Air ambulance Service for Neonatal Cases in the Philippines

Airgurus' medical flight team of critical care doctor and nurses took off from the hangar in Pasay City last August 24, 2011 for a series of medical flight missions. The first mission, according to air ambulance helicopter pilot Capt. Harry Lero, was to transport a premature baby with breathing problems from Bacolod City to Manila for advanced neonatal critical care.

Airgurus is the only air ambulance company in the Philippines that has a specialized neonatal transport team to accomplish such a mission. The work would not stop there. Capt. Lero said,  that after the first flight, the team flew  from Manila to Boracay to transport a patient with an orthopedic injury and flew to San Vicente, Palawan transport a child with a spinal cord injury resulting from a fall.

"Our company provides air medical evacuation for ill and/or injured babies, children and adult persons throughout the Philippines" he said. The company has staffed a remarkable group of critical care doctors, nurses and medics to provide excellent patient care, bed-to-bed service and customized care to meet the needs of patients and their family members. 

As the owner of the air ambulance company, Capt. Lero said he has been delighted with the response from the local communities in various regions as well as the top medical facilities in the country. The company has a home base in General Aviation Area, Manila Domestic Airport but will soon expand its business south of the Philippines in order to meet the need.

There are some clients namely doctors, hospitals, clinics, insurance companies, etc. down there with whom we have a regular, long-standing relationship. The company has transported a lot of patients including pediatric burn victims. We are repositioning our aircraft and a team so we can better service those existing customers and to offer service to other medical centers in various regions in the South.

Founded in 2006, the company currently operates a fleet of air ambulance aircraft that include fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters. The difference between Airgurus and most other air ambulance services is that we transport patients who are stable, but need to be taken a substantial distance for specific and special treatments. The reason these patients use the service is because they can't travel by airline and may need immediate medical assistance.

The first mission was transporting the premature baby highlights the company's specialty in neonatal care. "Very often, the need for this transportation is created by circumstances related to special needs," Capt. Lero said. "We move a lot of neonatal cases from hospitals where they were born to facilities in Manila where they can get cardiac surgery."

Capt. Lero said his company prides itself on providing the highest standards of both care and transport operations. "Quality management is a cornerstone for us. There aren't air ambulance operations that provide services like this in the country."


1st Artistic Photo courtesy of Jonel Candelaria

Air Ambulance Helicopters in the Philippines

With the growing demand for medevac / air ambulance helicopters, Airgurus, the leader in professional medical evacuation services in the Philippines, has recently added an Agusta Westland 109A to the fleet. The helicopter boasts several new state-of-the-art features, including several global positioning units, terrain avoidance technology, tracking systems and so many more.

With our medical flight crew and paramedics on duty at all times, Airgurus' air ambulance of med-flight helicopters are on a stand-by to save lives 24/... delivering the very best in aero-medical care.

"It’s more of a flying intensive care unit than an ambulance, with room for one patient and two medical attendants. The new med-flight helicopter that took to the skies this July will help save lives across the region. We excited about the new aircraft, because its' increased space allows for better health care in the skies. We are here to provide Med-Flight services and Medevac is the primary mission and reason for us to be here.", said Capt. Harry Lero, Chief Pilot and President of Airgurus Ltd. Co.

Capt. Lero, known in the country as the best medical evacuation helicopter pilot in the country, knows how critical it is to get the medically-ill patients or accident victims to a medical facility as soon as possible. It also takes more than helicopter pilots to perform the life-saving missions. Along with his roster of medical evacuation helicopter pilots in the country, their job is to pick up patients anywhere in the Philippines... They have to be ready to take a call at anytime.

With the addition of the Agusta Westland 109A to their fleet would be beneficial to all our global citizens who travel in the country every day as well as the Filipino residents. This means a lot speed – it decreases the amount of time it takes to get wounded people to the hospital thus; saving lives in a daily basis.

Philippines Air Ambulance FAQ No. 2: Who Needs An Air Ambulance?

Who Needs An Air Ambulance?

• Patients needing extensive or urgent medical attention when time is critical
• Patients with critical illness or injury when patient cannot be transported by any commercial means
• Patients with an injury or illness or figured in an accident while traveling
• Patients with illness or injury requiring treatment by a specialist at apt medical facilities
• Non-emergency patients needing to be brought closer to home or home with medical escorts

For patients requiring urgent care, an air ambulance is the most appropriate choice. With our own team of highly-skilled doctors, registered nurses, respiratory therapists, pediatric specialists and critical care paramedics, Airgurus offers bedside to bedside services to those in need of medical air transport domestically and internationally.

Philippines Air Ambulance FAQ No. 1: What Is An Air Ambulance?

What is an Air Ambulance?

An air ambulance is an aircraft used for means of safely and comfortably transporting patients who are too ill to travel long or even short distances by ground. All air ambulance aircraft are of business class specifications equipped for extensive or urgent medical evacuations. At its best, an air ambulance transport is the fastest method of transporting critically-ill patients from one facility to another. 

Airgurus provides air ambulance services and is recognized as the leader in medical air transportation in the Philippines. Airgurus' Bell 206- L3 and Agusta Westland 109A features state-of-the-art medical equipment and are the only helicopters in the Philippines with litter kit (Double deck stretcher). Complete with a real time tracking system for all of our aircraft, we are one of the only two aircraft companies in the Philippines with this system to ensure flight safety, the well-being of the patient and real time coordination to the best medical facilities in the country.

Airgurus has two types of air ambulance aircraft for medical transport: helicopters and fixed-wing airplanes. The state-of-the-art medically-suited helicopters are used for short-haul, critical cases,  trauma-related emergency flights and are also used when there are no runways available for a fixed-wing aircraft to land. Our fixed-wing aircraft are customized with stretchers, advanced life support equipment, medications and specialized flight-trained medical staff ... most of the time, these are used for non-emergency medical evacuation.  

Our helicopters and all of our medically-suited aircraft are religiously managed and maintained by highly trained flight and maintenance crews as our air ambulance service offers 24 hours emergency and non-emergency medical transport services throughout the country and off-shore. In the cramped spaces of our helicopters especially, we carry supplies and medications similar to those found in an intensive care unit i.e., intravenous pumps, a ventilator, cardiac monitoring systems and defibrillator, resuscitation equipment, suction, intubation equipment, balloon pump, IV, ACLS drug complement and any other specialty equipment necessary for each individual patient's needs. With our litter kit, there's even enough room for two patients if necessary, on stretchers.

Airgurus offers multiple domestic aircraft options designed to meet individual requirements and budget considerations. We also offer international air ambulance transports to bring patients home or closer to home with medical escorts. 

For more details, visit the website www.airgurus.com

Airgurus Air Ambulance: Saving Lives 24/7 in The Philippines

Airgurus Ltd. Co. launched early this year our 24-hours-per-day, 365 days-per-year medical evacuation / medevac services anywhere in the Philippines via the Airgurus Air Ambulance Helicopter services.

Acknowledging the needs of Filipinos during crucial medical situations, our Chief Pilot / President, Capt. Harry Lero added another aircraft for the fleet solely dedicated to our Air Ambulance Service.

With just one call away, every Filipino and foreign residents should know that that if an accident at remote areas (not accessible by larger aircraft requiring runways) or anywhere else in the Philippine Archipelago, a helicopter air ambulance will be able to save lives.

All Airgurus' choppers features state-of-the-art medical equipment and are the only helicopters with litter kit (double deck stretcher) in the Philippines... managed and maintained by highly-trained and experienced  medical flight crews. The same goes with our other aircraft. In the cramped space, our helicopters carry equipment, supplies and medications similar to those found in an intensive care unit such as intravenous pumps, a ventilator, cardiac monitoring and a defibrillator. With our litter kit, there's enough room for two patients if necessary, on stretchers.

Our medical flight doctor, flight nurse/paramedic bring complimentary skills... all are experts of providing medical care in the tight quarters of an air ambulance and knows intensive care units inside out.

To do the safest and dedicated Air Ambulance service in the Philippines, our 24/7 Airgurus Operations staff handles the emergency calls/queries then immediately coordinates/delegate information to our pilots. They then summon our 24/7 medical flight crews (consisting of a medical flight doctor and a flight nurse) and advise  aircraft maintenance mechanics on-duty to double-check aircraft, medical equipment and medical needs of a patient. Fastest response time is 30 minutes and everyone will be ready upon confirmation of a patient's scheduled transfer.

Airgurus does it professionally when it comes to Air Ambulance Services in the Philippines. We are the most experienced in the trade and industry as never a week goes by that we have not transferred patients needing urgent medical attention at apt medical facilities.

Hundreds and/or thousands of feet in the air (depending on what altitude is required per case), our medical flight crews have numerous tales to tell every week...  giving utmost medical care to head trauma cases, heart attack victims, delivering critically-ill children / babies, critically-injured collision victims, scuba diving accident victims and so many more. Doing air ambulance services is always exciting and challenging for our entire operations but it never leaves our minds that we have to deliver everyone throughout their golden hours... the hours between life and death.

The Philippine Archipelago's Emergency Room In The Sky

Airgurus' air ambulance services is the Philippines' Emergency Room in the Sky. 

We are the most experienced and most reliable air ambulance provider in the country having achieved the following:

• A lot of flying hours done - Doing critical air care especially on bad weather conditions is not easy. Practicing medicine in the sky presents its own difficulties. Only the same dedicated pilots and medical flight crew can pull it off as a lot of team work, understanding, experience and communication can help prevent things going wrong.

• A vast expertise on handling patients with various medical cases, injuries, etc. in tight quarters of an air ambulance - The depletion of oxygen and changing air pressure are always medical challenges thus; our highly-skilled medevac pilots and dedicated medical flight crew constantly communicates and always keep this in mind from take-off to landing.

• An in-depth intensive care experience by air. - The noise, vibrations and the temperature of the aircraft can present problems for the patient's health and comfort. Hundreds or thousands feet in the air in tight, sometimes turbulent cabins of a turboprop aircraft and helicopters, our medical flight crew gets to restart hearts, insert breathing tubes, deliver babies, etc. With our pilots' steady hands, these procedures are done smoothly and successfully.

We are the number one in the Philippines when it comes air ambulance service because of our reliability, fast response in operation and our own dedicated medical flight crew to provide critical air care to patients needing to be transferred to apt medical facilities. 

We are committed to providing patients with the highest level of aero medical care in the country. For more details, visit our website www.airgurus.com

What Filipinos Should Know About Medevac Via SkyAid

A repost... is one story every Filipino should know because our insurance policies in the Philippines do not cover medevac. Airgurus provided a solution to this lingering problem in the country.

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Please read all about it here... MEDEVAC VIA SKYAID: WHY WE FILIPINOS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT IT

BOSS 2011 IRONMAN CHALLENGE VI & AIRGURUS' SKYAID

Airgurus Ltd. Co., the leading Aircraft / Helicopter Charter company in the Philippines and SkyAid... the best medical evacuation service by air,  recently attended the BOSS 2011 IRONMAN CHALLENGE VI Drivers & Riders' Briefing at the BMW Autohaus in Libis, Quezon City. 

The final registration of entries happened that night and there were about 350 riders joining in for the ultimate challenge in the Philippines on January 8, 2011... 1,200 kilometers in 24 hours... a great test of endurance for both man and mean machines.


Airgurus Ltd. Co. and SkyAid, awarded two lucky members with a six (6) months SkyAid membership... Eric Mananquil and Marvin Samson. SkyAid membership is a program that provides access to medical air transportation by Airgurus Ltd. Co. and its' partner, Aeromed.


Medical air evacuations can cost as much as one million pesos (US$20,000) within the Philippines but as a SkyAid member, it will cost nothing especially to the riders and drivers of this major automotive event. On January 7, Airgurus' SkyAid Air Ambulances will be on a standby in case our help is needed.

For more information about SkyAid Membership, contact the following:


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