerns about the high cost of a medical flight. They can come home to UAB aboard a UAB jet and the member patient never receives a bill,” said Stan Bradley, managing director of Air Ambulance Card.
UAB Critical Care Transport is a hospital based, inter-facility transport program for patients in the United States and worldwide that require transport from one medical facility to another. Critical Care Transport has been providing medical transports for over 26 years and has transported over 34,000 patients. Jet aircraft intensive care units provide top notch support during long distance patient transports.
Air Ambulance Card provides travelers with prepaid hospital-to-hospital air ambulance service, domestically and abroad.  The membership program offers services for a period of one year to families or individuals, and corporate accounts.  Air Ambulance Card’s special UAB memberships are available to residents of the U.S. and Canada and cost $130 per year for individuals and $200 per year for families, a discount of more than 30 percent.  For more information visit www.AirAmbulanceCard.com/uab.
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Air Ambulance Card® Acquires Global Jet Ambulance Memberships

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (February 2, 2009) – Birmingham-based Air Ambulance Card, LLC has completed the acquisition of California air medical evacuation company Global Jet Ambulance Inc.’s membership base.  Air Ambulance Card will merge Global Jet’s membership with its existing members on a monthly basis as Global Jet members renew.
“Global Jet’s membership is primarily located in the western states, which gives us a great base from which to grow our sales in a market in which we are already strong,” said Air Ambulance Card Managing Director Sam Jackson.
Global Jet President John Hartfield will continue to represent Air Ambulance Card on the west coast. “Air Ambulance Card has an excellent network of aircraft and an incredible knowledge of transport logistics. I am pleased to offer our members the service that will work well for them in the future.”
Air Ambulance Card provides travelers with prepaid hospital-to-hospital air ambulance service, domestically and abroad.  The membership program offers services for a period of one year to families or individuals, and corporate accounts.  Air Ambulance Card memberships are available to residents of the U.S. and Canada and cost $195 per year for individuals and $295 per year for families.  For more information visit www.AirAmbulanceCard.com.
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