Clif Carothers is an experienced air ambulance and medical escort expert dealing with air ambulances and medical escort services at http://www.americanairambulance.com. Mr. Carothers has helped thousands of patients and care-givers select the proper medical flight teams and medical transport planes since 1986 and has developed a tool to help choose the proper type of emergency medical transportation for each patient's needs which can be viewed at http://www.americanairambulance.com/air-ambulance-questions.htm. This new tool automatically walks users through the air ambulance selection process. Or, you may call 800-863-0312 or 941-536-2002, 24 hours a day for immediate assistance.
In recent news, we’ve learned of the sad and untimely death of a Michigan medical transport team when their plane crashed in flight. Many Americans have never needed the services of a medical transport team and may not be aware of their heroic jobs.
Medical transport teams are a key element in organ transplantation but you too can benefit from their services. If you are traveling abroad and become injured or ill you can contact a medical transport company. The medical transport company with one phone call can arrange to transport you safely home, from bedside to bedside. They will coordinate with the physicians both foreign and at home, and act as a liaison for your family. There are various levels of service and modes of transportation dependent upon your medical needs. The medical transport company will work with you to make sure that you get exactly what you need.
Medical transport teams may arrive by helicopter, jet, Cessna or even by ground. They act as a medical escort and their trained professionals can also provide medical services en route to your destination. They are committed to safely transporting you to your destination.
These life saving teams have rescued travelers from mountaintops, deserts, ravines, and more. They have helped evacuate people from areas where there are civil uprisings or when natural disaster strikes. Sometimes they simply transport travelers from foreign hospitals to those in their home states where they can be surrounded the familiarity of home.
And of course they often literally save lives. The Michigan Transport team died while trying to save another life. While they were not transporting a patient they were transporting life saving organs for a patient needing a transplant. Fortunately that particular patient was able to have a transplant several days later. The Michigan team members will long be remembered for their daily acts of heroism and commitment to patients, families and their communities.
We hope you never need a medical transport company, but it’s wise to be prepared just in case. For those planning to travel abroad, it is especially important to keep the number of your medical transport company with your emergency numbers. Remember that life happens and if you find yourself far from home in need of medical care, you will want to come home.
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