AAA Alpine Air Ambulance AG

AAA Alpine Air Ambulance AG is a Swiss rescue service based in Kloten, Switzerland. It works in the air and on the ground. It flies rescue helicopters, brings patients home from abroad, moves donor organs and runs ground ambulances.

Services

• Helicopter rescue, called out through the national emergency number 144.
• Transfers between hospitals and other health centres.
• Repatriation of patients by plane, helicopter or ground ambulance, or with a medical escort on a charter or scheduled flight.
• Organ transport. The company is the official logistics partner of Swisstransplant.
• Ground ambulance and patient transport around Zurich.

The company follows a next best rule. The rescue unit that can reach the scene fastest is sent, whoever runs it. Crews are on duty 24 hours a day, every day of the year.

Aircraft and bases

The site says the company has six helicopters, two emergency doctor cars and twelve ground ambulances. The rescue helicopter Lions 1 has flown from Birrfeld airfield since 2012. The company also runs helicopter bases in Bern, in Andorra and in Balzers in Liechtenstein, where the helicopter Christoph Liechtenstein is based.

Coverage area

Through the 144 control centres the helicopters are part of the rescue networks of many Swiss cantons, Liechtenstein, Vorarlberg in Austria, and parts of southern Germany. For repatriation, the company moves patients from all continents.

Facts

• Founded in 2011, according to the site.
• Subsidiary of Lions Air Group AG.
• Medical cover is provided with the Klinik Hirslanden institute for anaesthesiology and intensive care.
• Crews include emergency doctors, paramedics and pilots on duty day and night.