Medstar LifeFlight

Medstar LifeFlight is the air medical transport program of Medstar Ambulance, a not for profit EMS provider in Michigan. The LifeFlight team moves critically ill and injured patients over long distances by helicopter. Medstar is Michigan's leader in 911 EMS, critical care transport and interfacility transportation.

Every LifeFlight flight carries a nurse paramedic, a paramedic and a skilled pilot. The crew works closely with clinicians at the sending facility. The aim is the highest level of care during transport and an efficient, smooth handover of care at the receiving hospital.

The air service sits beside Medstar's ground critical care units, which handle moves of coronary care and intensive care patients between healthcare facilities. Ground staff have advanced training in managing critically ill patients. They work with IV pumps, ventilators, advanced airway devices, CPAP, BiPAP and a wide range of medications.

Medstar started in 1993, when two local hospitals decided that effective EMS care had outgrown what communities could provide on their own. It is governed by a Board of Directors that includes emergency physicians, nurses, healthcare leaders and community representatives. A Physician Advisory Council works with the board on treatment models.

Medstar serves patients, communities and healthcare facilities across Bay, Clinton, Eaton, Ingham, Genesee, Lapeer, Oakland, Macomb and Wayne counties. It answers more than 255,000 requests for service each year.

Medstar's other services include 911 response, community emergency response, interfacility transport, and wheelchair and ambulatory transport. Its education programs include CPR training, an EMT training course and a paramedic program. The Medstar office is in Clinton Township, Michigan.

Services

• Critical care air medical transport
• LifeFlight helicopter transport
• Ground critical care transport
• 911 response
• Interfacility transport
• Community emergency response
• Wheelchair and ambulatory transport
• CPR training
• EMT training course
• Paramedic program