Prime Nursing Care, Inc.

Prime Nursing Care, Inc. is a medical escort company in Hollywood, Florida, USA. It sends medical staff to travel with patients on commercial airline flights. It does not fly its own aircraft. It is a medical escort provider, not an air ambulance operator.

Services

• Commercial medical escort flights, with a nurse beside the patient from bedside to bedside.
• Stretcher flights for patients who cannot fly in first class or business class.
• Help arranging an air ambulance flight. The site says the company refers patients to a preferred air ambulance service when the condition needs one.
• Ground ambulance or limousine, and help with a receiving facility in Florida.
• Repatriation from a cruise ship.

Staff also help with travel paperwork, such as the US ESTA visa waiver, the MEDIF medical form for airlines, and fit to fly clearance from the treating doctor.

The site says every team member has experience in critical care and air ambulance transport, and that unexpected medical or travel problems are handled quickly.

Who it is for

The company serves patients and families who need to travel home, in many languages. The team carries a medical backpack, a portable oxygen concentrator approved for airline use, and a satellite phone for remote trips.

Facts

• Founded in 2004 by flight nurse Franziska Hollenstein.
• A European branch near Zurich, Prime Nursing Care Europe, was set up in 2020.
• Accredited by EURAMI.
• Member of ASTNA, AACN, AAMS and CPI.