What are Night Vision Goggles?
What is Auto Acceptance?
How does LIFESTAR insure patient safety?
Which type of helicopters does LIFESTAR use?
How do I get a job with LIFESTAR?
Q. What is Auto Acceptance?
A. The Auto Acceptance system offers the referring facility and physician a true “One call does it all” option to arrange your patient bed placement, physician acceptance and emergency aeromedical transportation.
Q. How does LIFESTAR insure patient safety?
A. Patients of the helicopter emergency medical services can expect excellent patient-centered care and safety from its flight paramedic and flight nurse teams. LIFESTAR employs well-trained and experienced paramedics, nurses and pilots as well as mechanics that are experts on the Bell 430s. Each medical crew consists of a registered nurse and paramedic that are trained in flight physiology, scene skills and advanced medical techniques.
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Q. Which type of helicopters does LIFESTAR use?
A. LIFESTAR’s emergency medical helicopters, including two Bell 430s, allow for faster travel between its bases and the accident scene, increasing a patient’s chance of survival. The program features two Bell 430 helicopters, which are medium twins capable of two-patient transport in most weather conditions. Each of the aircraft has cruise speeds of approximately 165 miles per hour. In addition, such things as oxygen, medications, intravenous fluids, emergency release blood and special-needs equipment all are on board. The medical team may also perform 12 lead electrocardiograms (ECGs) and/or analyze blood chemistries in flight. The fleet also has a Bell 206 L4 and Bell 407.
Q. How do I get a job with LIFESTAR?
A. LIFESTAR employs well-trained and experienced paramedics, nurses and pilots as well as mechanics that are experts on the Bell 430s. Each medical crew consists of a registered nurse and paramedic that are trained in flight physiology, scene skills and advanced medical techniques.
Flight paramedics and nurses require experience and training in the emergency field. Click here to read the employment requirements that make the LIFESTAR team excellent in patient care and transport.
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