With our exceptional quality, decades of pioneering experience, highly professional staff and top-tier medical equipment, combined with our state-of-the-art, spacious, long-range ambulance jets, we have the expertise to transport even the most medically complex patients. We are the premier air ambulance provider for specialised missions.
EASA-accredited in-house facility that can approve modifications, including improvements to the patient isolation unit (PIU).
Efficient and safe transport of contagious patients with the patient isolation unit (PIU).
Optimal patient access thanks to the custom-designed ramp.
Top-tier coordination – premium wing-to-wing helicopter transfers in Switzerland.
ECMO patient transport – expertise in specialised missions.
The large cabin of the Challenger 650 allows us to transport seriously ill patients in need of additional high-tech equipment. A wide range of medical devices have already been tested on board the aircraft and can be used safely:
ECMO (Sorin Lifebox, Maquet Cardiohelp)
Impella® heart pump
IABP (intra-aortic balloon pump)
ICU transport incubator
PIU (patient isolation unit)
Transvenous pacemaker
Haemofiltration
For additional devices that have not yet been tested, a special procedure has been established in order to allow inflight use. Please contact the Operations Center for further information.
Our ambulance jets are used exclusively for ambulance flights and are fitted out as intensive care units.
Our ambulance jets are used exclusively for ambulance flights and are fitted out as intensive care units.
Swiss Air-Ambulance’s three spacious ambulance jets are each able to transport up to four stretcher patients at the same time. The generous amount of space available has already proved its worth on many occasions during large-scale missions, both in Switzerland and abroad. Swiss Air-Ambulance also has proven expertise in handling major medical incidents.