INCA Air Ambulance

INCA Air Ambulance is an air ambulance service in Lima, Peru. The site links it to the Clínica del INCA. It moves adult, pediatric and newborn patients by air, and it also runs ground ambulances and medical escorts. Type: air ambulance service that says it uses its own certified air ambulances.

Services

• Air transport of patients inside Peru, in very critical or stable condition
• Transport of children and newborns, including with an incubator
• International air ambulance flights to almost every country, as the site states
• Mobile ECMO, a portable heart and lung support machine, placed by specialists at the patient's hospital before the move
• Ground ambulances, medical and nursing escort, care at home or at a hotel, and scheduled transfers

How it works

The site says that after a request the air or ground ambulance, with ECMO specialists on board, goes to any part of Peru or South America. The team checks the patient, moves the fluids and drips to its own equipment, and then transports the patient. At the same time its administrators ask the patient's funder to cover the operation.

Certification

The company says its medical staff are certified by the Peruvian Ministry of Health. It says its air ambulance is certified by the Peruvian Ministry of Transport. The medical director named on the site is Dr. Walter Mogrovejo Ramos.

Facts

• Base: Miraflores, Lima
• Open: 24 hours, as stated on the site
• Type: air ambulance service with ground ambulance and escort options
• Aircraft types are not listed on the site