If you are a Cruise Line or Maritime company looking to medically transport or repatriate a crew member from your ship or port facility, Sky Nurses offers affordable, comprehensive solutions. Our case management service will help expedite the optimal recovery of your crew member with an emphasis on cost containment. Should your crew member require repatriation, our medical transport service is the cost-effective alternative to an air ambulance for cases where the patient is fit to fly on a commercial aircraft, whether seated in Business or Economy Class seating or by utilizing a stretcher service.
Sky Nurses has developed the best practices, processes, and procedures for trauma case management and the medical repatriation of crew members. We have a team of experts to obtain the necessary travel documents, clearances and approvals for completing these very challenging medical transportation missions successfully and without incident.
Our Medical Team will work directly with the crew member’s treating physician and case manager to arrange discharge and to establish a continued plan of care with patient safety as the highest priority. This care is ongoing for the duration of the medical transport until the crew member is delivered or discharged to another healthcare facility. Sky Nurses will obtain medical clearance for travel aboard commercial airlines, including any arrangements for in-flight oxygen or other medical equipment. Sky Nurses is even able to provide pain management during the flight to guarantee comfort and minimize pain for the crew member.
All crew members are escorted by a qualified clinician with extensive training in conducting medical transports. Sky Nurses follows the same standards as accredited healthcare institutions in our daily operation. All medical treatment administered by the medical escort is based upon the Sky Nurses standing orders provided by our Medical Director, airline policy and procedures, and the American Heart Association Basic Life Support standards.
Sky Nurses is the comprehensive solution to plan and execute medical repatriation of patients anywhere in the world. We offer assistance in securing airline medical clearances and coordinating with government agencies to obtain travel documents and approvals. Every one of our clinicians has been interviewed, trained, credentialed, and screened before serving as a medical escort for Sky Nurses, regardless of their country of domicile. All of our medical professionals have experience working in a multinational and multicultural capacity.
Every one of our clinicians has been interviewed, trained, credentialed, and screened before serving as a medical escort for Sky Nurses, regardless of their country of domicile. All of our medical professionals have experience working in a multinational and multicultural capacity.
Sky Nurses is the only medical escort company in the United States to hold a nurse staffing license from a state health agency – the Florida Agency of Healthcare Administration (AHCA). We have also earned the highly regarded accreditation from the Commercial Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems (CAMTS).
Patient safety is our highest priority. It is never compromised under any circumstances. Every case is monitored from bedside to bedside and our record is unblemished with over 2,000 transports since 2013.