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Posted on 9/2/21 at 1:27 pm to rebel cat
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How does this work?
In Texas.. as a volunteer FF/Paramedic, I had the authority to request Careflight if the patient was in such a life threatening state that normal transport would not be fast enough, or if that person needed transport to a Level 1 trauma center which again would not be timely via regular ambulance.
Posted on 9/2/21 at 1:28 pm to rebel cat
My dad and my uncle.
My uncle had to go on a jet actually. Dad went via helicopter. Both cases were to transfer hospitals.
Also, the little town that I grew up in, it wasn't uncommon to see the life flight land in a yard to bring someone to a trauma center out of town.
My uncle had to go on a jet actually. Dad went via helicopter. Both cases were to transfer hospitals.
Also, the little town that I grew up in, it wasn't uncommon to see the life flight land in a yard to bring someone to a trauma center out of town.
Posted on 9/2/21 at 1:31 pm to sta4ever
I was when I was 12. Was on my bike and was hit by a car crossing the street around a blind turn. Leg was broken in half.. ankle to mid-shin laying on the pavement, mid-shin to knee being held in my hands (but not a compound fracture, surprisingly, it all stayed inside my skin).
It was on an island in the Outer Banks, and at the time there was no hospital on the islands, so I was flown to Norfolk Sentara hospital for CT, MRI, etc.
Since there was no hospital on the island, Dare County EMS paid for the helicopter, or at least a part of it. I think the bill from Tricare was negligible.
I didn't realize it at the time, but they shut down all of NC-12 for two hours... the only road from Kill Devil Hills to Corolla this was mid-afternoon on a summer Saturday. A lot of pissed off vacationers that day.
It was on an island in the Outer Banks, and at the time there was no hospital on the islands, so I was flown to Norfolk Sentara hospital for CT, MRI, etc.
Since there was no hospital on the island, Dare County EMS paid for the helicopter, or at least a part of it. I think the bill from Tricare was negligible.
I didn't realize it at the time, but they shut down all of NC-12 for two hours... the only road from Kill Devil Hills to Corolla this was mid-afternoon on a summer Saturday. A lot of pissed off vacationers that day.
Posted on 9/2/21 at 1:31 pm to rebel cat
My daughter was in the 2016 flood!
Posted on 9/2/21 at 1:33 pm to rebel cat
"I" was airlifted to a hospital in Houston after getting hit by a car when i walked across airline hwy back when i was in college. My dad's insurance paid tens of thousands of dollars, then they sent me an actual bill for a couple thousand. Except it never actually happened to me.
Had medical people and debt collectors calling me trying to force me to pay this and i simply refused. Bunch of condescending arse hats trying to tell me i'm lying, that i don't remember what actually happen. As if i wouldn't remember something like that. I'd never walk across Airline Hwy in Baton Rouge.
I still have no idea how something that major could have misidentified a person like this. My dad's insurance paid out like $30k. How the frick does that happen? Not like this was 1975, this was 2005 when it happened to the moron walking across a major US highway getting struck by a car.
Had medical people and debt collectors calling me trying to force me to pay this and i simply refused. Bunch of condescending arse hats trying to tell me i'm lying, that i don't remember what actually happen. As if i wouldn't remember something like that. I'd never walk across Airline Hwy in Baton Rouge.
I still have no idea how something that major could have misidentified a person like this. My dad's insurance paid out like $30k. How the frick does that happen? Not like this was 1975, this was 2005 when it happened to the moron walking across a major US highway getting struck by a car.
Posted on 9/2/21 at 1:33 pm to rebel cat
Guy I work with was hit while riding his bike. Driver had no insurance and fled the scene.
His auto insurance covered his Acadian air bill
His auto insurance covered his Acadian air bill
Posted on 9/2/21 at 1:34 pm to kjp811
Saw one on the way back to Louisiana from Florida once on the mobile bridge east bound after the tunnel. Had to have been a cluster behind that wreck.
SnapChat video
Edit: I was filming from the backseat don’t worry.
SnapChat video
Edit: I was filming from the backseat don’t worry.
This post was edited on 9/2/21 at 1:35 pm
Posted on 9/2/21 at 2:05 pm to rebel cat
I can say with 100% certainty that Acadian Air Med doesn’t transport just VIPs by helicopter.
Posted on 9/2/21 at 2:07 pm to GetCocky11
Very easy to get that written off
Posted on 9/2/21 at 2:09 pm to rebel cat
I know two people who have been. Both were in accidents that lead to a traumatic brain injury. Plane crash and jet ski crash.
Posted on 9/2/21 at 2:17 pm to Klondikekajun
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Is it true that most insurance doesn't cover airlift? Seems like I heard of patients getting $25k+ bill after airlift. I'd do it in a minute to survive obviously, but why wouldn't this be covered in such extreme circumstances?
It’s not that it’s not covered. It is in most cases. Just the limits are seldom high enough to cover the whole bill. Typical med evac bill at ~200 mile trip will run close to 50k alone.
Posted on 9/2/21 at 2:18 pm to tigahfromtheham
I was going to be an EMT. I hear that this career can give you back problems, odd hours and low wage. You will see a lot of gruesome stuff and watch someone die.
This post was edited on 9/2/21 at 2:22 pm
Posted on 9/2/21 at 2:18 pm to rebel cat
2 people actually
Both wrecks
Both wrecks
Posted on 9/2/21 at 2:23 pm to lsusteve1
Happens all the time. Bill starts around 30,000
Posted on 9/2/21 at 2:25 pm to KLSU
I was medivaced from Juneau to Seattle, emergency.
Cost was $110,000. Insurance settled with them for 90k. Those little lear jets can move.
Cost was $110,000. Insurance settled with them for 90k. Those little lear jets can move.
Posted on 9/2/21 at 2:36 pm to rebel cat
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It rarely happens.
That's just not true.
Posted on 9/2/21 at 2:37 pm to rebel cat
I see them way too often in Denham Springs and Watson after car accidents.
Posted on 9/2/21 at 2:41 pm to rebel cat
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It rarely happens. II guess you have to be important. How does this work
It's hard to imagine that there are people this stupid walking the earth.
But I guess I shouldn't be that surprised, since Biden was elected to run the United States of America.
Posted on 9/2/21 at 2:44 pm to Slagathor
I assume the geese in your parts arn't very trustworthy.
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