We do everything to ensure that the transportation of bedridden patients is as comfortable and safe as possible.
A specialized intensive care unit is used to transport seriously ill patients, and a linear ambulance is used to transport stable patients. Qualified paramedics and doctors ensure safety and provide full control of the patient’s condition throughout the entire journey.
If you are interested in delivering a patient home from the hospital, you will only need two physically strong orderlies. If these services are needed for a patient whose condition is classified as serious, it is necessary to use a resuscitation vehicle and accompany a team led by a resuscitator. Our company provides all types of transportation of patients in ambulances, regardless of their condition.
(If you are interested in transportation “inexpensive”, “cheap”, etc., please do not contact us; read reviews about our services on the Internet!)
| Type of service | Price |
|---|---|
| Transportation of patients by ambulance class "A" | 7000 rubles in Moscow, then 70 rubles/km. |
| Transportation of bedridden patients by ambulance class "B" | 7000 rubles in Moscow, then 80 rubles/km. |
| Intercity transportation in Russia from city to city, to another city or region | from 80 rub./km. |
| International transport abroad | from 85 rub./km. |
| Transporting bedridden patients from the hospital to home | 7000 rubles in Moscow |
| Medical transportation by ambulance (without a doctor) | from 50 rub./km. |
| Transportation services for patients with disabilities | from 100 rub./km |
| Transportation of psychiatric patients | from 10,000 rub. |
The IMMUCOR company's transportation service for bedridden patients helps even patients with severe decompensation of vital functions. Depending on the task set by the customer, our experienced operators will select appropriate transport and personnel to accompany the patient. At the same time, we guarantee:
- Modern vehicle fleet;
- Fully staffed medical staff;
- Maximum comfortable and safe conditions;
- Traveling over long distances;
Transportation of bedridden patients by ambulance
You can completely rely on IMMUCOR employees. Our service includes transporting patients from bed to bed, from hospital to home or from hospital to hospital. This means that our team of professionals will be with the patient throughout the entire journey: from the moment we pick the patient up from the hospital or home until the moment we arrive at the destination.
Not all organizations are ready to carry out long-distance transportation. IMMUCOR strives to make paid transportation of bedridden patients across Russia calm, comfortable and safe. This is exactly what any trip is like for each of our clients. During the trip, our staff keeps a log of the patient's condition, recording any change. Therefore, we provide a detailed medical report to the receiving hospital or our passenger's family.
Each machine is equipped with:
Vacuum mattress (necessary for transporting patients with a hip or femoral neck fracture);
IVL - a device for artificial ventilation of the lungs;
Defibrillator;
Resuscitation kit;
It should be pointed out that traveling with the help of specialized medical transport is an excellent alternative to expensive flights or train travel. In some cases, when the patient’s condition does not allow using an airplane, and traveling by train is not suitable in time, ground transportation is an ideal way to transport the patient from the hospital to home or vice versa.
Patients sent for home treatment are often too weak to get home on their own, so transportation is indispensable. In the Russian Federation, all types of transportation of patients by ambulance are performed only for a fee. The choice is yours: take the patient home from the hospital in an old GAZelle or order modern, comfortable and safe transport. At the same time, prices for transporting bedridden patients may differ by 1.5 - 2 times.
The current state of the medical transportation sector in Russia remains deplorable. Unfortunately, due to funding cuts, patients are increasingly being discharged from hospitals before the end of the necessary treatment. Relatives are forced to urgently look for a paid delivery service for patients. The municipal ambulance does not currently provide such services. For this purpose, there is a social taxi service, which is always loaded with orders.
This problem is faced by all those who are discharged after treatment in a public hospital. A fairly large number of incapacitated patients, including non-ambulatory people, patients with fractures, post-stroke patients and those who have experienced a heart attack, cannot independently get home, climb stairs, or even get out of bed. Often, due to old age, the patient requires additional assistance, especially when transporting a patient with a fracture of the femoral neck, spine or pelvic bones. After discharge, patients with such injuries must remain in a horizontal position for a long time.
It is a misfortune when an illness overtakes an elderly person, but an even greater misfortune is when he is partially or completely immobilized. In this case, relatives try to find the best treatment and provide the necessary care, but often this requires transporting the sick person to another locality or even abroad. The trip is sometimes dictated by the need to deliver an elderly person to the required medical facility or sanatorium for a recovery stay. It is important for relatives to ensure that transportation of elderly people is carried out in the most comfortable way for them.
What are the features of transporting elderly people?
It happens that older people need professional medical care and need to be brought to a medical facility. Of course, very careful delivery is needed, because the serious condition of people can be further aggravated due to the trip. How to do this? Without a doubt, it is necessary to have medical personnel or any other person who can professionally provide emergency assistance to a patient during transportation, because anything can happen on the road. Next, you definitely need a special vehicle equipped with the necessary devices to monitor the heart rate, blood pressure, and breathing of an elderly person. Various means and conditions may also be required to meet the physiological needs of the patient (disposable diapers, nappies, wet and dry wipes). After all, often people in this condition, and even of advanced age, suffer from weakness and cannot control the functioning of the excretory systems (enuresis, encopresis). A sudden change in position or anxiety about the trip can increase the manifestations of these ailments in older people. And, of course, it is very important that the accompanying personnel are informed about all chronic diseases and pathologies of the people being transported. For example, about diseases that relate to systems such as:Endocrine. The most common problem among older people is diabetes, which requires them to follow a special diet and inject insulin. And, naturally, in this case you need to know when to give injections and what to take for the patient.
Cardiovascular. Their signs are arrhythmia, breathing problems, changes in heart rate. This means that accompanying physicians must be prepared to reduce, with the help of medications, a possible negative reaction of the elderly person’s body to transportation.
Musculoskeletal. In case of osteoporosis or abnormalities in the structure of the musculoskeletal system, transportation will require special equipment for fixing the patient, a stroller and other acceptable devices in accordance with the form of the disease.
Transporting elderly people over long distances
It happens that a bedridden patient needs to be transported to another city to receive qualified medical care. Or health problems in older people unexpectedly arise far from their homes. In such circumstances, urgent mobile transportation of an elderly person to another city is required. In modern conditions, it is possible to transport people even in serious condition.Transportation can be done using:
Air transport.
Railway transport.
Road transport.
This variability allows you to transport immobilized people to the right place when necessary. Air travel is used when urgent medical intervention is necessary. But this is the most expensive way to transport patients. If it is necessary to transport elderly people by plane, then seats are booked three days before the flight so that the air carrier prepares all the conditions for their safe flight. If there is a need to transport an elderly patient by rail, fill out a written application for the provision of an entire compartment, the conditions of transportation in which comply with the instructions of the attending physician. A car or a special minibus is the most popular option for transporting older people, because in this case a person is carried only twice - before the trip and at the end of it. In addition, for such transportation, vehicles are used that are already specially equipped with everything that may be needed on the road when transporting a bedridden patient, including the elderly.
How should elderly people be transported to another city?
Anyone who has ever encountered such circumstances will confirm that transporting bedridden patients is not as simple a task as it seems at first glance. Transporting an elderly person to another city, especially one immobilized by illness, is a serious test for everyone, because the usual methods of travel for such a patient are impossible and sometimes even life-threatening. Therefore, partially or completely immobilized people should be transported only in transport specially equipped with the necessary medical equipment, in conditions that are comfortable for the patient and with space for an accompanying person. So, in this car there should be devices that monitor blood pressure, oxygen supply or, for example, a stretcher for conveniently fixing the patient in case of a spinal injury, and there must be doctors nearby to monitor the patient’s well-being. It should be noted that transporting an elderly person involves not only the move itself, caring for the patient and the ability to assess his well-being, but also transfer from floor to floor. Only qualified specialists can do this correctly. They have special stretchers at their disposal, because in some cases a seriously ill person must be provided with access to oxygen, he must not be shaken when carried, etc. Any patient requires an individual approach, which can only be provided to him by specially trained employees of a medical institution providing such services. In order to transport an elderly person from one city to another, you need to use an ambulance, which must be equipped with the most modern equipment, namely resuscitation devices, devices with which you can provide almost any medical assistance, a mattress and a stretcher. Comfortable conditions for transporting an elderly person and the stability of his condition should be ensured by highly qualified doctors.And, of course, before transportation it is necessary to assess the severity of the patient’s condition:
light– allows transportation of the patient under constant medical supervision and the presence of a special stretcher;
average– requires more careful monitoring of the patient, compliance with all medical recommendations with the mandatory implementation of preventive measures and constant monitoring of the patient’s well-being;
high– involves careful and continuous monitoring of the patient’s condition with the inclusion of therapeutic measures depending on the symptoms, accompanying a team of resuscitators to maintain the patient’s vitality at the proper level.
The weakening of all body functions in old age leads to frequent visits by older people to the help of doctors. But it can be very difficult for elderly people to travel to a medical facility themselves. This is a serious stress for the elderly, so you need to carefully prepare for transporting elderly patients.
Transportation of patients with cardiovascular problems
Almost all older people suffer from hypertension, angina pectoris, heart rhythm disturbances and other diseases of the cardiovascular system. Moving and the associated worries can provoke respiratory failure, hypertensive crisis, and myocardial infarction in older people. To avoid such problems, it is necessary to transport elderly patients accompanied by a doctor and in specially equipped transport. So, if an elderly patient has a disease of the cardiovascular system, the ambulance must be equipped with a device for monitoring breathing, blood pressure, heart rate, as well as:defibrillator;
oxygen breathing equipment.
all emergency medications.
Transporting patients who are particularly susceptible to injury
Everyone knows that in an aging body, bone strength is reduced so much that even a slight fall or sudden change in body position when transporting older people can lead to serious dislocations and fractures. Therefore, in such cases, the patient is placed on a comfortable stretcher; a car designed for transporting elderly people is equipped with a damper to minimize shaking during transportation.Transportation of patients with mental disorders
In old age, people also often experience worsening mental illnesses. The stress associated with traveling to the hospital can provoke a violent reaction on the part of the patient, threatening injury to both himself and others. The solution in this case is to take a mild sedative before transportation and fix the patient’s limbs to the stretcher. Elderly people often experience urinary and fecal incontinence. Therefore, we must not forget about maintaining hygiene when transporting an elderly person; we must think in advance about having all the necessary means and accessories available for such cases. The gentle and patient approach of the medical staff, a kind, caring attitude towards people who are no longer young and weakened by illnesses are indispensable components of the successful transportation of the elderly.Transportation of elderly people to a boarding house
When you place an elderly loved one in a boarding house, of course, you think not only about his comfortable stay there, but also about how to move him there without additional stress and worry. Private boarding house "Autumn of Life" can provide just such a transfer. If you really care about the health and longevity of your loved ones, our boarding house is at your service. Elderly people live in comfortable conditions, they are monitored by experienced doctors, each of them has the opportunity to press an alarm button and call medical staff to provide qualified assistance. We conduct regular medical examinations and provide the necessary consultation. In difficult cases, we guarantee the provision of highly specialized services.To transport elderly people, our boarding house provides a specially equipped car, equipped with everything necessary for the comfortable transportation of a bedridden patient. Our employees will deliver the patient without any additional worries for him. Moreover, our boarding house will transport an elderly person free of charge if he:
immobilized by illness;
moves in a wheelchair;
has visual or hearing impairments;
has other diseases.
With the development of medicine, a large amount of new technology and equipment appears. Unfortunately, not all medical institutions are equipped with it. Sometimes, a particular patient has to travel to another city to undergo the necessary examination or any other procedure as directed by a doctor. Seriously ill people are in a difficult situation, since transportation requires a person who is equipped with medical equipment and has trained medical personnel who will monitor his condition on the way to another city. In the vastness of our vast country, sometimes such patients have to travel long distances.
Thus, transportation of bedridden patients should be comfortable and safe, eliminating the risk of injury. Often, a person with limited movement experiences pain and severe stress at the slightest change in body position. These include serious illnesses, old age, and the postoperative period. A personal car is contraindicated for transporting this category of citizens, and transport specially equipped for the needs of bedridden patients comes to the rescue.
When may it be necessary to transport a patient?
Relatives are faced with the question: how to transport a bedridden patient to another city? In cases of transportation, relatives and the patient themselves have to turn to special private companies, since usually the state program for transporting seriously ill patients involves completing a large number of papers, which requires a huge amount of time, which some patients do not have. Cases when a bedridden patient requires transportation:
- If a person was urgently hospitalized in another city. Usually, upon discharge, relatives want to take the person to their city for further rehabilitation or treatment.
- Bedridden patients with cancer pathologies can be sent for examination to large oncology centers in neighboring cities and even countries.
- Patients with spinal or pelvic injuries can, at the request of relatives, be transported to other cities and hospitals for further treatment.
Thus, transporting bedridden patients between cities is in great demand and important for providing quality medical care.
Public and private organizations transporting bedridden patients
The state ambulance service receives emergency calls and transports patients to inpatient treatment facilities free of charge. At the same time, the organization does not carry out reverse evacuation of a bedridden patient if he is refused hospitalization, and will not take him home after discharge from the department. It is possible to arrange paid transportation, but the bureaucratic procedure takes a lot of time and effort.
The law provides for the creation of non-profit services whose activities include the transportation of bedridden patients free of charge or at minimal prices. As a rule, they operate only in large cities and do not always have everything necessary to provide high-quality transportation to all categories of people with disabilities.
When it comes to evacuation to another city, and even more so to another country, one cannot do without private licensed services for transporting bedridden patients. Special medical transport has all the necessary equipment for the safe delivery of people unable to move independently in accordance with the principle “from bed to bed” along the following routes:
- to medical institutions and back home;
- to rehabilitation, health or diagnostic centers;
- to train stations, airports;
- to other cities, regions, abroad.
Paid services operate around the clock, have a wide range of services, a discount system, trained staff and have various types of transport, which are always ready to help incapacitated citizens, regardless of diagnosis.
The cost of transportation is calculated individually and depends on the chosen type of vehicle, the duration of the trip, the severity of the patient and the professionalism of the service personnel (workers with medical education or a team of orderlies).
Important! In addition to transportation, commercial service personnel may accompany the patient throughout his or her appointment or examination at a medical facility.
Types of transportation
On the territory of the country, there are three types of transportation of bedridden patients to other cities - by rail, by air, and also by moving the patient in a specialized vehicle. The choice is dictated by the patient’s condition, financial capabilities, reason and direction of transportation. In all cases, the person is accompanied by trained medical personnel who have the right to engage in such medical activities. The transportation team includes: a paramedic or doctor, as well as a nurse.
| Rail transportation | Air transportation | Transportation by car |
| As a rule, for this, the company that carries out the transportation buys an entire compartment and equips it with portable medical equipment. This allows you to turn a train compartment into an intensive care ward, in which the patient will be comfortable and under the supervision of staff. | Companies that organize the movement of a patient in this way negotiate with the airline and arrange a seat in the rear of the cabin. Air transportation is suitable for patients who urgently need to be transported over a long distance. | They are carried out in a specialized ambulance equipped with all the necessary equipment, medicines, as well as oxygen reserves for long-distance transportation. |
Important! If the patient is transported abroad, the transportation service staff will provide assistance in preparing travel documents, in cooperation with the embassy, and provide an interpreter.
Transporting a bedridden patient by train
This rarely happens, since it is precisely when it is possible to most fully approximate conditions similar to an intensive care ward due to the spacious compartment and the large amount of necessary equipment that can be placed. In addition, there are special carriages equipped with pneumatic lifts for convenient lifting of a bedridden patient into the carriage.
As a rule, this method of movement is indicated for the most seriously ill patients who require maximum comfort and close supervision by health workers. They are contraindicated from changes in pressure, temperature and other factors that can affect the deterioration of a person’s condition. If during a trip the patient’s well-being becomes a threat to his life, then at the next stop the person is removed and hospitalized in the nearest hospital to stabilize his condition.
This rarely happens, since it is during rail transportation that it is possible to most fully approximate conditions similar to an intensive care ward due to the spacious compartment and the large amount of necessary equipment that can be placed.
Transportation of a bedridden patient by plane
It is important to know that it is necessary to plan the date of transportation to another city in advance, preferably at least 48 hours in advance. Airlines have the right to refuse to provide a seat without giving reasons.
Therefore, the relocation company needs time to find a suitable flight. To fly, you must obtain permission from your attending physician, since factors such as changes in atmospheric pressure, high speed during takeoff, and turbulence can affect your well-being.
They try not to transport seriously ill people on an airplane, because due to the small amount of space inside the cabin, it is not possible to install the amount of equipment that will be necessary. Therefore, the flight is allowed for moderately ill patients and simply bedridden patients who, for one reason or another, need the supervision of medical personnel. Such transportation of bedridden patients from city to city has the most important advantage - speed.
Transporting a bedridden patient by car
The initial configuration of the machines involves monitoring a patient with any diagnosis and severity level. This type of transportation involves the entire team: doctor, paramedic, nurse and driver. Unlike other types of transportation, only one relative can be present if necessary. The patient must be in a stable condition, since transportation involves braking and accelerating the car, turns, and bumps. If necessary, the medical team can stop, seek help from hospitals along the route, and even urgently hospitalize the patient, if necessary.
Transportation of bedridden patients by road is the most popular type of service in the city and beyond. It includes a resuscitation vehicle, an ambulance and a sanitary taxi. The difference between them lies in the degree of staffing with medical equipment and medicines for emergency care, as well as in the qualifications of accompanying specialists. Many services limit their activities to only delivering a bedridden patient to their destination, without providing medical services before, during and after the trip. Others have experienced doctors and paramedics on their staff, which is especially important when moving seriously ill patients who require constant monitoring by a doctor.
All cars must have technical characteristics designed to mentally and physically facilitate the journey of an incapacitated person. This is the presence in a spacious and roomy interior:
- functional soft stretcher with fastenings that fix the body;
- wheelchair and stretcher;
- soft suspension, smoothing out shocks from potholes on the roads;
- climate control system that monitors the maintenance of comfortable conditions;
- disposable bed, pillows, blankets.
Special vehicle equipment
Medical equipment in vehicles used for transporting bedridden patients:
| Type of transport | Equipment |
| Ambulance, reanimobile, train |
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| Airplane, helicopter | Additionally:
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How is the cost of transportation calculated?
Many factors play a role here: the severity of the bedridden patient’s condition, the amount of equipment and medical personnel who will be involved in transportation, and most importantly, the distance. In any case, the further the destination, the higher the price. All companies have their own tariffs, and some even have their own discount system. Therefore, there is no specific price for all clients, since the cost is calculated individually, based on a specific case. Thus, with the level of development of medical care, the question of how to deliver a bedridden patient to another city and even country becomes not as problematic as, for example, several decades ago.
Preparation for the process of transporting bedridden patients
The position when transporting bedridden patients in transport depends on the diagnosis and combination of associated injuries. For successful transportation, it is important to take a number of measures that not only will not harm the health of the non-ambulatory passenger, but will also facilitate the work of the people accompanying him. This includes preliminary hygiene procedures, preparation of documents, tests, medical reports by relatives, psychological support, and monitoring of the patient’s condition by the doctor.
The decision on how to transport a bedridden patient should be made together with the attending physician. After all, a person’s health, and sometimes even their life, depends on how quickly and professionally the transportation is carried out.
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Surely everyone who has encountered the problem discussed on this page knows very well that intercity transportation of a bedridden patient– this is not an easy task. A person with mobility difficulties or confined to a wheelchair cannot simply ride in a regular compartment. However, unfortunately, not all Russian cities have trains with special carriages for bedridden patients. Plus, the conditions in them are suitable mainly for wheelchair users, and not for transporting bedridden patients from city to city. In such a situation, it would be much more advisable to use the services of specialized transport, where it is possible to accommodate both a sitting and a bedridden patient with the required level of comfort. Of course, there will be a place for accompanying people.
There is another option - transporting the patient by plane. However, certain difficulties may arise here, since airlines are not particularly happy to allow passengers with mobility restrictions on board. Often, airlines refuse to allow bedridden patients to fly from city to city for far-fetched and completely illegal reasons. Of course, government agencies will probably prove the air carrier wrong in such a situation, but you can’t turn back time! It is worth not forgetting about the extra stress for relatives and the patient.
By transporting bedridden patients from one city to another, our company helps solve several important problems at once:
- You will not need to look for a medical team to transfer the patient onto a train or plane.
- You will not need to look for a service for transporting bedridden patients in a foreign city, since we will take the patient to the required building, after which we will carefully transfer him to his ward or apartment.
- Our company guarantees maximum care in the process of transporting a patient from city to city. You can be sure that absolutely nothing will disturb him.
- The cost of the service includes transportation of luggage and accompanying people.
- By using our services, you completely avoid unnecessary stress and hassle that may be associated with loading the patient and transporting a bedridden patient from city to city.
