Tag Archives: Air Evacuation

Testimonial: Member With Cardiac Problems On Way Home The Same Day

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A Vagabundos Travel Club member, friend of Virginia’s called their local doctor and stated that Virginia was experiencing severe cardiac problems. It was determined that Virginia was critical and needed pacemaker. She needed to get back to her doctors and hospital in Spokane Washington immediately. SkyMed made the arrangements the same day, and by evening […]


Testimonial: Member Loses Circulation in Legs, Airlifted Home for Immediate Surgery

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While vacationing in San Felipe, Ronald’s wife called our members services hotline after Ronald had been diagnosed with circulation problems in his legs. He needed transport to Bakersfield, California for immediate surgery. The call to SkyMed came at nearly midnight but by six in the evening on that same day, Ronald and his wife had […]


Testimonial: Wife has Chest Pains While RVing in Mexico

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We were RVing in Mexico when Earline began experiencing chest pains. Examination at a local hospital indicated heart disease. The doctor urged us to get her back to the US as soon as possible. We contacted SkyMed, and they immediately took over, arranging Lear jet ambulance service from Los Mochis, Mexico to Sacramento, California. En […]


Testimonial: Member Breaks Hip in Mexico, Goes Home for Surgery

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Mary Jean & Roland Carter, Rockville, Maryland I was very thankful that I am a SkyMed Member when I broke my hip in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. A young woman called SkyMed for me and was told that I would be picked up the next morning at the Leon Airport. The trip from San […]


Testimonial: Member Swallows Deadly Hydrogen Peroxide, Evacuated from Mexico to CA

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Bob & Ruth Raasveld – San Diego, CA My wife and I were playing cards at a friends in San Carlos in Sonora, Mexico, when my friend asked me about an air vacation card he had mentioned earlier. I reached into my wallet and pulled the SkyMed TAKES YOU HOME card out that I always […]


Testimonial: Member Avoids Imminent Surgery After Being Airlifted from St. Croix

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Rhonda Lee Motichek, Christiansted, St. Croix “I was hospitalized in St. Croix with an intestinal blockage from a flare-up of my Crohn’s disease,” said Rhonda Lee Motichek. “After 3 days of treatment my condition continued to deteriorate. The doctors told me the only option left was surgery, and scheduled me for the next day. My […]