Air Ambulance

A specialized, highly technical level of health care that includes diagnosis and treatment of disease and disability in sophisticated, large research and teaching hospitals serving a large geographic region.

A medical caregiver with ALS (advanced life support) level training.

The rate and extent of disease.

Medical care provided en-route between two medical facilities, usually between a local community hospital and a regional trauma center or other specialty center.

Helicopter air ambulance providing emergency medical services.

A medical caregiver with BLS level training.

An arrangement of medical, public health, and public safety resources to prevent occurrences of emergency illness and injury and to mitigate the impact of such occurrences which can’t be prevented. May be local, regional, state, or national.

A ground ambulance providing a level of medical care higher than ALS, staffed with specially trained nurses and paramedics.

The most basic level of medical care provided in an ambulance, usually by First Responders and EMT’s.

A more advanced level of medical care provided in an ambulance, usually by paramedics.

Maintaining the resources necessary to respond with an air ambulance to an emergency is a complex and costly undertaking, much like that of fire departments and hospital emergency departments.

The care of these neonates, premature infants, and young children is another primary use of Air Ambulance and Medical Flights, with the speed and higher level of care provided en route by an air medical team.