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.

When to Consider Non-Emergency Medical Transportation

An ambulance tearing down the road with lights flashing and sirens blaring may be the most familiar mode of medical transportation. However, it is not the only option and is probably best reserved for medical emergencies. In many cases, non-emergency medical transportation is a better choice for patients who do not have life-threating injuries or…

How to Prepare for Medical Transportation

In non-emergency situations, such as medical tourism or repatriation, travelers likely have time to prepare for medical transportation. But even with advance notice, medical travel can be stressful. Here are a few guidelines to help individuals and their families ask the right questions and gather the necessary documents and information before scheduling medical transportation. What…

Traveling With A Medical Flight Escort: Increasing Safety and Comfort in the Air

Medical flight escorts can make long-distance travel possible for health-compromised individuals. Working with such escorts can greatly reduce the stress associated with long flights, arranging in-airport and ground transportation, and navigating airport security. But for the health-compromised individual, the biggest benefit a medical flight escort can provide is to make travel more tolerable – and…

How SentinelMED Works with Organizations to Provide Expert Medical Transportation Management

Case managers who work for hospitals and health care facilities juggle many tasks, but all of them are aligned with the same outcome – ensuring that patients receive appropriate medical care during all stages of treatment. In many cases, that can include arranging expert medical transportation management with the help of a medical transport service.…