Emory Flight: Emory Healthcare's air medical transportation service

Emory Flight is Emory Healthcare System's air medical transportation service that is owned and operated by Air Methods Corporation / LifeNet. Any hospital or EMS agency can utilize Emory Flight to transfer critically ill patients to a medical facility that provides optimal care for their injuries or illness.

Emory Flight operates three helicopters to effectively cover the majority of Georgia as well as parts of Alabama, North Carolina, and South Carolina. By serving the state with multiple strategically placed helicopters, we are improving the odds in the race against time during the "The Golden Hour". Emory Flight is the only air medical transport provider in the state of Georgia that is accredited by CAMTS (Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems).

The three bases are located in Griffin, Jefferson, and Cartersville Georgia. Because Emory Flight is not hospital-based it has the ability to transfer patients to the destination that will best treat the patient's specific needs.

About Emory Flight

Emory Flight is an advanced life support air medical transport service designed to work with area Hospitals, EMS agencies, Fire services, and various other Public Safety Services. Our mission is to expedite the availability of advanced life support and definitive care by air support of the critically ill or injured patient to the appropriate facility based on patient needs. The flight service saves lives through the skills of professional flight crews working in conjunction with your EMS service or hospital when distance, location, or road conditions could delay transport or endanger a patient's condition. Emory Flight simply puts time on the patient's side. The flight service area of Emory Flight is a 150-mile radius of each base plus the capability to transport a patient an additional 150-miles to their destination. To learn more about Emory Flight please go to their web site: www.emoryflight.com.

Mission Capability

Emory Flight can be of service to critical patients who may have any of the following injuries:

• Multiple system trauma
• Head and spinal cord injuries
• Severe Burns
• Motor vehicle crashes
• Industrial accidents
• Traumatic amputations
• Cardiac and respiratory emergencies
• Critically ill pediatrics
• Disasters
• Hospital to hospital transfers

Advantages of Air Medical Transport

The advantage of transporting your patients by Emory Flight include:

• Time saved vs. ground transport reduces patients out of hospital time
• Rapid transportation to tertiary care centers decreases morbidity and mortality
• Keeps local ground ambulances available for emergency calls within their communities
• Ability to provide your patients with Rapid Sequence Induction for difficult airway control
• Our critical care staff maintains the level of care your facility has initiated without utilizing your staff and equipment to their final destination
• Ability to monitor invasive lines (i.e., Swan-Ganz lines, Arterial lines)

When to Call

The decision to call for air medical transport is based not only on the patient's condition but also the accessibility to the scene or hospital facilities. Emory Flight's Communications Specialist will gain acceptance at the closest, appropriate facility for all prehospital scene calls.

Life-Comm flight dispatch: 1-888-763-1010