Non-Emergency Medical Transportation in Bridgeview, IL

Few suburbs sit as neatly between two major trauma programs as Bridgeview. Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn is a short drive southeast. Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, a Level I trauma center with one of the state's largest burn programs, is north along Harlem Avenue and the Tri-State. Serious injuries from this part of Cook County usually end up at one or the other.

The emergency part is the ambulance's job. Our part starts afterward. A patient who spent two weeks at Loyola may go home with a dressing schedule, a hand therapy plan and a clinic visit every few days, all in Maywood. A patient discharged from Christ may have a surgical follow-up in Oak Lawn and outpatient therapy somewhere else. Each of those is a round trip, and each one needs the right vehicle.

We handle that phase. Early on, when a rider can barely sit up, the trip goes by stretcher with a two-person crew. As strength returns, it moves to a wheelchair van and then to an ordinary car with door-to-door help. The schedule stays the same; only the vehicle changes.

Veterans in Bridgeview have one more destination on the same corridor: the Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital sits beside the Loyola campus. We drive there often, and the return is timed to when the appointment actually ends. Because Bridgeview is close to both the Tri-State and Harlem Avenue, the drive to Maywood is usually manageable, though afternoon traffic can stretch it. We build that into the pickup time so a clinic slot is not missed, and we tell you up front what the return leg will cost.