air ambulances
Helicopters to hospitals
Air ambulances are aircraft—helicopters or fixed-wing planes—equipped to transport patients requiring urgent medical care.
They carry medical personnel and life-support equipment, functioning as flying emergency rooms.
Air ambulances serve remote areas, disaster zones, or situations where ground transport is too slow: The air ambulance landed on the hospital roof.
- helicopterRotary-wing aircraft
- landing zoneDesignated arrival surface
- hemsFabric border folds
- life flightEmergency medical helicopter service
- emergencySerious sudden danger
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