Here is how an air medical transport unfolds:

• Trinity receives a request for medical transportation by fax, email or telephone.
• We answer all calls personally – we do not use answering services!
• A Medical staff member will obtain a thorough medical report, including all patient and additional passenger information.

Edward (RN) taking Report

• Our Medical Coordinator will evaluate the transport needs of the patient based on the information received.  The information received will assist us in determining the most appropriate medical facility for treatment.  Trinity can arrange all hospital admissions for you.
• The flight Medical Team is selected based on the patient’s condition and medical needs.  The Medical Team may include a combination of: Physicians, Registered Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants, Respiratory Therapists and Critical Care Paramedics.
• A departure time is set and the medical team is dispatched.
• Arrangements are made for ground ambulances on both sides of the air transport.
• The patient’s Health Insurance Company, if needed, is contacted with notification of the transfer.
• Updates on the transport itinerary are confirmed with the patient and family member(s).
• Skylink pilots conduct a pre-flight check of the aircraft, obtain weather reports, file flight plans, determine fuel requirements and arrange for landing Internationally.

Learjet being fueled

• Medical Team reviews the patient’s medical report and loads medical equipment and supplies into the aircraft.

Prepping the aircraft for a rescue

• The aircraft departs enroute to the patient.  The team clears customs and immigration upon arrival internationally.
• Pre-arranged ground transportation is waiting to receive and take the Medical Team from the airport to the patient’s bedside.
• At the discharging facility, the Medical Team assesses the patient’s current condition and receives an updated medical report.
• Medical Team prepares the patient for the transport and connects the patient to Trinity’s portable medical equipment: Oxygen, Cardiac Monitor-Life Pak, Ventilator, IV pumps, etc., as required.
• Patient is transferred to our portable stretcher and secured for the ground transport ride back to the airport.

Team and patient arrive at airport

• At the airport, the crew carefully transfers the patient into the aircraft.
• Once inside the aircraft the Medial crew continues to monitor the patient while the aircraft departs.

Continually charting and monitoring

• Upon arrival at the destination airport, the patient is safely transferred from the aircraft into the awaiting ground ambulance.

Patient is transfered from the aircraft

• The ground ambulance then transports the patient, family member(s) and medical flight crew to the receiving hospital, clinic or private home.

Inger Lisa closing the Ambulance door

• Once the patient arrives at the hospital, our Medical Team will give a medical report and hand over care to the receiving facility.
• The Medical Team then returns to the aircraft for their flight home.

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