Transport Criteria
* Critically ill adult and pediatric patients
* Trauma patients
* Hemodynamically unstable medical or surgical patients
* Patients with indwelling monitoring devices
* Pulmonary patients requiring mechanical ventilation
* Cardiac patients during and post thrombolytic therapy
* Any patient requiring continued cardiac monitoring, IV infusions or blood products
Transport Team
* 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.
* Safe, experienced drivers certified as Emergency Medical Technicians
Ambulances
* International Chassis configured for two patient capibility
* International chassis configured for one patient capibility
* Chevrolet chassis configured for one patient capibility
Service Area
* 100 mile radius from WFUBMC others distances on a case by case basis
* Will also transfer patients from one referring medical facility to another medical facility.
Activation
* Transferring Physician or Registered Nurse may contact AirCare dispatch at 1-800-336-6224 or the Physician's Access Line (PAL) at 1-800-277-7654
Hours of Operation
* 24 hours a day