PHI AIR MEDICAL
Mercy Air Ambulance provides comprehensive air
medical transport throughout northern California. Individuals are
eligible for membership with Mercy Air Ambulance if they reside in
one of the following counties: Siskiyou, Shasta, Lassen, Modoc, Del
Norte, Humboldt, Trinity, Mendocino, Colusa, Glenn, Tehama, Butte,
Sierra and Plumas.
For membership
application information, please phone (toll free)
800/500-1260.
Membership ensures that if you are transported by one of our
aircraft, you will not have to pay any out-of-pocket expenses for
your air transport: we will bill your helath insurance and accept
what your insurance company pasy as "payment in
full".
PHI Air Medical, a nationally acclaimed air ambulance company,
provides helicopter and fixed-wing aircraft equipped with full
night vision capabilities and state-of-the-art medical
equipment. They are conveniently based in Weed and Redding,
and also have more than 50 other bases throughout the United
States.
The flight crew includes highly experienced pilots, registered
emergency nurses and flight paramedics, who are on duty 24 hours a
day, 7 days a week. Mercy Air Ambulance/PHI Air Medical makes
every effort to respond to medical emergencies in a timely manner,
as safety and availability allow. They are trained to work
closely with local fire departments, ground ambulances, law
enforcement agencies, medical facilities and physicians to ensure
safe, expedient and lifesaving care for patients. Mercy Air
Ambulance is proud to be accredited by the Commission on
Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems.