Air Evac Lifeteam is a subsidiary of American medical transportation holding company Global Medical Response, based in
Lewisville, Texas. Membership is not required to receive service but in some cases, though not all, it may reduce or eliminate charges billed to the patient for transportation service.
Clinical care Critical care air medical transport in general has the advantage of providing advanced care prior to and during transport at a level otherwise available only in regional emergency and critical care units. Air Evac provides emergency medical/critical care to patients in the field and interfacility setting. Each Air Evac medical flight crew is composed of a
paramedic and a
nurse. The paramedic/nurse configuration combines two fields with complementary skills and experience. The pre-hospital background of the paramedic complements the critical care experience of the nurse. Crews provide advanced skills such as:
Rapid sequence intubation,
Balloon Pump management and transport,
ventilator management,
radiological and
EKG interpretation,
fibrinolytics,
surgical and
needle cricothyrotomies,
pleural decompression, and arterial/invasive monitoring.
Staff Medical Air Evac employs more than 600 flight nurses and 600 flight paramedics who serve on its medical flight crews, with one nurse and one paramedic serving on each mission. Paramedics and nurses are required to have a minimum of 3 years critical care experience,
Pilots Air Evac's pilots are required to be
instrument rated and receive air medical training under its proprietary
Federal Aviation Administration-approved program. Each is required to undergo an 18-day course covering operational and procedural instruction, as well as aircraft and mission-specific training (flying at night and landing on unimproved rural terrain, such as pastures and fields and roadways) in both helicopter models operated by the company. Base assignment requires rigorous local flight orientation training to become an authority on local terrain, hospitals and landmarks. Recurring training includes an annual Part 135/NVG check-ride. == Aircraft ==