Air medical escort

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What are Medical Escort Services? 

An alternative to Air Ambulance Flights, a medical escort travels with patients as they are being moved from one place to another. A primary care physician, a general physician, or even a specialized doctor might serve as a medical escort. The kind of medical escort needed will change depending on the patient's health and individual requirements.

Need to arrange a medical air escort flight with a nurse or paramedic?

At Medical Air Service, we are experts in providing commercial medical escort services for patients that require a medical escort on a commercial medical flight.

With our medical escort air ambulance service, you can rest assured that you will have peace of mind throughout the medical flight transport while above all being sure that you or your loved ones are well attended to in case of an inflight medical emergency where treatment is required. 

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In our medical escort flights transport, we arrange for a specialised physician nurse or paramedic to accompany the patient and stay with them at all times, enabling them to provide quick first-aid treatment using the available emergency equipment should the patient become ill or face any complications throughout their flight. Our medical escort service is valid both whether the patient is seated down or on a stretcher. 

When choosing a medical escort we consider the medic’s or nurse's professional qualifications and background and ensure that the patient and medicare are well suited: after all, they will be spending some time together and the patient’s psychological well-being is a fundamental component of successful medical air transport – especially on long-distance commercial flights or air ambulance flights. Should a patient be in critical care, alternative air ambulance aircrafts with fully fitted medical equipment and accompanying medical teams may be more appropriate. 

Medically accompanied flights are mainly conducted in business class, but economy class is also possible in non-emergency cases and naturally, may become highly cost-effective option even with an escort. These medical transportation flights are suitable for patients who are mobile, but who may be weak, perhaps recovering from an operation, and for patients who do not have the chance to be accompanied by friends or family. When necessary however a stretcher could be installed to allow the patient to fly in a lying down position. 

Do you have any questions about our medical services?

If you require more information about our medical air escort service, please see our FAQs.

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We are happy to advise patients whether repatriation on scheduled flights is appropriate for them, or whether another alternative is more suitable. Our team is available 24/7 for a free, no-obligation consultation. Within hours we can organise medical repatriation to bring you home from anywhere in the world.

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