All of Ascent’s medical escorts carry a fully equipped medical kit on every repatriation. Each kit is carefully stocked with a variety of medications, supplies and equipment to manage any in-flight medical emergency all in a convenient bag that meets all airline carry-on requirements. Standard equipment list includes:
- Semi Automatic Defibrillator
- Pulse oximetry
- Blood pressure cuff
- Stethescope
- Glucometer
- BVM
- Intravenous supplies
- ACLS Medications
- OTC medication (Acetominophine, Gravol, Benadryl,)
All staff carry detailed medical directives as well as digital communication devices allowing for paperless medical and logistical 
information retrieval in our HIPAA and PIPEDA compliant information sharing environment
Company owned Portable Oxygen Concentrators (POC’s) allow Ascent EMS escorts to provide both ground and in-flight oxygen to clients when required. POC usage drastically reduces lead time for airline oxygen provision and eliminates external ground oxygen provider requirements
