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Transport Criteria
- Critically ill adult, pediatric, or neonatal patients
- Hemodynamically unstable medical or surgical patients
- Patients with indwelling monitoring devices
- Pulmonary patients with mechanical ventilation
- Cardiac patients during or post thrombolytic therapy
Helicopter
- Twin-engine Eurocopter EC 135, with a normal cruising speed of 145 mph and equipped with instrument flight capability and weather radar
- Medical interior with capacity of up to 2 patients and two crew members.
Crew Configuration
- One Registered Nurse and One Paramedic
- Nurses Requirements-Current NC State License. 5 Years Critical care/ Emergency Room experience. Required Certifications:ACLS, TNCC, PALS, ITLS, NRP, BLS and one or more of the following:CFRN, CCRN, CEN, CTRN
- Paramedics Requirements-Current NC State Certificate. 5 years EMS/ critical care experience. Required Certifications: ACLS, PALS, BLS, ITLS, NRP and be a Nationally Registered Paramedic.
- Pilot Requirements-Commercial Helicopter Certificate with instrument rating. 2000 Hour total flight time. EMS Flight experience preferred.
Service Area
- 150 miles from Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center including areas of North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia
Activation
- Interhospital flights coordinated by the Emergency Department attending physician
- Transferring physician may contact AirCare Dispatch at 1-800-336-6224 or the Physician's Access line (PAL) at 1-800-277-7654
- Trauma, Cardiac and Stroke calls that are activated by Emergency Medical Services can reach us by calling the AirCare Dispatch Line 1-800-336-6224
Hours of Operation
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