Connecticut long distance medical transport to or from any town, from the Gold Coast to the Litchfield Hills: a real bed, a medical pro aboard, family along.
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Connecticut is too small for our kind of trip to stay inside it. Greenwich to Thompson, about as far apart as two Connecticut towns get, is 138 road miles, and our minimum is 200. So every trip we drive here crosses a state line, and it can run either way. Your father may be leaving Hartford for your home in Charlotte, 742 road miles away. Your mother may be coming back from Sarasota to a bed in New Haven, 1,270 road miles north. Those Florida and Carolina moves are common here. The Census Bureau's 2024 estimates show roughly 9,800 people moving from Connecticut to Florida in one year, more than to any state except New York and Massachusetts, and about 6,000 making the move in reverse. When one of those people needs a medical trip, a car or an airline seat often won't do. Your loved one rides in a real bed, with a medical professional aboard from start to finish.
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Nationwide Long Distance Medical Transport
To and from Connecticut, state to state, bed to bed
Families call us for this trip when:
Pickup might be a room at Saint Francis, a nursing home in Torrington or the house in Old Saybrook where they raised you. From there we carry your loved one bed to bed, to any address in the lower 48.
And for this one when:
We can start from any of the lower 48. The trip ends at the actual bed, whether that's a unit in New Haven or a bedroom in Mystic, and not at an airport or an ambulance bay.
The crew and the Mercedes Sprinter are our own on every one of these, and the service is the same in either direction. Not sure which one fits? Describe your loved one on the phone and we'll tell you.
A hospital in Bridgeport and a daughter's home in Baltimore are 250 road miles apart, with New York City between them. We drive that trip in both directions, and the far end can be anywhere in the lower 48. Our own crew handles it from the first bed to the last.
New Haven to Sarasota is 1,270 road miles. Nobody recovering from surgery should try that sitting up in a car. Your loved one lies flat on a memory-foam mattress in a real bed for the whole ride, with room around them for the crew to work.
Some Connecticut parents have spent 50 years in one house. Leaving West Hartford for a room near you in Raleigh is a big day, and so is coming north from Fort Myers. Our crews go at your parent's pace. Dementia and anxiety are part of their work every week.
The wish might be a house near Long Island Sound, or the grandchildren's home in Ohio. When time is short, we work directly with the hospice team and keep your loved one comfortable the whole way, in whichever direction home happens to be.
An old three-decker in Waterbury can be a hard pickup for a larger patient, and so can a narrow condo hallway in Florida. Tell us about the stairs and doorways first. We bring a purpose-equipped vehicle, a lift and stretcher rated for bariatric patients, and a trained crew.
Have you been quoted a flight between Connecticut and Florida? A plane needs an ambulance to the runway and another one after landing. If your loved one is stable, our van goes from one bed to the other for a fraction of that bill, with family aboard.
If your family lives in Connecticut and your parent lives in Florida, being treated a short drive from your house can matter a great deal. The National Cancer Institute lists one designated cancer center in this state, Yale Cancer Center, and Smilow Cancer Hospital in New Haven is its partner. Hartford Hospital describes itself as a regional referral center, with 867 beds, a Level 1 trauma center and transplant services. Gaylord Specialty Healthcare in Wallingford treats people recovering from stroke, brain injury and spinal cord injury. Once one of them has a bed for your loved one, we can make the drive to the admitting door, and we can drive them back when treatment is over.
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Fort Lauderdale, FL ↔ New Haven1,336 road mi
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Naples, FL ↔ New Haven1,368 road mi
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Tampa, FL ↔ Hartford1,241 road mi
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Orlando, FL ↔ Wallingford1,160 road mi
ACC Medlink has no affiliation with these four, and they're just examples. We'll go to any Connecticut hospital, rehab center, nursing home or house. Miles are measured between city centers.
Connecticut is about 110 miles across, and we go to all of it: the Gold Coast, the Naugatuck Valley, the Litchfield Hills and the towns east of the Thames. A hospital, a nursing home or the family house all work, for pickup or for drop-off. Each example below clears our 200-mile minimum and points to a state where Connecticut families have sent us.
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Hartford ↔ Charlotte, NC742 road mi
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New Haven ↔ Sarasota, FL1,270 road mi
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Stamford ↔ Naples, FL1,331 road mi
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Bridgeport ↔ Baltimore, MD250 road mi
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Waterbury ↔ Pittsburgh, PA441 road mi
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Danbury ↔ Cleveland, OH506 road mi
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New London ↔ Burlington, VT286 road mi
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Torrington ↔ Columbus, OH653 road mi
These trips can run the other way too. Mileage is center of town to center of town, and your own quote comes from the real addresses.
One call and we handle everything, and you'll have a real number today.
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Maybe it's a room at Hartford Hospital and a condo in Fort Lauderdale, or the opposite. Phone us or fill out the quote request with both addresses. You get a single price that same day, and it's the whole cost of the trip.
A case manager at Yale New Haven may have named a discharge day. So may a hospital in Tampa that's sending your mother home to Connecticut. We've worked to dates like that many times, so pass it along and we'll plan the trip backward from it.
Our crew comes to the room, not the curb, and moves your loved one into a real bed on the van. A medical professional is with them until they're settled at the other end. One relative can come along, too.
Stamford to Naples is 1,331 road miles, and the trip north from Naples to Hartford is 1,399. Trips that long carry two drivers who take turns at the wheel, so the van can keep going while your loved one sleeps.
I-95 follows the shore for about 112 miles, from Greenwich through New Haven to North Stonington. I-84 runs about 98 miles across the middle, through Danbury, Waterbury and Hartford. I-91 covers 58 miles from New Haven to the Massachusetts line, then carries on toward Vermont. Trips south have to get around New York City, and so do trips coming north. The van can stay on I-95, or use I-84 past the city to I-81 near Scranton, 135 road miles from Danbury. We pick the route from the traffic and the timing.
Hartford is 101 road miles from Boston and 116 from New York City, and New Haven is 82 from New York. Stamford to Boston is 175, and New Haven to Philadelphia is 174. All of those fall short of our 200-mile minimum, so a local medical transport company will serve you better on those rides. Hartford to Philadelphia just clears it at 207, and Stamford to Baltimore clears it at 226, in either direction. A patient coming to Connecticut from farther off, like Pittsburgh to Waterbury at 441, is exactly what we do.
These storms are usually strongest from November through March. In February 2013, Hamden got 40 inches of snow. The governor closed limited-access highways statewide, and the next day ordered all roads closed except to essential vehicles. The Halloween storm of 2011 left some areas without power for 11 days. Inland towns get more snow: the 1991 to 2020 averages are 51.7 inches a year at Bradley Airport and 33.6 at Bridgeport. If your date falls in winter, leave some room around it, whether your loved one is leaving or on the way north. We follow the forecast and move the trip if the roads aren't safe. CTroads.org, with camera images from the state DOT, shows closures.
Plenty of local drivers prefer the Merritt Parkway to I-95. A tall van like ours has to stay off it, since commercial vehicles and anything 8 feet or taller are barred. That leaves I-95, where the stretch from the New York line to New Haven carries around 150,000 vehicles a day. If your loved one is leaving from Greenwich, Stamford, Norwalk or Bridgeport, or arriving there, the hour matters. We'll tell you honestly when one time of day makes more sense than another.
Census estimates for 2024 show roughly 4,600 people moving from Connecticut to North Carolina and about 2,200 to South Carolina, on top of the Florida numbers. Around 2,600 moved up from North Carolina in the same year. That leaves plenty of grown children in Connecticut with a parent a long way off. Hartford to Myrtle Beach is 781 road miles, and Hartford to Naples is 1,399. We can bring your parent up to you, or take them back when they're ready to go.
Ask your loved one's doctor first. If they need to fly, they should fly. If they're stable, the road has some advantages. Your loved one isn't moved from bed to ambulance to plane to ambulance to bed, because the same van and the same crew make the entire trip. One relative can ride along. New London to The Villages is 1,183 road miles, so it does take a while, but the cost is a fraction of a medical flight.
We give you one figure, and it doesn't grow after you say yes. These six things decide what that figure is, on a run from Danbury to Cleveland or from Tampa to Hartford.
Mileage is the largest piece. Bridgeport to Baltimore, at 250 road miles, costs far less than Hartford to Fort Lauderdale, at 1,381. Per mile, though, the long trip is the better value, because long routes run more efficiently.
A stable patient who mostly needs a bed and someone watching over them is the simplest trip we run. Continuous oxygen or bariatric equipment raises the price.
A medical professional rides on every trip. On a run down to Florida, two drivers share the wheel as well, so the van keeps moving safely while your loved one rests. A shorter trip needs fewer people.
A date we can plan around costs less than a next-day departure. If your date lands in the middle of nor'easter season, tell us early so there's room to shift it. The same goes for a trip north from Florida during hurricane season, June through November.
Hospital loading docks are simple. A walk-up in New Britain or a shoreline cottage with a tight driveway takes more planning. Describe the stairs, the hallways and the parking at both ends.
Oxygen, a specialty mattress and bariatric gear travel only when your loved one's care calls for them. If they don't need it, you don't pay for it.
You pay ACC Medlink directly, by card, check or bank transfer. CareCredit can finance the trip, and we have a discount for veterans.
Reviews from families we've driven, including a trip that started or ended in Connecticut.
“This company is the best! Very courteous and helpful with everything needed. Ty especially to chris! God bless you always. Joan”
“I accompanied my 84 year old mother, who was recovering from 7 breaks in her back from Florida to Connecticut. We were both extremely anxious. From the moment we met the crew Shava, Rod and Jamaica, they were kind, professional and so gentle with my mom. I cannot say enough wonderful things about…”
“The van was extremely comfortable and very spaciou. The team that was with us from Connecticut to North Carolina was very helpful, thoughtful, kind and accommodating. I would recommend this company for any medical transportation necessary short or long.”
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Maybe the bed is at Saint Francis and the new home is in Fort Myers. Maybe it's a hospital in Tampa and a room near you in Hamden. Either way, send us both addresses. We'll give you one price today and then plan the entire trip, bed to bed.
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