A Nationwide Medical Transport

A medical transport service transports ill, injured and disabled people from one place to another. These services are often requested when the person needs medical attention quickly. Many medical transport vehicles have special privileges on highway roads. For example, an ambulance usually has the right of the way at all points in traffic during an emergency. Also, most of the regions have established a variety of medical transport service to transport people in both emergency and non-emergency.

Emergency medical transport can mean any transport (airplanes, helicopters, ambulance) that can get people to a health center in a hurry. It is different from non-emergency medical transportation. The non-emergency transport may transport people to hospitals, home, or over distances.

As ambulances and helicopters (or even airplanes) are showing up in emergencies, they must have emergency medical technicians (generally known as ‘EMT’), who are qualified for all types of treatment to stabilize the patient until the patient reaches the hospital. People who have seen ambulances may have noted lots of medical equipments such as: bandages, defibrillators, intravenous line bags and all types of monitors that can help medical technicians to carry out their work. There are various levels in EMT (Emergency Medical Technicians) training and certain types of transport may indicate a more highly skilled EMT.

The non emergency medical transport is a kind of medical transportation which is provided in non-emergency situations to people who require special medical care. Ambulances, helicopters, and other vehicles are used in non-emergency medical transport; however the goal of such transportation is to get the patient from one place to another. Today, many hospitals and medical centers are offering non-emergency medical transportation as a part of their services, and this service is also available through specialty medical transportation companies.

The cost of non emergency medical transportation is significantly lower than emergency transport. This is because the staffs of the non-emergency transportation vehicle are not engaged in medical interventions to save the life of the patient during the trip, and because the trip is much safer as the driver or pilot does not need to speed up to reach the hospital or medical center. The possibility of traveling schedule also reduces costs because it can be scheduled for a regular work shift without the need to request overtime or odd working hours.