Medical Evacuation definition
Examples of Medical Evacuation in a sentence
If You incur a covered Injury or Sickness on Your Trip and a treating Physician certifies that You are not Medically Fit to Travel to Your Return Destination on Your Scheduled Return Date, the Medical Evacuation and Repatriation benefit will be automatically extended until You are Medically Fit to Travel and transported to Your Primary Residence or You reached the Maximum Benefit Amount shown in the Schedule of Benefits.
If the local attending Physician cannot adequately assess Your need for Emergency Medical Evacuation or transportation, and a Physician is dispatched to make such assessment, benefits will be paid for the travel expenses incurred and medical services provided by the dispatched Physician.
Scheduled care that is not considered an emergency will not be covered by the Emergency Medical Evacuation benefit.
Following an Emergency Medical Evacuation or a covered Injury or Sickness, We will pay for Medical Evacuation expenses to return You to Your point of origin, Your Primary Residence, or to a Hospital or medical facility closest to Your Primary Residence capable of providing continued treatment.