Long Distance Ambulance Service, Scheduled & Non-Emergency
Yes, there are companies that run ambulance-level trips across the country. Not lights and sirens: a real bed, medical care aboard, and our own crew driving your loved one anywhere in the 48 lower states.
- ✓ Medical pro on board, entire trip
- ✓ One price for everything, agreed up front
- ✓ Family rides along
Answered 24/7 by our team, not a call center.
Is this an emergency? Then it’s 911, not us.
If someone is in danger right now (chest pain, a fall, trouble breathing) stop reading and call 911.
Local emergency ambulances exist for exactly that, and nothing replaces them.
We are the other kind of ambulance service: scheduled, non-emergency, long-distance. We move stable patients 200 miles or more (state to state, coast to coast) with medical care aboard the entire trip.
If your real question is “how do I move my mother, or my patient, across the country when she can’t sit in a car or board a plane?”, you’re in exactly the right place. Keep reading.
What is a long distance ambulance service?
A long distance ambulance service moves a medically fragile patient hundreds or thousands of miles by road in a medically equipped vehicle: scheduled in advance, staffed by a medical professional, bed to bed from one door to the other. It carries the same care ethos as an ambulance, without the emergency response. Families who book one themselves often call it a private ambulance for a long trip.
Inside is what you’d hope for: a real bed on a memory-foam mattress, oxygen aboard, medications given on schedule, and a medical professional beside the bed for the whole trip, not just at pickup. Two drivers rotate so the vehicle keeps moving safely while your loved one sleeps.
And none of the billing chaos you may remember from an emergency ride. You get one quote before the trip, you approve it, and that’s the price. No surprise pages of line items afterward.
Families who made this exact trip
2,500+ five-star reviews from families we've transported. A few from trips like yours.
families we've transported
“Everything was exceptional. There was a delayed in take off, but for good reasons. The only problem l had was the answsering service at night could not connect me with the crew or give an answer to where the Crew was. The Crew was very professional. The ride was comfortable. Our meals were paid…”
“Dinner and breakfast were great. I felt my husband was well cared for. Michael handled the situation of not having a facility to bring him to very well by having an ambulance meet us and take us to the hospital.”
“Regina, Jeff and Joe took wonderful care of my mom from Florida to Maryland. Sent message and photo of my mom when they began the trip and sent updates on their expected ETA. Curtis arranged the transportation schedule to meet the Maryland's facility admissions requirement times, which required the…”
“ACC Medlink was fabulous start to finish. We needed to transport my elderly mother from a hospital Memphis TN to NC. My 83 year old dad initiated the process and they were very patient with him. Ultimately I worked with them to finalize all the details. Getting mom discharged and here was not…”
“These guys picked up a resident from our facility they were so nice, caring, and ready to deliver great customer service. Highly recommended. Professional and courteous service.”
“I am so very grateful for the crew taking such good care of my Dad. He is 84, has dementia, and is in extremely poor physical condition after several days in hospital. It was a very long ride for him but I had to get him to his ALF for the care he needs. I was given regular updates and they were…”
What a 900-mile ambulance-style trip actually feels like
- Monday
You call once. Our coordinator talks directly with the hospital’s discharge planner: records, medication schedule, oxygen needs, the receiving address. By the end of the day you have a quote in hand.
- Wednesday, 8:00 a.m.
The team arrives at the room, not the curb. They move your father onto the bed in the van themselves; you don’t lift anything. You climb in too, to a seat right beside him, with a bed to rest on when you need it.
- Wednesday, all day
The medical professional checks on him, keeps his medications on time, adjusts the bed when he wants to sit up for lunch. He naps. You watch the miles go by instead of white-knuckling them yourself.
- Thursday morning
The drivers rotated overnight while he slept in a bed. The van pulls into the driveway, the team settles him into his own room, and hands off exactly the way they received him: bed to bed.
How a long distance ambulance trip works
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Call us once
Tell us the two addresses and the travel date. You’ll have a same-day quote. The quote you approve is the price you pay.
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We plan everything
Our coordinator handles records, medication orders, oxygen, and timing with the hospital or facility. Discharge deadlines are normal for us.
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Bed to bed, door to door
Our own crew and vehicle carry the whole trip. They handle every lift and settle your loved one into bed at the other end. More on what bed-to-bed transport includes.
“Totally professional! Made moving my 100 year old mother 380 miles problem-free.”
One company drives the whole trip, not whoever bid cheapest
Search “long distance ambulance service” and many results are dispatch desks: they take your booking, then farm the trip out to whoever answers. You find out who’s actually caring for your mother when the vehicle shows up.
We own our fleet of Mercedes Sprinters (among the most spacious vans on the road), and every person on your trip is part of our own team: the coordinator, the two rotating drivers, and the medical professional beside the bed. One company, one standard, fully licensed, over ten million patient miles since 2010.
- 200-mile minimum, no upper limitAny of the 48 lower states.
- Family rides alongWith a real seat and a bed to rest on, right beside the patient.
- CareCredit financing availablePlus veteran discounts.
Compare ACC Medlink to the competition
How our Sprinters stack up against the vehicles other services send.
| ACC MedlinkMercedes Sprinter | Competitor Minivan Services |
Competitor RV Services |
|---|---|---|
| Two professional drivers & a medical professionalMedical attendants can stand and properly care for the patient en route | Two drivers onlyTight space, no headroom No room for proper care |
Medic and two driversNo way to load a stretcher onto an RV No room for proper care |
| Our own Mercedes Sprinter fleetNationwide fleet, expertly maintained Fully licensed |
Questionable safety recordQuestionable maintenance record | Structure not built for passengersQuestionable maintenance record No crash-safety standards required |
| Real beds with memory-foam mattressesA real bed, not a reclined seat | Thin plastic mattress | Hospital-type bed |
| Custom bedside commodeDignified access, no transfers | Bedpan only | Small ambulatory bathroomNot ideal for patient transfer |
| Low-emission vehiclesBlueTEC SCR technology Complies with strict EPA/CARB standards |
Not low-emission | Not low-emission |
Long distance ambulance questions
Don't see yours? Call. A real person on our team answers, day or night.
Is this an ambulance like 911 sends?
How much does a long distance ambulance service cost?
How far can you go?
Can family ride along?
How fast can you schedule a trip?
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Two addresses. One phone call. Done.
Tell us where your loved one is and where they need to be (home, family, or a facility). You’ll have a real number today, and we handle everything between.
2,500+ reviews10M+ patient milesSince 2010