2011 Fly Guide

• Community Hospital Fly Guide
• First Responder Fly Guide
• Paramedic Fly Guide
• 911 Dispatch Fly Guide

• Part 1
• Part 2
• Part 3
• Part 4

The following medical situations, among others, may require transport via Air Care's critical care service to the nearest appropriate medical facility:

• Patients in severe cardiac or pulmonary crisis
• Multiple trauma
• Spinal cord injury
• High-risk pregnancies
• High-risk pediatric patients
• Children with life-threatening illnesses or injuries
• Limb reattachment or amputation
• Severe burns
  

Consideration should be given to the mechanism of injury; time and ease with which the patient was accessed; as well as, time and distance required for the patient transport. Trauma victims need to be delivered to the regional trauma center as soon as practicable. Patients with critical injuries resulting in unstable vital signs require the fastest, most direct route of transport to a regional care center availing specialized/specialty equipment and personnel.

Emergency personnel should use established procedures to stabilize victims of severe injury or illness until Air Care arrives at the accident or incident scene. For hospital-to-hospital transfers, the patient's medical records should be prepared for the Air Care team when they arrive. Before, during and after Air Care transport, the Air Care team is available for assistance and consultation. During the flight, the airborne critical care staff is in constant contact with the receiving hospital to assure a swift, smooth transition to the next phase of patient care.