Collier County MedFlight

Collier County MedFlight is a government helicopter ambulance service based at Naples Municipal Airport in Florida. It serves Collier County, covering over 2,000 square miles. The service also provides mutual aid response to neighboring counties. MedFlight mainly responds to emergencies on scene, with over 90 percent of missions involving on-scene calls that aid ground units in moving patients from rural locations to hospitals.

The service operates primarily as a pre-hospital MEDEVAC care provider. It assists with patient transport to both local and non-local area hospitals. MedFlight also transfers patients between hospitals, such as moving patients from tertiary care facilities to specialty centers, burn units, or trauma centers.

Collier County MedFlight operates one Airbus Helicopters EC135 aircraft. This helicopter allows for advanced life support care and carries a skilled flight paramedic team focused on adult advanced life support. The flight medics provide highly trained medical care during transport.

The program has been serving the community for over 50 years. It has received accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems (CAMTS), with the most recent award on June 2, 2024. This reaffirms the quality of its operational and medical standards.

MedFlight covers emergency medical responses throughout Collier County and has specific responsibilities along major highways including I-75 east of the toll plaza to the Miami-Dade line. The service is integrated with local ground emergency teams and offers critical patient care during both day and night operations.

The service emphasizes safety and operational capability. The Airbus EC135 is equipped with wire strike protection, active weather radar, and a four-axis autopilot system. Pilots hold FAA instrument certificates and medics have certifications including BLS, ACLS, PALS, and PHTLS. The use of night vision goggles supports safe night operations.

Collier County MedFlight’s website provides further information about its team, aircraft, and available services. The county continues to support and operate this vital emergency medical service to the community it serves.

Services

• Emergency Scene Response
• Patient Transport
• Inter-Hospital Transfers
• Advanced Life Support
• Pre-Hospital MEDEVAC
• Mutual Aid Response
• Night Flight Operations
• Rural Area Medical Evacuation
• Specialty Hospital Transfers
• Flight Paramedic Care