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Air ambulances are aircraft that are used to provide air medical services such as moving patients from accident scenes to healthcare facilities. Additionally, the personnel aboard air ambulances will often provide thorough emergency and critical care to the patients they are transporting as well. As a service that has existed since World War I, air ambulances have benefited many combatants and civilians over the years. With fixed wing and rotary wing aircraft both serving for air medical services, procedures and applications will often vary as each type presents different flight characteristics and capabilities that benefit specific operations. In this blog, we will discuss air ambulances as well as the differences between fixed wing and rotary wing aircraft for air medical transportation and services.