What is a Medical Evacuation?

What is a medical evacuation? – This is where to a medical issue or injury a person may need to be evacuated for medical treatment due to access / location

example – ski injury, a person may have to be evacuated due to an injury and will need to be taken to hospital for treatment.

example – altitude sickness

There may be a limit on your insurance with regards to the height in metres that you are covered for. If trekking or plan to go trekking check and make sure you have the right cover for the height you may go to.

example – accident / illness in remote location

This is why it is essential that people travelling should get travel insurance, especially if taking part in sporting activities, winter sports.

Also an evacuation can happen to move a patient to a safer place, or for better medical treatment, depending on where they are in the world, especially if the level if care needed cannot be provided where they are.