Non-urgent or urgent private ambulance transport

Urgent patient transport with a private ambulance

Urgent medical repatriation by private ambulance transport is crucial when a patient abroad needs immediate care that can't wait. This service helps patients with serious conditions, like heart attacks, strokes, or severe injuries, get home quickly and safely. With private ambulance transport, patients receive constant medical attention during the journey, ensuring they stay stable until they reach the right hospital in their home country. Whether it's breathing problems, serious infections, or complications after surgery, this service provides a fast and secure way to get the care they need, giving both patients and their families peace of mind.

Non-urgent patient transport by private ambulance

Oftentimes people associate the words medical repatriation with emergency evacuations of people who are seriously ill or injured abroad. There are however many situations in which repatriation companies like EMS can help.

For cases with a lower risk

Hospital transfers with private ambulance transport

Sometimes patients are moved to a different hospital for medical reasons: the right equipment or specialists. These transfers are often initiated and arranged by the hospital. There are situations, however, where patients themselves wish to transfer for their own reasons. Sometimes it’s the family, who wants to move a relative to be in a hospital or nursing home closer to them. In these cases, where there is no medical necessity, the patient and their family have to make the arrangements, and often bear the cost.

Hospital transfers and other non-urgent transports often carry much lower risk. Patients can be accompanied by a paramedic or a nurse, rather than a doctor or a specialist – which has significant implications for the cost of the transport. The nurse can take care of all the patient’s needs and make sure they are comfortable during the journey.

Important journeys for patients and their family

Private ambulance transport for a last request

One particularly moving type of transfer EMS is called out for, is repatriating hospice patients to their country of birth, or closer to family, so they can achieve a good death at home. Hospitals and insurance companies don’t cover these transfers because they are not deemed ‘necessary’, but at EMS we recognise the importance of these journeys to the patient and their family, and will aim to help people make them possible.

Contact us for medical repatriation

Do you have a medical emergency or are you in need of non-urgent private ambulance transport? We are there for you. For more information on our road ambulances or (non-)urgent patient transport services, contact us by phone, email or through the website.