Service
CLINICAL TRANSFER ACCOMPANIMENT.
Support proportionate to the patient’s condition: mobility assistance, a healthcare presence or specialised monitoring when the situation requires it.
You may not need an air ambulance. You may need the right clinician beside you.
Situations that may justify clinical accompaniment
- Return after hospitalisation abroad
- Post-operative patients
- Mobility difficulties
- Frailty
- Oxygen requirements
- Scheduled medication
- IV therapy where appropriate and legally possible
- Elderly patients
- Chronic disease
- Neurological situations
- Oncology
- Hospital discharge
- Family-requested supervision
What this involves
Subject to clinical assessment, prescription requirements, applicable regulation and transport environment.
Four levels of escort
The right level of escort, decided clinically.
- LEVEL 01
ATNUP — Belgian non-emergency patient transport ambulance professional
For stable patients not requiring specialised nursing monitoring during the journey.
- LEVEL 02
Critical Care & Emergency Nurse (Belgian SIAMU specialization)
Patients requiring advanced monitoring, oxygen, infusion management, higher-acuity nursing surveillance or increased risk management.
- LEVEL 03
Physician Escort
Selected cases where physician-level assessment, therapeutic decision-making or intervention may be required.
- LEVEL 04
Critical Care Team
Physician + appropriately experienced critical-care nurse / SIAMU, or another configuration determined after clinical assessment.
The final team configuration is determined after clinical review, taking into account patient condition, expected interventions, transport environment, duration and risk of deterioration.