According to our Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Michelle Nathan, “The higher you go, the “thinner” the air gets, and when you go too high too fast, your body cannot get the oxygen it needs.” Whether you’re traveling for business in Mexico City, taking a break from studying near Machu Picchu, or even doing some camping… Read more »
Tag: medical evacuation
Travel Assistance 101: What is a Rescue Nurse?
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,… Read more »
Travel Assistance 101: What is a Medical Evacuation?
On Call’s Medical, Transportation, and Travel Teams coordinate hundreds of medical evacuations per year – so we know a thing (or two!) about this critical, life-saving emergency assistance capability. Learn more about what medical evacuations are, how they work, and how you can help ensure the best possible outcomes for travelers under your care. What… Read more »
Rescue Nurse at On Call International CAMTS Accreditation: Raising the Bar for Quality and Travel Safety
Rescue Nurse at On Call International is once again, proud to receive the Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport System’s (CAMTS’) accreditation—the gold standard for air medical transportation services. On Call is the only assistance provider in North America with its own, in-house CAMTS and CAMTS EU dual-accredited commercial medical transport program! A special congratulations and shout… Read more »
Helping Travelers, Every Day:
COVID-19 Medical Assistance Case Study
On Call’s mission has always been helping travelers in their time of need, every day, and the COVID-19 pandemic has been no different. The pandemic presented some interesting challenges, unique barriers, and extremely nuanced complications amid our efforts to return people home, but nothing that our Global Assistance teams couldn’t handle! Read our latest case… Read more »
On Call in Action: Skiing Accident in Utah
On Call International helps organizations and their travelers take a proactive and holistic approach to not only managing emergencies when they arise—but also planning for and even preventing them before they happen. Tune in each month to see how On Call International helps with travel problems, big and small, every day: Skiing Accident in Utah… Read more »
On Call in Action: Fainting Episodes in Italy
On Call International helps organizations and their travelers take a proactive and holistic approach to not only managing emergencies when they arise—but also planning for and even preventing them before they happen. Tune in each month to see how On Call International helps with travel problems, big and small, every day: Fainting Episodes in Italy… Read more »
On Call in Action: Kidney Failure in Mexico
On Call International helps organizations and their travelers take a proactive and holistic approach to not only managing emergencies when they arise—but also planning for and even preventing them before they happen. Tune in each month to see how On Call International helps with travel problems, big and small, every day: Kidney Failure in Mexico… Read more »
On Call in Action: Heart Failure in Barbados
On Call International helps organizations and their travelers take a proactive and holistic approach to not only managing emergencies when they arise—but also planning for and even preventing them before they happen. Tune in each month to see how On Call International helps with travel problems, big and small, every day: Heart Failure in Barbados… Read more »
Travel Assistance 101: A Day in the Life of an On Call Assistance Coordinator
One of your travelers is abroad when they begin to feel very ill. They don’t know where the nearest clinic is (or how they will manage to get there!), so they place a call to your organization’s travel risk management provider, On Call International. Immediately, they are connected to an On Call Assistance Coordinator (AC)…. Read more »