Medical Escorts | Travel Medical Assistance Company | SentinelMED | SentinelMED specializes in orchestrating the safest, most efficient, and most economical medical care available to travelers and stranded patients. Our signature service is cost-effective medical transports on commercial airlines as an alternative to an air ambulance.

Four Reasons to Use Medical Escorts for Children During Travel

If you’ve ever traveled with a child, you’ve heard this classic question: “Are we there yet?” That inquiry takes on greater urgency for children and their parents if a child is traveling while sick or injured. Medical escorts for children during travel can help ease stress in these situations by providing care for young patients.…

Have a Listen: SentinelMED’s Eugene Delaune Explains the Job of Senior Medical Consultant for a Travel Insurance Company on Humans of Travel

Building a temporary intensive care ward in a hotel room in Haiti may not be listed as a requirement for the job of a senior medical consultant for a travel insurance company. But that's exactly what happened in a case Dr. Eugene Delaune oversaw for Allianz Travel. Delaune, SentinelMED's medical director, shared this story in…

Medical Documents to Travel With: A List to Review Before You Leave Home

Before you leave on a trip, you probably check your itinerary, whether you locked the front door, and whether you packed your toothbrush. But you may overlook an important consideration before long-distance travel—are there medical documents to travel with, and which ones are the most important? The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)…

How Medical Escorts for Senior Travelers Can Provide Comfort and Enhance Safety

A family reunion in Hawaii. A visit to a small ancestral village in Spain. These trips should include the keepers of family history – grandparents, great-grandparents, aunts, uncles, or other special family members. But how can you make long-distance travel more comfortable for older loved ones? A medical escort for senior travelers is a great…