Louisiana long distance medical transport to or from any Louisiana parish, from Shreveport down to the Gulf: a real bed, a medical pro aboard, family along.
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Your mother is in a Metairie nursing home and you live in Tampa. Or your brother has been in a Phoenix hospital and the family wants him back in Lafayette. We drive both of those trips, and the far end can be a house as easily as a hospital. Our recent Louisiana trips have headed out to Florida, Arizona and Arkansas, and they've come in from North Carolina, Missouri and Arkansas. New Orleans to Tampa is 657 road miles, and Shreveport to Phoenix is 1,251. That's a very long time for someone who can't sit up. With us, your loved one lies in a real bed the whole way, with a medical professional aboard and a family member close by.
Nationwide Long Distance Medical Transport
To and from Louisiana, state to state, bed to bed
A trip out may make sense when:
Pickup could be a hospital room on Canal Street, a rehab center in Alexandria or a house along Bayou Lafourche. The trip ends at the next bed, anywhere in the lower 48.
A trip in may make sense when:
Start from any bedside in the lower 48. We finish at their bed in Louisiana, whether that's a hospital on Jefferson Highway, a nursing home in Bossier City or a house on a gravel road in St. Landry Parish.
Every trip gets a Mercedes Sprinter, a real bed and a medical professional, whether it's rolling east on I-10 toward Florida or coming south down I-55 from Missouri. Not sure what your loved one needs? Tell us what the doctor or case manager said, and we'll help you sort it out.
One end of the trip is in Louisiana and the other is over a state line. Lake Charles to Kansas City is 742 road miles, and Monroe to St. Louis is 521. Our crew stays with your loved one from the first bed to the last, and the trip works the same in reverse.
Lafayette and Orlando are 750 road miles apart, with the 18-mile bridge across the Atchafalaya Basin at the Louisiana end. If your loved one can't sit up for that, they don't have to. They lie on a memory-foam mattress in a real bed, not on a gurney in an empty van.
Maybe your grandmother in Thibodaux can't live alone anymore and you have a room for her in Charlotte. Maybe your dad in Little Rock wants to be near the grandkids in Baton Rouge. Our crews work with dementia and anxiety every week, so nobody hurries your parent out the door.
Home could be a house on the bayou in Terrebonne Parish, the Gentilly street where they raised their kids, or a daughter's place in Arkansas. When time is short, we keep the whole trip about comfort, in either direction, and we work directly with the hospice team.
Moving a larger patient between Shreveport and Phoenix, 1,251 road miles, shouldn't depend on who happens to be around to help lift. We bring a purpose-equipped vehicle, a lift and stretcher rated for bariatric patients and a trained crew, so your loved one is moved safely and with dignity at both doors.
Has someone quoted you a medical flight to or from New Orleans or Baton Rouge? If your loved one is stable, the road can do the same job for a fraction of that bill. Family rides along, and there's no airport transfer at either end. If the doctor says fly, fly.
Ochsner says it cared for patients from every state and 63 countries in 2024, and its Transplant Institute on Jefferson Highway covers heart, kidney, liver and lung. UMC New Orleans, on Canal Street, says it holds the highest national designations for trauma, burn and stroke care, so a patient from another state may end up there and later need a way home. Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center is on Essen Lane in Baton Rouge, with locations across Louisiana and southwest Mississippi. Willis Knighton Cancer Center in Shreveport says it runs Louisiana's only proton therapy clinic. If your loved one can't fly or ride in a car, we bring them to the admitting door and back home after discharge.
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St. Louis, MO ↔ New Orleans678 road mi
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Charlotte, NC ↔ New Orleans713 road mi
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Little Rock, AR ↔ Baton Rouge342 road mi
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Springfield, MO ↔ Shreveport421 road mi
We aren't affiliated with any of these four, and they're only examples. We'll drive to or from any Louisiana hospital, cancer center, rehab facility or home. Road miles run between city centers.
We go to hospitals, rehab centers, nursing homes and family houses anywhere in the state, and we run both directions. Getting from one end of Louisiana to the other takes longer than people expect. New Orleans to Shreveport is 327 road miles, and Houma to Shreveport is 313. No interstate links Lake Charles and Monroe. US-165 does most of that job, and at 193 road miles the drive falls just under our minimum. Out-of-state trips are where the miles really add up: Houma to Charlotte is 767.
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New Orleans ↔ Tampa, FL657 road mi
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Baton Rouge ↔ Little Rock, AR342 road mi
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Shreveport ↔ Phoenix, AZ1,251 road mi
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Lafayette ↔ Orlando, FL750 road mi
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Lake Charles ↔ Kansas City, MO742 road mi
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Monroe ↔ St. Louis, MO521 road mi
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Alexandria ↔ Fayetteville, AR443 road mi
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Houma ↔ Charlotte, NC767 road mi
Each of these runs the opposite way too. Mileage is city center to city center, and your quote comes from your two actual addresses.
One call and we handle everything, and you'll have a real number today.
“The service ACC Medlink provided was fantastic. My spouse had a back injury while visiting in New Jersey and was unable to sit up to fly back home.”
Call or send a quote request and tell us where your loved one is and where they're going: a rehab bed in Baton Rouge and an apartment in Little Rock, say, or the reverse. That same day, you'll have one price for the whole trip.
The case manager at a Lafayette hospital may need the bed back by Friday, or a hospital in St. Louis may be sending your dad home to Monroe. Give us the date. We plan around deadlines like these all the time.
The crew comes up to the room, not just to the curb, and settles your loved one into a real bed on the van. A medical professional stays with them for the entire drive. One family member rides along, with a seat and a bed to rest on.
Houma and Charlotte are 767 road miles apart. On a haul like that, in either direction, two drivers trade off so the van keeps rolling while your loved one sleeps. When you arrive, the crew gets them settled into the next bed.
NOAA puts the Atlantic peak around September 10. Laura came ashore near Cameron on August 27, 2020. Delta landed about 12 miles from there six weeks later. Ida hit near Port Fourchon on August 29, 2021, and all of New Orleans lost power. If your date falls in late summer or fall, coming in or going out, call us early. Ask about going sooner or later when something shows up in the forecast.
Louisiana's contraflow plans can reverse traffic on I-10, I-12, I-55, I-59 and the Causeway around New Orleans, on I-49 out of Lafayette, and on I-10 and I-210 at Lake Charles. That changes which roads a trip can use. A long trip takes planning, so don't wait for an evacuation order to call us. If a facility is evacuating, its own plan comes first. Once things settle, we can bring your loved one home.
I-10 runs about 274 miles across the state, from the Texas line at Orange to the Mississippi line past Slidell. Along the way it crosses the 18-mile Atchafalaya Basin Bridge between Lafayette and Baton Rouge, the Horace Wilkinson Bridge over the Mississippi, and the 11-mile Bonnet Carré Spillway Bridge west of New Orleans. Wrecks happen near the basin's two river crossings, where the bridge is narrow and has no shoulders. Few people live out there, and US-190 is the detour if I-10 has to close.
I-49 runs from Lafayette through Alexandria to Shreveport, then north toward Texarkana. I-20 crosses north Louisiana from the Texas line through Shreveport, Ruston and Monroe to the Vicksburg Bridge. I-55 starts at LaPlace, rides the 23-mile Manchac Swamp Bridge toward Hammond and heads north through Jackson, Memphis and St. Louis. I-12 lets a trip between Baton Rouge and Slidell skip New Orleans, saving about 22 miles.
After Katrina in 2005, Houston, Dallas and Atlanta were among the main places displaced New Orleans families went. So the call may come from either side. A son in Houston wants to bring Mom to him, or Mom wants to go back to her own neighborhood. Houston to New Orleans is 348 road miles. Either way, she lies flat in a real bed, and one of you can ride beside her.
If a doctor sends your loved one to MD Anderson or another Texas Medical Center hospital, the distance decides whether we're the right fit. New Orleans is 348 road miles from Houston, Baton Rouge is 270, Shreveport is 238 and Lafayette is 218. Lake Charles is only 144, which is under our minimum, so a local service will suit you better from there. The miles are the same on the ride home.
You get one price for the full trip, and that's what you pay once you approve it. A raised house in Lafourche Parish and a Canal Street hospital are different jobs, so here's what moves the number up or down.
Miles move the price more than anything else, and our floor is 200. New Orleans to Baton Rouge, at 81, and Shreveport to Monroe, at 99, don't make it. New Orleans to Lake Charles, at 206, does. Long routes are more efficient to run, so a 1,000-mile trip won't run five times the price of a 200-mile one.
A stable patient who needs a bed and someone keeping watch costs less to move. Continuous oxygen, or a bariatric lift and stretcher, adds to the price. We'll quote from what the nurse told you.
Every trip carries a medical professional. Long ones add a second driver, so the van can keep moving through the night. More hours on the road means more crew on the trip.
Having time to plan costs less than needing a van tomorrow. During hurricane season, give us your date early and keep a little room on either side of it.
A hospital loading dock is simple. A house raised on piers with a long staircase takes more planning, and so does a narrow bayou road. Describe the steps, the doorways and the way in at both ends.
Oxygen, a specialty mattress or bariatric gear rides along when your loved one needs it. If they don't need it, it isn't part of your trip or your price.
Your family pays ACC Medlink directly by card, check or bank transfer. CareCredit financing and veteran discounts are both available.
Recent reviews from families we've driven across the lower 48.
“Awesome crew!!! They were so kind and caring and so attentive and wonderful!!! Thank you so much. I left a Google review as well.”
“Erik was courteous, professional, and prompt with responses and updates. All three crew members were so kind to my parents and treated them with respect and compassion. I appreciated their wonderful care and would highly recommend them and ACC to others in similar situations. It’s incredibly…”
“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.”
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Your mother may be in a Houma hospital while you're in Charlotte. Or a bed may be waiting at Ochsner while your dad is in St. Louis. Start with the two addresses. We'll give you one price today and plan the whole drive, bed to bed.
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