![]() ![]() ![]() Should the Traveler have a medical condition which in Redpoint’s sole discretion (i) requires emergency medical care to avoid death or serious and permanent impairment to the Traveler’s health, and/or (ii) requires Hospitalization, AND (iii) is unable to obtain transportation to a medical facility Redpoint will provide, arrange and pay for Rescue Services to a hospital, clinic or other medical facility, using air, ground or marine transport. Please read your specific policy and any additional limitations or exclusions): Rescue Services. Relevant Policy Language: (For illustration purposes only. She was administered pain medication and ultimately cleared for air travel back home. The X-rays, CT scans and other tests reviewed by physicians revealed no fractures or neurological injury. There, she was met by Redpoint operations staff dispatched from its Johannesburg office to assist with her care and coordinate communication between Namibian doctors and Stanford-affiliated Redpoint physicians in the U.S. After a preliminary exam by the flying doctor upon arrival, she was airlifted to a state-of-the-art hospital in Windhoek. Redpoint was contacted from a remote ranch in Namibia after a client fell from a horse and immediately launched a medically staffed helicopter to location of the accident. Subject to the conditions, exclusions, and limitations of this Agreement, Redpoint will provide, arrange and pay all ordinary and necessary expenses for air and/ or surface transportation to a Traveler’s Home Country Hospital of Choice for a Traveler who is Hospitalized. Please read your specific policy and any additional limitations or exclusions): Medical Transportation Services. Ripcord, our most comprehensive program, includes rescue services and will transport you home from your location of injury, not only from a medical facility. ![]() Cavalryprovides evacuation services home when you’re hospitalized. Harbor will transport you to a medical facility when an attending physician deems it a medical necessity. Redpoint’s programs have varying levels of evacuation and rescue services. Throughout her transport, she was accompanied by Redpoint paramedics who followed her treatment, and escorted her on every flight, providing medical and travel assistance until she was ultimately home. Redpoint was contacted and arranged for her transport via inflatable raft to Assumption Island, near the Tanzanian coast, and a flight from there via fixed-wing aircraft to a world-class hospital in Nairobi, Kenya. What do you do when you’re hurt on a trip, with no or limited access to medical facilities? Redpoint’s Evacuation and Rescue services can arrange to get you, and get you help.Ī Redpoint client fractured her femur aboard a boat off the shore of East Africa. ![]()
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