When booking a medical flight, please inform BSA the condition of the patient and what type of medical equipments that will be needed onboard. Also give details of people accompanying the patient.

     Our pilots have been trained by SOS International using all the aircraft medical equipments. But since pilots are non-medical personnel, we require that the customer organizations arrange their own doctor or nurse onboard.

     The cost of medical evacuation is 1500 USD plus VAT per flight hour (January,2010). This includes the charge for the airplane, air crew and the following equipments that may or may not be avialable:

     Medical oxygen system and pulse oxymeter, SOS medical kit      for a doctor, head restraint, neck collars, slings, emergency air      splints, patient transport support (Basket, scoop, collapsible,      vacuum mattress, spine board)

SERVICE AVAILABILITY AND RESPONSE TIME
     The medical evacuation service BSA provides is subject to local regulations and aeroplane and aircrew availability. For example: If BSA aircraft is booked for other flights the medical evacuation flight may not be possible or may have to be delayed. We at BSA shall make our best effort to plan the operations so that medical evacuation flights would be possible. Normally BSA aircraft can take off in 2 hours from the decision to use the BSA medical evacuation service.

RESPONSIBILITY
     BSA can not take the medical responsibility for the patient, may it be during the ground transport or during the flight. On medical flights the patients shall be accompanied by another person if considered unable to look after themselves during the flight.
BSA will, however, give assistance possible to help finding medical personnel, arranging ground transport if needed etc. This does not imply a liability for those persons arranged by BSA to assist.

CHECK LIST
- Contact BSA to book the flight. For insurance covered patients the insurance company should authorize the flight via email or fax
- Organize doctor or nurse to accompany the patient onboard if possible
- Ensure ground transport - ambulance or other necessarily vehicles for the patients arrival.
- Organize interpreter needed for assisting in local hospital.
- Make sure the patient has passport and visas if planning to travel out of the country for further treatment.
- Should another international medical evacuation company aircraft be involved for further transport, please organise contact person to deal with them.
- After the flight contact BSA office to settle the formalities.