Mercyhealth REACT

Mercyhealth REACT is the helicopter programme of Mercyhealth, based in Rockford, Illinois. It is a hospital programme. It flies critically ill and injured patients across northern Illinois, southern Wisconsin and eastern Iowa, 24 hours a day, every day of the week.

Services

REACT provides helicopter transport medicine when time, special skills or special resources matter to a patient's outcome. Referring facilities arrange transport with one call to the Mercyhealth RockCom Communication Center. The site says REACT crews can be on their way within minutes.

REACT carries packed red blood cells and plasma on all critical care transports, by air and ground.

Crew and who it is for

On board are a pilot, a critical care flight nurse and a critical care flight paramedic. A board certified emergency medicine doctor leads the medical crew. The crew is trained to care for critically ill or injured patients, including mothers with high risk pregnancies and children, from newborns to adults.

The site says REACT is a division of the Mercyhealth Prehospital and Emergency Services Center, so it has access to medical technology, medical direction and simulation training. The programme visits public events and offers hangar tours. It cannot attend school, daycare, church or scouting events, and suggests a hangar tour instead.

Facts

• Type: hospital programme of Mercyhealth
• Part of the Mercyhealth Prehospital and Emergency Services Center
• Linked to two trauma centers: Javon Bea Hospital-Riverside and Mercyhealth Hospital and Trauma Center in Janesville, Wisconsin
• Hangar tours are offered at Mercyhealth Hospital-Rockton Avenue in Rockford