Tag Archives: Ground Ambulance

Testimonial: Member Becomes Critically Ill & Needs Immediate Surgery

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Joe and Betty Ryals – Orange Park, Florida Joe and Betty Ryals, from Orange Park, Florida, were in Buffalo, Wyoming en route to Gillette, Wyoming to attend the 2012 Holiday Rambler International Rally when Joe got sick and was in a lot of pain. They took him to the emergency room and found out he had […]


Testimonial: James C. and June Bright, Hanford, CA

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We were air evacuated from Dawson City, Yukon Territory, to Whitehorse, Y.T., then to Fresno, California. This also included 4 transports on ground ambulances and transportation of our RV from Whitehorse, to our front door, all provided by SkyMed. In the E.R. where admittance is done, the nurse provided by SkyMed demanded, and got a […]


Testimonial: Richard Branson, San Diego, CA

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Richard has been a SkyMed member since 2002. One evening, we received a call from Red Cross Ambulance in San Felipe, stating Richard had suffered a fractured femur and fractured kneecap from an auto accident. The Red Cross had originally contacted Blue Cross, Richard’s health insurer for approval of ambulance transport to Calexico, and a […]


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: Husband Interned in Mexico Hospital, Wife Calls SkyMed for Help

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Guy & Linda Scholey Guy and Linda Scholey live in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico and in spite of the high altitude, Guy had successfully managed his COPD with oxygen supplements. Little did they dream they would need SkyMed’s air evacuation services until Guy was briefly interned in an outstanding hospital in Queretaro, an hour […]


Testimonial: Gail & David Dingeman, San Jose del Cabo, Mexico, BCS

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When the SkyMed representative answered the phone and asked if this was a medical emergency, all of the necessary arrangements were set into motion and went off like clockwork. The representatives at SkyMed stayed in constant contact with the hospital as to the status of my husband’s condition and when he would be stable enough […]