Who Needs In-Flight Nursing Services?
Typically, two types of patients require professional in-flight nursing care: 1) critically ill patients who need transfer from one healthcare facility to another, and who may also need special medical support or treatment en route. 2) frail, elderly and sick persons who wish to travel with a Registered Nurse who will administer in-flight care– usually on flights to vacation spots, visits to distant relatives or friends, or on trips to attend important meetings or events. Other typical requests for in-flight nursing services may be made by a family that wants a loved one to winter in Florida, or by a doctor who needs a patient to be transferred from a hospital setting to a special clinic, perhaps, for an organ transplant. Another example: a patient who becomes acutely ill while away from home and wishes to be transferred back to the care of their own family and physician.
