When Do You Need an ICU Air Ambulance?
If the patient needs intensive-care monitoring on the ground, they need it in the air too.
An ICU air ambulance is the right choice when the patient currently needs, or is likely to need, intensive-care monitoring and intervention during the flight. It is not a luxury upgrade — it is a clinical decision.
Typical indications
Mechanical ventilation, sedation or paralysis. Inotropes, vasopressors or complex infusions. Post-cardiac-arrest cooling or post-operative neuro/cardiac status. Severe sepsis or ARDS. Active bleeding or unstable haemodynamics.
How the decision is made
Our medical partners review the most recent observations, ventilator settings, drug infusions and imaging where relevant. The decision is made jointly with the referring and receiving teams. It is always a case-by-case assessment — not a tick-box based on diagnosis alone.
Tell us where the patient is. We do the rest.