TRAVEL AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS

Air Care Alliance (ACA)
Pilot volunteers from many public benefit flying organizations work to transport patients in need to facilities where they are able to receive medical attention they require.

Angel Flight America
A national network of seven aviation charities handling long-distance charitable medical air transportation in the U.S.

Angel Flight East
Provides donated free air and ground transportation to qualified patients, families, and caregivers to distant medical facilities for treatments, trials and/or conferences.

Center for Children with Special Needs: Care Notebook
Handy parent organizer with downloadable forms for managing your child's special health care needs including appointments and medications. Produced by Seattle Children's Hospital.

Emergency Preparedness for Children with Special Health Care Needs
Universally accepted, standardized forms and guidelines for pediatricians, health care providers and caregivers. Produced by the Committee on Pediatric Emergency Medicine.

Harboring Hearts
Provides information on housing for families during hospitalization, support services and links to other resources.

MedicAlert
Leading emergency medical identification and information service.

Mercy Medical Angels
A charitable organization that provides help with medical transportation on the ground with gas cards, bus and train tickets and in the air with flights flown by volunteer pilots and the commercial airlines.

National Association of Hospitality Houses
Provides homelike lodging near major hospitals to persons who must travel to receive outpatient care or need to be with a patient receiving treatment.

NIH Office of Rare Diseases: Patient Travel & Lodging
Links to charitable or special fare flights to research or treatment sites, hospital hospitality houses and fee-for-service ambulance services.

Patient Airlift Services
Provides free air transportation based on need to individuals requiring medical care or other humanitarian purposes.

Ronald McDonald House
Through a network of local chapters in 62 countries, RMHC provides housing and support services to families who need to travel for their child’s treatment and stay close to their hospitalized child.