Author: airambulances

Level 1 Trauma Centers, Tertiary Care Centers, and Specialty Hospitals.

Pilots are limited to 12 hour shifts and medical crews typically work either 12 or 24 hour shifts.

No. Pilots are charged with the safe and efficient transport of the crew and patient without regard to what is happening " in the back". By isolating pilots from patient involvement, they can make crucial flight decisions without influence.

Helicopters do respond to accident scene when the pre-hospital personnel’s evaluation of the patient/scene meets local air medical transport guidelines.

54% Inter-facility transports (hospital to hospital), 33% Scene response, and 13% Other (organ procurement/transport)

Trauma, medical (seizure, pulmonary, etc) spinal, burn, pediatric, replant, neonate, organ procurement, High risk OB, non-trauma neuro, and cardiac.

Physicians, Nurses, Pre-hospital personnel, Law Enforcement and any other personnel determined by state or local protocols.

There are many but some of the most common are: Nurse/Nurse, Nurse/Paramedic, Nurse/Respiratory Therapist, Nurse/Physician, Paramedic/Paramedic.

Patients are flown by fixed wing for many different reasons. The fixed wing environment differs from the rotor wing environment primarily in that fixed wing travels farther, faster and higher.

Fixed Wing aircraft were the first aircraft used in medEvac transport. A medical section of the Army Air Corps was created as early as June 1, 1925 using converted DeHaviland aircraft. Helicopters did not see use as medical transports until 1944.

The weather minimums for safe flight operations are found within the Federal Aviation Regulations. AAMS recommends that medEvac services, regardless of AAMS membership, follow the CAMTS recommended standards of operation.

"IFR" stands for "Instrument Flight Rules." It refers to a set of rules governing the conduct of flight under weather conditions where navigation by Visual Flight Rules (VFR) is no longer reliable.