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Put Safety First with a Medical Escort for Travel After an Injury

Medical escort services are often considered for patients with serious illnesses and medical conditions. But they can also provide vital assistance if you must travel after an injury. For example, a cracked sternum, spinal injury, or brain injury could make flying risky, especially over long distances. Having support from a medical escort for travel with…

SentinelMED: Using a Medical Transport to Move Elderly Family Members Closer to Home

Multigenerational living is on the increase in the United States. According to the Pew Research Center, 14% of older adults who live in someone else's household are the parent of the person with whom they live, up from 7% just a generation ago. Moving can be stressful under any circumstances, but using a medical transport…

What are the Most Popular Countries for Medical Tourism?

Medical tourism isn’t quite mainstream yet, but it may be soon. It’s estimated that 11 million people, or 3 to 4 percent of the world’s population, traveled outside their own countries for health care in 2016. That number is projected to grow to 280 million households by 2025. While many medical tourists are coming to…

Medical Escorts & Travel Companions: Accompanying patients on their commercial air medical transports

SentinelMED works with patients in an array of situations who need domestic and international commercial air medical transport. Physicians, nurses and travel companions are all available to assist patients during their medical transport. While most medical transports require a medical professional to act as the escort, some patients only need a little assistance getting to…