Medical Escort Services
Medical Escort Services
About Medical Escort Services
GW Medical Escort Services is a thriving example of providing innovative medical care and services outside of the traditional walls of a hospital.
As sickness and injury continue to occur globally, regardless of location, international medical care can be variable at best. After the transition from traveler to patient, the need frequently arises to transport patients either in between medical facilities, or more frequently, from medical facility to a home geographic location. Dependant on medical condition and diagnosis, there are populations of patients that benefit from enroute medical care. It is this population of individuals that the GW Medical Escort Program services.
GW Medical Escort Services provides the full spectrum of medical professionals, including physical therapists, certified paramedics, critical care nurses and physicians. Our staff provides supportive medical care throughout the transport, with the capability to monitor each patients specific clinical condition using a variety of state-of-the-art monitoring equipment. As clinically appropriate, our escorts maintain credentials in Advanced Cardiac Life Support, in addition to a variety of specialty certifications and licenses, and travel with cardiac monitors capable of defibrillation and external cardiac pacing, ventilators and an array of transport medications capable of dealing with any emergency.
Our medical escorts are hand picked through previous clinical experiences, and exceed the required three year minimum in their respective levels of practice. Initial and ongoing continuing education revolves around flight physiology as the basis for understanding and treating potential exacerbations of medical conditions during transport.
To learn more about our services please contact our Medical Escort Coordinator, Shonni Hansen, RN at (202)741-3424