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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Schedule of Net Revenue Attributable to Medicaid, Medicare Insurance and Self Pay as Percentage of Net Air Medical Revenues (Detail) (Air Medical [Member])
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Insurance [Member]      
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]      
Percentage of net Air Medical revenues 74.00%phii_RevenueByPayorPercentage
/ us-gaap_HealthCareOrganizationRevenueSourcesAxis
= phii_InsuranceMember
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= phii_AirMedicalMember
73.00%phii_RevenueByPayorPercentage
/ us-gaap_HealthCareOrganizationRevenueSourcesAxis
= phii_InsuranceMember
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= phii_AirMedicalMember
69.00%phii_RevenueByPayorPercentage
/ us-gaap_HealthCareOrganizationRevenueSourcesAxis
= phii_InsuranceMember
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= phii_AirMedicalMember
Medicare [Member]      
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]      
Percentage of net Air Medical revenues 18.00%phii_RevenueByPayorPercentage
/ us-gaap_HealthCareOrganizationRevenueSourcesAxis
= phii_MedicareMember
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= phii_AirMedicalMember
19.00%phii_RevenueByPayorPercentage
/ us-gaap_HealthCareOrganizationRevenueSourcesAxis
= phii_MedicareMember
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= phii_AirMedicalMember
21.00%phii_RevenueByPayorPercentage
/ us-gaap_HealthCareOrganizationRevenueSourcesAxis
= phii_MedicareMember
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= phii_AirMedicalMember
Medicaid [Member]      
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]      
Percentage of net Air Medical revenues 8.00%phii_RevenueByPayorPercentage
/ us-gaap_HealthCareOrganizationRevenueSourcesAxis
= phii_MedicaidMember
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= phii_AirMedicalMember
7.00%phii_RevenueByPayorPercentage
/ us-gaap_HealthCareOrganizationRevenueSourcesAxis
= phii_MedicaidMember
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= phii_AirMedicalMember
9.00%phii_RevenueByPayorPercentage
/ us-gaap_HealthCareOrganizationRevenueSourcesAxis
= phii_MedicaidMember
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= phii_AirMedicalMember
Self Pay [Member]      
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]      
Percentage of net Air Medical revenues 0.00%phii_RevenueByPayorPercentage
/ us-gaap_HealthCareOrganizationRevenueSourcesAxis
= us-gaap_SelfPayMember
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= phii_AirMedicalMember
1.00%phii_RevenueByPayorPercentage
/ us-gaap_HealthCareOrganizationRevenueSourcesAxis
= us-gaap_SelfPayMember
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= phii_AirMedicalMember
1.00%phii_RevenueByPayorPercentage
/ us-gaap_HealthCareOrganizationRevenueSourcesAxis
= us-gaap_SelfPayMember
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= phii_AirMedicalMember