Tag Archives: Ground Ambulance

Testimonial: Member Falls & Breaks Vertebrae at RV Park

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Gene & Kay Hunt My wife fell and broke her T10 vertebrae and we were 235 miles from home at an RV park in Carthage, Missouri. She was taken to Carthage Mercy Hospital and later that night transferred to Joplin, Missouri Mercy Hospital. From Joplin, I called SkyMed to get her to a rehab hospital […]


Testimonial: Member Suffers Broken Hip in Mexico, Airlifted Home to New York

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Leslie Jaeger – New York, NY While sweeping down the stairs from the new restaurant on Cuna de Allende, I reached for the banister but it wasn’t where I expected it to be. I landed smack on my hip which shattered. The Red Cross arrived, bundled me into the ambulance and bounced me over the cobbles […]


Testimonial: Member Develops Pneumonia in Tucson, Flown Home to Denver

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Bob & Doris Jones – Denver, Colorado My wife, Doris, and I were camping at an RV resort in Tucson and on Monday, March 20, 2017, I woke up perspiring with a high fever and chills. While still in my PJs I told Doris to call 911 because we’re going to the ER. She called […]


Testimonial: SkyMed Member Has Heart Attack in RV, Evacuated from AZ to Canada

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Burt & Kathy Campbell New Brunswick, Canada On February 13, 2017, my husband, Burt, suffered a heart attack in our RV in Yuma, Arizona.  A 911 call was made & he was transported by ambulance to the local hospital where he underwent immediate bypass surgery. There were many complications but finally, after he was stabilized, SkyMed […]


Testimonial: SkyMed Members Trapped in RV While Tornado Slams Through RV Park

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Charles & Jill Heath from Cleveland, Ohio My wife, Jill, and I were wintering in South Florida and on our route home stopped to stay a few nights at Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park near Lake Okeechobee. We had been watching the weather and thought we would hook up the truck and trailer so we […]


Testimonial: Global ETS Member with Life-Threatening Disease Evacuated from Spain to LA

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Edward Cazayoux Lafayette, Louisiana I had traveled to Spain to meet with family members and to walk for a week on the Camino to Santiago de Compostela. After the Camino, I went to the south of Spain to visit Granada and Seville. At one point I traveled by bus which broke down and when a rescue bus […]