This On Call International article will discuss the following:
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- The critical role Rescue Nurses play in supporting travelers during medical transport and repatriation journeys, highlighting how specially trained medical professionals provide bedside-to-bedside care, oversee complex travel logistics, monitor patient wellbeing throughout transport, and help ensure travelers can safely return home for continued medical treatment and recovery.
- The expertise, compassion, and commitment required to deliver high-quality medical transportation services, featuring members of On Call International’s Rescue Nurse Team and showcasing how their extensive healthcare, military, and patient care experience enables them to support travelers during some of their most vulnerable moments.
- How personalized medical support can improve outcomes and provide comfort during challenging travel-related medical situations, demonstrating how Rescue Nurses not only manage clinical needs during transport, but also provide reassurance, advocacy, and emotional support that helps travelers and their families navigate complex medical journeys with greater confidence and peace of mind.
Here at On Call, we have a team of caring and compassionate Rescue Nurses who are ready to help our travelers get home safely from anywhere, at any time. Typically if a traveler is medically stable, alert, and conscious, a commercial evacuation with a Rescue Nurse is the best transport option. From bedside to bedside, our Rescue Nurse Team coordinates, oversees, and monitors every logistical and medical detail of a traveler’s transport.
Gary Spence
A Little About You:
I’ve been with On Call for over 14 years. Believe it or not, with all the travel I do for work, my wife and I still love to travel! My other hobbies include boating, fishing, and skiing.
Why This Job Is So Meaningful:
The most meaningful part of the job is getting the patient safely and healthfully to their destination. They are so appreciative – I receive hugs, many thanks, and “I could not have done this without you’s.” I love receiving their follow-up emails, texts and Christmas cards. The satisfaction I receive is unexplainable.
Dianna Radanof
A Little About You:
I have been with On Call for over 10 years. I am US Air Force Retired with 27 years of service as an elite member of the Critical Care Air Transport Team (CCATT). In this job, I am consistently reminded of my military transports of wounded warriors, and how patients and families are always so appreciative.
Why This Job Is So Meaningful:
The most meaningful part of my job is the satisfaction and gratification I receive from safely returning patients to their home areas. When I walk into a patient’s hospital room their faces light up with joy, and they know I will hold their hands throughout their journeys. It is so rewarding!
Lisa Blackburn
Why This Job Is So Meaningful:
I love helping my patients return home! They are very grateful and so happy I am there for them. I always will send a follow up note to my patients, and many of them respond back. I have even kept in touch with many of them through the years. I love hearing from them.
A Little About You:
I have been with On Call for over 15 years. I work in a hospital setting part time, but this job feeds my soul. I’m married with 3 grown “children.” My oldest recently became a “Rescue Nurse.” Obviously, I love to travel!
About On Call International:
When traveling, every problem is unique–a medical crisis, a political threat, even a common mishap such as a missed flight. But every solution starts with customized care that ensures travelers are safe and protected. That’s why for over 25 years, On Call International has provided fully-customized travel risk management and global emergency assistance services protecting millions of travelers, their families, and their organizations. Contact us today and visit www.oncallinternational.com to learn more.
