Broken Bones in a Foreign Land: Instant and coordinated response made easy through membership

Travel insurance policies are purchased to mitigate financial risk, but little thought is given to what happens in the event of an emergency on foreign soil. Travel emergency assistance and...

Wing-to-wing repatriation of a stroke patient from Cyprus to the Netherlands

marm assistance’s Medical Evacuation and Repatriation services organise bed-to-bed patient transfers with medical escorts, including the management of all regular and unexpected medical and logistical assistance, until the final destination...

Transporting a patient in the Antarctic

On an afternoon in late 2021, Redpoint Travel Protection was contacted by a ship’s doctor advising that a Redpoint policyholder aboard a ship to Antarctica had a sudden cardiac event...

Quick decisions, fast-moving care

Musa Gürçay, Operation Manager for MedJET Medical Assistance, shared details of an evacuation from Turkey where a sudden change in destination meant cooperation from existing partners on the ground was...

Case Study: AirCARE1 uses High Flow Oxygen Therapy on board its air ambulance

In the past, High Flow Oxygen Therapy has only been used in a hospital setting. After observing the major benefits of this therapy, AirCARE1 incorporated high flow into the company’s...

Case Study: Transporting a Covid patient on ECMO across the globe

In August 2021, AirMed International set out to complete a transport that most would consider impossible. They needed to move a Covid-19 patient on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) from the...