Acute Air Ambulance

Acute Air Ambulance is a fixed-wing air medical transport company headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. It flies patients across the Caribbean, South America, Central America and North America, for individual patients and families, insurance companies, third party administrators and international assistance companies. Flights are operated by its parent company, Aitheras Aviation Group (AAG), an FAA Part 135 operator also based in Fort Lauderdale.

Services

• 24/7 fixed-wing air ambulance flights with ICU-equipped jets
• Commercial airline medical stretcher transfers
• Medical escort on commercial flights
• Critical care missions including cardiac, respiratory, neurological and ECMO transport
• Organ delivery flights

Fleet

• Cessna Citation Sovereign: wide-cabin jet with lavatory, up to 4 medical crew, 2,850 NM range, 430 KTAS
• Cessna Citation Ultra: light jet with a clamshell door for bariatric patients and equipment, up to 3 medical crew, 1,500 NM range, 420 KTAS
• MedPAC patient monitoring system, TSO-C94a certified, with 12-lead ECG, ETCO2 and SpO2

Medical team

Crews include registered nurses, paramedics, respiratory therapists and board-certified physicians. The medical director is a board-certified emergency medicine physician.

Company facts

• Operated by Aitheras Aviation Group, FAA Part 135 certificate holder
• ARGUS Platinum rating
• NAAMTA accreditation
• Wyvern certification
• Active FAA Safety Management System (SMS)
• CEO: George Katsikas
• Team with more than 100 years of combined experience