Receiving the best medical care sometimes requires traveling outside your home city or state. Your local hospital, for example, may not offer clinical trials for cancer or an inpatient center for rehabilitation after a stroke. If traveling by car to get the care you need sounds stressful and difficult, you have an alternative – using a long-distance medical transport service such as SentinelMED. Our team ensures optimal comfort and outcomes for people who need to travel for scheduled or emergency care.
Consider this scenario: A bicycle accident leaves your child with a moderate traumatic brain injury, but the closest pediatric rehabilitation center is three states away. You want to minimize the stress on your family and avoid driving long distances, as this will be uncomfortable for your child.
Or consider this possibility: A father in Qatar needs complicated heart surgery, and the doctor who is most experienced in performing the surgery is in the heartland of the United States. With his oldest son living in the United States, long-distance medical transport to the hospital where the specialist works is the best option for the father.
In both situations, SentinelMED can provide long-distance medical transport that prioritizes patient comfort and outcomes.
What to Expect from Long Distance Medical Transport?
SentinelMED's long-distance medical transport services prioritize patient care and outcomes. Our team has decades of experience in creating transport plans specific to each patient's needs, including their first language and cultural concerns. Our logistics team can arrange end-to-end transport, including making travel arrangements for the patient and caregiver, including:
Transport to another state. Depending on a patient's needs, SentinelMED can arrange transport by ground, such as in a specially equipped ambulance or on a commercial airline – cost-effective alternatives to transport by air ambulance helicopters. SentinelMED's medical and non-medical escorts can accompany patients to the treating medical facility or after discharge to ensure they are comfortable.
SentinelMED's medical escorts are doctors and registered nurses who are trained or experienced in emergency or critical care medicine. They also are skilled problem solvers who know how to handle the unexpected during travel.
Transport to another country. People choose to travel overseas for a wide range of reasons: for a lower cost of care, to access medical treatments not available in the United States, and to return to their home country to take advantage of government-subsidized care. SentinelMED's medical and logistics teams have managed thousands of medical transports across countries. We are familiar with the documentation required for medical travel and the accommodations that airports and airlines typically make.
Our team of escorts includes individuals who are fluent in French, German, Spanish, and other languages, which can be helpful when communicating with health care providers, patients' family members, and airport employees.
Transport across the globe. This is where the skill and expertise of a long-distance medical transport service makes a big difference. SentinelMED has managed medical evacuations and repatriations for people after natural and manmade disasters. Our medical team is experienced in arranging complex transportation involving ground transport and multiple commercial airlines. We can also arrange transport by private jet if necessary to meet a patient's medical needs.
Our medical team can review a patient's medical records to identify the most appropriate method of transport, considering the patient's medical needs and medical insurance coverage. Our logistics staff works closely with patients' families to ensure they understand what the patient's financial responsibility might be.
Long Distance Medical Transport from SentinelMED
SentinelMED offers medical transport, medical repatriation, and medical escort services to people who need assistance to travel long distances. The SentinelMED team is skilled at arranging transport for patients anywhere in the world.
Our logistics professionals work closely with hospital case managers, patients, families, and travel insurance companies to provide safe and comfortable door-to-door medical transportation. Our team regularly handles end-to-end travel planning, including arranging for a medical escort to accompany the patient when needed.
At SentinelMED, we understand the complexity of delivering exceptional care to patients who need assistance during travel. Please contact us to learn more about the services that SentinelMED offers or its staff.
