Originally named Rapids City after the rapids on the Cedar River, it was renamed Cedar Rapids when incorporated as a town in 1849. With the arrival of the railroads in 1859, it developed as a grain and livestock market. In the late 1800s, Cedar Rapids grew in size as a result of large Czech immigrants.
Cedar Rapids is home to Quaker Oats mills, Toyota Financial Services, Cargill, Nordstrom, and General Mills. Cedar Rapids offers great museum & cultural Centers include the Indian Creek Nature Center, the National Czech & Slovak Museum, the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, the Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra, and much more.
All of our aircraft have been modified to transport patients. We operate the most advanced medical equipment. Our flight crew teams consist of CCFN, CCFP, RT, and/or flight physicians.
Air Ambulance 1 provides the following bed-to-bed services:
Whether a patient needs to go to a higher level of care or going back home and regardless of their age or medical condition, we can transport them! We also have an aircraft that can support up to 600 Lbs patients.
Marion, Coralville, Iowa City, Waterloo, Muscatine, Cedar Falls, Grinnell, Dubuque, Marshalltown, Davenport, Rock Island, Waverly, Bettendorf, Moline, Fairfield.
Benton, Black Hawk, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque, Fayette, Iowa, Johnson, Jones, Linn, Muscatine, Tama, and more.
We may provide services for other facilities such as – UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s Hospital in Cedar Rapids, University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital, Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids, St Lukes Hospital, Physican’s Clinic of Iowa, UnityPoint Clinic Neonatology Cedar Rapids Latisha Scott NNP, St. Luke’s Hospital, Resource Center, St Luke’s Hospital Neonatal, Mercy Medical Center Emergency Room, Planned Parenthood – Cedar Rapids Health Cente, Hiawatha Medical Park, Abbie’s Animal Clinic, University of Iowa Health Care – Iowa River Landing, Mercy Iowa City and many more.
Other the major airports we listed above, we can also provide services in the surrounding area airports such as – MXO – Monticello Regional Airport, KCID – Cedar Rapids Municipal Airport, MUT – Muscatine Airport, KCID – Cedar Rapids Municipal Airport, KMPZ – Mt.Pleasant Airport, 8C4 – Mathews Memorial Airport, FFL – Fairfield Muni Airport, DVN – Davenport Municipal Airport, MLI – Quad City International Airport, CWI – Clinton Municipal Airport, IOW – Iowa City Municipal Airport, CID – The Eastern Iowa Airport, BRL – Southeast Iowa Regional Airport, DVN – Davenport Municipal Airport, MXO – Monticello Regional Airport, LRJ – Le Mars Municipal Airport and more.
We Guarantee that when choosing Air Ambulance 1, your loved ones shall be treated with professional and compassionate care. We consider every patient as family, we strive to perfection and continuously monitoring our operations. When choosing A provider, Remember that Air Ambulance 1’s management team has over 200,000 successful patient transfers in the past 15 years.