MU Health Care Air Medical Services

MU Health Care Air Medical Service is the helicopter programme of University of Missouri Health Care. It flies from four bases in mid Missouri. It is a hospital programme, run with two partners, Med-Trans Corporation and Air Evac EMS.

Services

The service moves critically ill and injured patients of all ages. It works with police, fire crews, EMS teams and hospitals. Most patients go to a hospital in mid Missouri, but some go to Springfield, Kansas City or St. Louis. The Children’s Hospital Critical Care Transport Service handles newborn and child medical transports.

Bases and aircraft

• Moberly (MU 1): an Airbus H135P3+ twin engine helicopter, the main aircraft for specialty flights
• Osage Beach (MU 2): a Bell 407GX, serving the Lake of the Ozarks area
• Sedalia (MU 3): a Bell 407, serving rural Pettis County and nearby counties
• Kirksville (MU 4): a Bell 407, serving north Missouri and southern Iowa

Who runs it

MU Health Care gives medical control. The site names a trauma and critical care surgeon as medical director. Since 2024 Air Evac EMS holds the FAA Part 135 certificate for all four bases and handles aviation, maintenance and billing.

The programme was called Staff for Life Helicopter Service from 1982 until it was renamed in 2019.

Facts

• Type: hospital programme of MU Health Care
• Coverage: Missouri, western Illinois and southern Iowa
• Accreditation: CAMTS, as stated on the site
• Takes part in the AirMedCare Network membership programme