Air ambulance definition

Air ambulance means any aircraft specifically constructed, modified, or equipped and used for the primary purpose of responding to emergency calls and transporting critically ill or injured patients whose medical flight crew has at a minimum two attendants certified or licensed in advanced life support.
Air ambulance means an aircraft that is an “ambulance” as defined in A.R.S. § 36-2201.
Air ambulance means any privately or publicly owned rotorcraft or fixed-wing aircraft which may be specifically designed, modified, constructed, equipped, staffed and used regularly to transport the sick, injured or otherwise incapacitated who are in need of out-of-hospital emergency medical care or whose condition requires treatment or continuous observation while being transported.

Examples of Air ambulance in a sentence

  • In addition, Health and Safety Code section 1797.218; California Code of Regulations, Title 22, Division 9, Chapter 8: Prehospital EMS Aircraft Regulations; and County Ordinance No. 756 give REMSA exclusive authority to authorize and establish criteria for an Air ambulance program, which provides services utilizing Air Ambulance Services.


More Definitions of Air ambulance

Air ambulance means a specially equipped aircraft licensed by the state department of health for transporting patients.
Air ambulance means a specially equipped aircraft licensed by the state department
Air ambulance means a specially equipped and permitted aircraft, especially a helicopter or fixed wing airplane, for transporting patients.
Air ambulance means an aircraft especially designed, constructed, modified or equipped to be used for the transportation of injured or sick Persons. Air Ambulance does not include any commercial aircraft carrying passengers on regularly scheduled flights.
Air ambulance means an aircraft approved by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), licensed by OEMS&T, and intended to be used for and maintained or operated for the transportation of sick or injured persons to a medical care facility. This term does not include fixed wing aircraft.
Air ambulance means any fixed-wing or rotary-wing aircraft used for, or intended to be used for, air transportation of sick or injured persons requiring or likely to require medical attention during transport.
Air ambulance means a helicopter or airplane designed and used to provide transportation for the ill and injured, and to provide personnel, facilities, and equipment to treat clients before and during transportation. Air ambulance is considered an ALS service.