We also provide specialized medical staff when needed. For example, when a patient requires a respirator or ventilator, a Respiratory Therapist is required to operate such a device on board the flight. Physicians may also be available upon request, at additional fees for life flight jets.
Emergency Air Ambulance employs highly skilled and successful medical personnel that are dedicated to the providing excellent standards of care. Our aero-medically trained, multi-lingual staff consist of : ICU-CCU Certified Registered Flight Nurses, Advanced Life Support Critical Care Flight Paramedics, Flight Respiratory Therapists, ICU neonatal and pediatric Flight Nurses, Board Certified Emergency Medicine Flight Physicians, Cardiologists, Neurologists, Orthopedists. We utilize four levels of medical staffing to provide each patient with the most appropriate and cost efficient patient transportation ambulances care.
As part of training, our patient transportation escort crews must demonstrate air ambulance knowledge, performance, and skills to preceptors. All air ambulance team members meet the following requirements:bAt least five years experience in critical care,bTraining in flight physiology, ACLS, and critical care medicine, Current certification in ACLS, ATLS, PALS, and/or NALS, Each patient transportation escort specialist has successfully completed a American Department of Transportation Air Medical Crew-Advanced National Standard Curriculum or its equivalent which has been approved by our medical director. Courses include general topics, patient assessment, flight safety, and management appropriate to the patient in the airborne environment.
There are hundreds of transportation air ambulances programs and thousands of aircraft involved in EMS transport. transportation air ambulances can range from simply accompanying a patient on an intra-hospital transfer. This very wide range of geographic and care requirements makes the user dependent upon industry standards to aid in the educated selection of an EMS service.