The most common form of transport over long distances medical transportation is in medical grounds that the patient is transported by car. Patients in stable condition and able to breathe without mechanical intervention are well placed to benefit from these services. The other major form of long-distance medical air transportation. Air transport contributes many of the same precautions, such as ground. Patients who are less stable or may exclude air pressure needed.

There are three traditional activities logged Going patient should be transported upwards from the bottom. The lowest patient must be treated as an outpatient. These patients are able to transport the vehicle on foot and are very good candidates for air travel. The next step would be too confined to a wheelchair. These patients are able to sit for the duration of transport.