Tag Archives: Ground Ambulance

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 […]


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: Audrey and James Altounian, Lake Forest, Illinois

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The Altounians were in Cabo San Lucas when Audrey became ill and sought medical help. Over the course of a week, Audrey was in and out of the hospital five times for treatment of a severe kidney infection. Further complications developed, and Audrey and James decided it was time to return home for continuing medical […]