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.

Meet the Members of the SentinelMED Medical Escort Team

To safely transport people with medical needs hundreds or thousands of miles requires careful coordination. SentinelMED’s medical escort teams brings together people with the planning skills, logistical background and medical training to care for people who are recovering from accidents or serious illness or who have chronic medical conditions. Their experiences in the medical transport…

Injury or Illness Abroad: How to Get Home Safely

Reports of Americans who have experienced injury or illness abroad have been making the news this summer, particularly involving the Dominican Republic and Mexico. Before traveling abroad, it’s important to takes steps to stay healthy. By planning ahead, you’ll also be prepared if you fall ill and require assistance to return to your home country.…

How to Combine Medical Travel and Tourism

People choose to travel for medical care for a wide range of reasons – quality of care, accessibility or scheduling concerns, lower costs, privacy and even a sense of adventure. Whether traveling inside the United States or abroad, combining medical travel and tourism is also a draw. It’s also definitely doable, especially if you are…

Short Distance Medical Escorts: Options and Benefits

Short distance medical escorts can open up travel options for people who can’t or shouldn’t travel without medical assistance. This service can transform a trip that could take a day by car or van into one that lasts only a few hours. Medical escorts also can allow people who have mental and physical limitations to…