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Testimonial: Global ETS Member with Femur Injury Evacuated from Greece to Florida

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Bob & Bette Burgfechtel The Villages, Florida Recently my wife, Bette, and I were on a Viking Mediterranean cruise from Venice to Greece. While on the ship I suffered an unusual injury to my right femur which was very painful. My wife got help immediately and shortly after that our cabin was full of people. […]


Testimonial: Pneumonia in Florida Requests to be Flown Home to Michigan

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Carolyn & Don Place Clarkston, Michigan When I realized my husband’s health would not allow me to drive him back to Michigan I called SkyMed for help. Jim Edwards answered my very first call. He was very reassuring, saying: “You have enough to be concerned with and we will do whatever is needed to get […]


Testimonial: Member Suffers Stroke While in Florida

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Dean & Donna Eveland Madison, Wisconsin My wife and I have homes in both Florida and Wisconsin. We’re in Florida from October until mid-May and spend the other months in Wisconsin. Our children and grandchildren live in Wisconsin and most of our medical care providers are there. We knew that if either of us had […]


Testimonial: SkyMed Member Flown Home to FL From Spain

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Gerald & Kathryn Line Leesburg, Florida Two weeks into our 30-day cruise in the Grand Canary Islands Gerald mysteriously began vomiting blood and was taken to the ship’s infirmary. They were unable to care for his needs and moved him to the closest private hospital on the island. I called Global ETS and reported the […]


Testimonial: Suspected Cardiac Event Requires Life Flight from Yellowstone

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Richard & Judy Haphey  Pequot Lakes, Minnesota During the summer of 2014 we were working at Bridge Bay Campground in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming. In early August, after two days of having a stomach ache, I began vomiting in the middle of the night. My wife was very concerned and consulted a retired nurse in the […]


Testimonial: Sudden Heart Attack in FL Needs Open Heart Surgery in PA

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Richard & Rose Strayer  Pittsburgh, PA  While we were wintering in Florida earlier this year Richard suddenly couldn’t breathe and although he was not in pain we took him to the doctor. An EKG was performed and the doctor told us there was a big change from the EKG from last October and that Richard […]