{"id":61084,"date":"2025-09-11T10:43:49","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T14:43:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/?p=61084"},"modified":"2025-09-11T10:43:53","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T14:43:53","slug":"tropic-air-rescue-ambulance-bahamas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/people\/tropic-air-rescue-ambulance-bahamas\/","title":{"rendered":"Tropic Air Rescue Launches First Private Helicopter Air Ambulance in the Bahamas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n        <section class=\"hydra-container\">\n\n\t\t\t                <div class=\"hydra-canvas\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/tropic-air-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image disable-lazyload\" alt=\"Sikorsky S-76B helicopter\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" fetchpriority=\"high\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/tropic-air-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/tropic-air-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/tropic-air-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/tropic-air-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/tropic-air.jpg 2000w\" \/>                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n            <figcaption class=\"caption margin_top_xs full border_1 hydra-figcaption\">\n                <span class=\"hydra-image-caption\">Tropic Air Rescue\u2019s Sikorsky S-76B helicopters provide rapid medical transport across the Bahamas and coastal Florida.<\/span>\n                <span class=\"article_image_credit italic margin_right_xs\">Courtesy Tropic Air Rescue<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t            <\/figcaption>\n        <\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n<p>Boaters cruising the Bahamas now have a new emergency option with the launch of Tropic Air Rescue, the first private helicopter air ambulance service in the islands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe id=\"gkstfcayky\" src=\"https:\/\/cruisingworld.dragonforms.com\/gkstfcayky\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"width:100%;height:165px;border:none;overflow:hidden;\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>Founded by aviation expert and veteran first responder Anthony Marinello, Tropic Air Rescue operates on a membership basis and provides rapid emergency transport across the Bahamas and coastal Florida. Using twin-engine Sikorsky S-76B helicopters staffed by certified trauma paramedics, nurses and critical care physicians, the company says it can respond far faster than traditional fixed-wing air ambulances, which often take many hours to deploy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBefore we launched, many patients had to wait more than a full day for help to arrive,\u201d Marinello said. \u201cWe\u2019re changing that. Our mission is to make lifesaving care accessible within the golden hour, no matter how remote the location.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Memberships are offered for individuals, families and marine vessels, with coverage starting at $1,000 a year for individuals, $3,650 a year for families of up to five, and vessel coverage beginning at $120 per foot with a three-month minimum. Members pay no out-of-pocket costs at the time of rescue, and coverage activates within 48 hours of enrollment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since starting operations, Tropic Air Rescue has completed more than 35 rescues, including nighttime trauma lifts from private islands, yachts and cruise ships. The company is also the first FAA-certified helicopter air ambulance dedicated to the Bahamas and holds cabotage clearance allowing it to legally transport Bahamian citizens between islands for emergency care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The leadership team includes Marinello, Medical Director Dr. Mauricio Lynn\u2014a trauma surgeon with Jackson Health and UHealth\u2014and COO Robbie J. Meek, a critical care aviation specialist with more than two decades of emergency management experience.Dispatch coverage extends across all 700-plus Bahamian islands and nearby coastal Florida communities. Membership information and sign-up are available at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tropicairrescue.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tropicairrescue.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New membership-based helicopter air ambulance brings lifesaving coverage to boaters across the Bahamas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":61085,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"BS_author_type":"BS_author_is_guest","BS_guest_author_name":"Cruising World News Desk","BS_guest_author_url":"","hydra_display_date":"","hydra_display_updated":false,"arc_story_id":"","arc_website_url":"","arc_subtype":"","arc_exclude_from_feeds":false,"sponsored":false,"sponsored_label":"Sponsored Content","sponsored_display_label":false,"post_right_rail":true,"post_right_rail_ad_1":true,"post_right_rail_ad_2":true,"post_right_rail_ad_3":false,"post_right_rail_ad_4":false,"post_right_rail_recirc":true,"fixed_anchor_ad":true,"post_top_ad":true,"post_off_ramp":true,"post_taboola":false,"labels":true,"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":"","ad_settings_ads_on_this_page":true,"ad_settings_automatic_ad_injection_into_the_content":true,"ad_targeting":"","alternate_title_newsletter":"","alternate_content_newsletter":"","sponsored_image":false,"sponsored_url":"","social_share":true},"categories":[165],"tags":[281,672,197,181],"class_list":["post-61084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-people","tag-bahamas","tag-boating-safety","tag-people","tag-safety-at-sea"],"acf":[],"apple_news_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61084\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}