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Lauriboats said
" . . .then they flew him to Chula Vista the closest hospital in the U.S"
and SkyMedBarbara pitches in (I chose the word carefully)
".....to transport you right from Loreto (and other Baja airports) to your hometown and your medical facility in case of critical injury or illness."
We want to be a tad careful here - most Medivac contracts I have read will take you to the nearest airport serving a hospital judged capable of
treating your problem - in this case, Chula Vista. In no way will they "take you to your hometown and (personal) medical facility . .. " maybe
SkyMedBarbara forgot to mention that this service might require a special and expensive rider to the policy.
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I will try to answer your questions for SkyMed Air Evacuation. They are based in Scotsdale, Arizona. The company is 18 years old.....so very
experienced with air evacuations.
1. They can only send a medically equipted air jet to an air field that is paved, lighted, with all facilities, gas, maintenance etc. Loreto, Cabo
etc. Not BOLA nor Guerrero Negro......Mostly this has to to with the plane that flies in and their insurance policy....not the medical evacuation
company.
2. Having a home here makes no difference, you could just be vacationing....TIME spent in MEXICO is the difference. SkyMed has two different
policies... up to 6 month in MEXICO or more than 6 months in MEXICO. THAT determines the cost. The other 6 months of course you are covered 100 air
miles from your home....in US or Canada. They transport you back to your hospital of preferance not just the closest one
3. There are so may other things that SKyMed covers. If you are interesed please go to www.SkyMed.com/Loreto and go to the questions and answer section. If it doesn't answer your question please e mail me at skymedloreto@gmail. or I
can respond here again. Thanks Barbara
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| Quote: | Originally posted by SkyMedBarbara
I will try to answer your questions for SkyMed Air Evacuation. They are based in Scotsdale, Arizona. The company is 18 years old.....so very
experienced with air evacuations.
1. They can only send a medically equipted air jet to an air field that is paved, lighted, with all facilities, gas, maintenance etc. Loreto, Cabo
etc. Not BOLA nor Guerrero Negro......Mostly this has to to with the plane that flies in and their insurance policy....not the medical evacuation
company.
2. Having a home here makes no difference, you could just be vacationing....TIME spent in MEXICO is the difference. SkyMed has two different
policies... up to 6 month in MEXICO or more than 6 months in MEXICO. THAT determines the cost. The other 6 months of course you are covered 100 air
miles from your home....in US or Canada. They transport you back to your hospital of preferance not just the closest one
3. There are so may other things that SKyMed covers. If you are interesed please go to www.SkyMed.com/Loreto and go to the questions and answer section. If it doesn't answer your question please e mail me at skymedloreto@gmail. or I
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Thanks for the info---would not do us much good with where we are.
Diane
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mtgoat666
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| Quote: | Originally posted by SkyMedBarbara
1. They can only send a medically equipted air jet to an air field that is paved, lighted, with all facilities, gas, maintenance etc. Loreto, Cabo
etc. Not BOLA nor Guerrero Negro......Mostly this has to to with the plane that flies in and their insurance policy....not the medical evacuation
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barbara,
i can charter a jet to land me at guerrero negro, so must be an air evac service that can evac me from gurrero negro. if you can't, then which
air-evac services will fly to paved fields like guerrero negro?
i have seen turbo-prop air ambulances in california that must be capable of landing at many unpaved mexican strips. do any of your your competitors
offer air evac from mexico from unpaved fields?
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Quote direcly from SkyMed....Sky Med only guarantees transportation out of "Gov't" regulated airports, but they have sent a prop plane to Guerro
Negro, but no one can bank on it. Again, it has to do with plane INSURANCE, that dictates whether they can land or not at an airport.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by SkyMedBarbara
Quote direcly from SkyMed....Sky Med only guarantees transportation out of "Gov't" regulated airports, but they have sent a prop plane to Guerro
Negro, but no one can bank on it. Again, it has to do with plane INSURANCE, that dictates whether they can land or not at an airport.
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That is too bad. We would be interested in the insurance, but not without guarentees---the maybes are just not OK for us.
Celia Diaz from the Binational Emerigency Committee has assured us that she has arranged and can arrange for emergency evac from Guerrero Negro so we
signed up for her service. But guess we will just need to pay for the Evac if we need it and I hope we don't.
Hope Laurie's friend is out of ICU and on the mend!
Diane
[Edited on 4-12-2008 by jdtrotter]
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mtgoat666
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| Quote: | Originally posted by SkyMedBarbara
Quote direcly from SkyMed....Sky Med only guarantees transportation out of "Gov't" regulated airports, but they have sent a prop plane to Guerro
Negro, but no one can bank on it. Again, it has to do with plane INSURANCE, that dictates whether they can land or not at an airport.
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guerrero is a paved military strip. i suspect an experienced or adept air charter firm should be able to arrange something at such a field. maybe
you need to charter with other air firm.
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Thank you Diane and everyone else for all of your support. Ed is now out of ICU and he is scheduled for surgery on his wrist in the morning. Things
are looking up. Lauri
What we see depends mainly on what we look for.
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There are regular flights from Guerrero Negro (did I spell that right?) and the mainland. Friend of ours took one last year. Got a seat without a
reservation.
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I don't know all of the details yet, but I just found out that my AAA plus towing insurance will cover medical evacuations up to $25,000. I will
definitely check into it more when I get home.
What we see depends mainly on what we look for.
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