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Uganda’s First Licensed Air Ambulance Provider

Priority Air Ambulance is a Licensed Service Provider under the Uganda Medical and Dental Practitioners Council

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About Priority Air Ambulance
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Who We Are

Founded in August 2019, Priority Air Ambulance is a membership based medical evacuation service that delivers advanced life support care to seriously injured members throughout Uganda.
Headquartered in Kajjansi Airfield, we use helicopters from sunrise to sunset in combination with airplanes and ground ambulances to provide 24 hour coverage.

Primary Service: Air Ambulance with Advanced Life/Trauma Support Care at the scene of injury
Secondary service: Inter facility transfer of patients as required for higher level of care.

Our Area of Coverage

Average Flight Time to Zone
No Fly Range
20 mins
40 mins
60 mins
1 hr 20 mins
1 hr 40 mins
Medevac to Nairobi - 1 hr 50 mins
Area of Coverage

Fleet and Equipment

SPECIALISED EQUIPMENT

  • Cardiac Monitor
  • Defibrillator
  • Ventilator
  • Pulse Oximeters
  • IV Pumps
  • Intubation Equipment
  • Built-in Medical Oxygen
  • Portable Suction Units
  • Intravenous Solutions
  • Spinal Immobilisation Equipment
  • Medications
  • In addition to standard equipment and medical consumables

AIRCRAFT

  • Bell 412
  • Caravan C208B
  • Pilatus PC12

Donations and CSR

Priority Air Ambulance is a registered charity. In order to make the service sustainable and available to the nation, we are grateful to receive all donations from both individuals and as part of larger organisations Corporate Social Responsibility programs. All donations will be held in an operational account that will allow Priority Air Ambulance to respond to natural disasters, mass casualty events and any nation-wide incidents that would require these services to the community that cannot not afford them.

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