Air Compassion West http://www.aircompassionwest.org Backed by 43 years of medical air transportation experience. We are currently saving families an average of 38% on air ambulance costs. Sun, 21 Jun 2009 12:26:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Flying Out of New Orleans http://www.aircompassionwest.org/patient-flight-new-orleans/ http://www.aircompassionwest.org/patient-flight-new-orleans/#comments Tue, 26 May 2009 18:16:40 +0000 admin http://wp2.becmedia.net/?p=240 Patient Medical AirliftFrank, 73, and his wife Marion, 74, were stranded in a New Orleans hospital following Katrina. Frank, a Parkinson’s patient, had been evacuated to Bunkie General Hospital, and Marion was by his side. Without medication, his condition had worsened and he was curled up in a fetal position. The couple lost everything in the hurricane and had nowhere to go. Their daughter, Cheryl, who lives in California, called ACW with hopes of getting an air ambulance so her parents could join her.

ACW was able to arrange and fund a flight on Sept. 9, with Frank and Marion traveling on a Lear 25 jet. The plane was staffed with a nurse and a respiration therapist. Frank was admitted to Saddleback Memorial Medical Center in Laguna Hills, Calif., and Marion moved in with her daughter.

]]> http://www.aircompassionwest.org/patient-flight-new-orleans/feed/ 0 ACW Stories http://www.aircompassionwest.org/acw-stories/ http://www.aircompassionwest.org/acw-stories/#comments Mon, 11 May 2009 14:22:49 +0000 admin http://wp2.becmedia.net/?p=27 Air Compassion West® is a non-profit patient advocacy/assistance organization established to help locate and coordinate bed-to-bed air ambulance service. ACW’s mission is to help patients and families undergoing a difficult health crisis by offering them compassionate counseling and working to lower air ambulance and medically assisted travel costs. We invite you to read on to find out about some of our recent success stories…

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