Team Configurations

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Patient transport capability:

  • Critical care
  • Advanced & basic  life support
  • Adult, pediatric & neonatal
  • Intra Aortic Balloon Pump (IABP)
  • Inhaled Nitric Oxide (INO)

MedFlight personnel:

  • 6 Physicians (MD or DO)
  • 14 Critical Care Registered Nurses (RN)
  • 8 Registered Respiratory Therapists (RRT)
  • 3 Paramedics (EMT-P)
  • Certified Clinical Perfusionists (CCP)

Medical crew configuration options:

  • MD / RN / RRT
  • MD / RN / RRT / CCP
  • RN / RRT / CCP
  • RN / RRT
  • RN / EMT-P

Certifications (All personnel hold the following credentials):

  • Basic Life Support (BLS)
  • Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
  • Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
  • International Trauma Life Support (ITLS) or Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC)
  • Advanced Trauma Skills Lab

Additionally, our nursing staff caring for adult patients hold one of the following certifications:

  • Critical Care Nursing Certification (CCRN)
  • Certified Emergency Nurse (CEN)
  • Certified Flight Registered Nurse (CFRN)

Neonatal team certifications:

  • Certified Neonatal Pediatric Transport (C-NPT)
  • Neonatal Pediatric Specialist (RRT-NPS)
  • Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP)
  • S.T.A.B.L.E.   S.T.A.B.L.E. is the most widely distributed and implemented neonatal education program to focus exclusively on the post-resuscitation/pre-transport stabilization care of sick infants. Based on a mnemonic to optimize learning, retention and recall of information, S.T.A.B.L.E. stands for the six assessment and care modules in the program: Sugar, Temperature, Airway, Blood pressure, Lab work, and Emotional support. A seventh module, Quality Improvement stresses the professional responsibility of improving and evaluating care provided to sick infants.
  • S.T.A.B.L.E. – Cardiac Module   The S.T.A.B.L.E. – Cardiac Module provides general guidelines for the assessment and stabilization of neonates with suspected congenital heart disease (CHD). Prompt, effective, and appropriate care of neonates with severe CHD can reduce secondary organ damage, improve short and long-term outcomes, and reduce morbidity and mortality. This information is presented in a highly visual format and divided into three sections. The first section of the module reviews the physical exam of neonates with suspected CHD. The second section details the anatomic features, clinical presentation and initial stabilization of neonates with CHD, and emphasizes differentiation of cardiac from pulmonary disease. Specific heart lesions are covered in detail including those that are cyanotic ductal dependent, cyanotic not-ductal dependent, and left outflow tract obstructed ductal dependent lesions. The final section discusses modifications to the six S.T.A.B.L.E. assessment components that are necessary when caring for neonates with suspected or confirmed CHD.