Our Med-Trans flight programs are staffed by highly skilled medical experts providing care on the scene, at the referral hospital, and in route to the appropriate medical facility. The medical crew generally consists of a critical care flight nurse and a specially trained flight paramedic. They represent decades of emergency medical experience and trauma care. Our pilots are some of the best available, with thousands of flight hours acquired in their professional aviation careers. Each possesses a Class II Medical Certificate and Commercial Helicopter / Instrument Ratings. Our Flight Coordinators are licensed EMTs with at least two years experience and are responsible for processing flight requests, initiating the mission, and providing flight following for the aircraft.

The Patient

Transportation of critically ill or injured patients via helicopter can significantly reduce time in route to a hospital and allow patients to receive definitive care within the "golden hour." Air transport is beneficial when life or limb threatening conditions require specialized care or ground transport would pose unnecessary high risk either due to the level of care available or lengthy transport times.

Determining the need for helicopter transport

Air medical service may be the best means of transportation for the patient in order for them to receive immediate treatment or specialty care. The goal of air transport is to reduce the out-of hospital time and to continue the definitive intensive care initiated at your location / facility in route to the tertiary receiving facility. The air transport, with skilled critical care nurses and paramedical personnel, ensures continuity of care for the patient.

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PUBLIC NOTICE

The Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems will conduct

an accreditation site visit of:

SOUTHEAST TEXAS AIR RESCUE

         (name of the program)

 on___March 7^th and 8^th 2012____

                (site survey dates)

The purpose of the site visit will be to evaluate the program’s compliance with nationally established medical transport standards. The site visit results will be used to determine whether, and the conditions under which accreditation should be awarded to the program.            

CAMTS accreditation standards deal with issues of patient care and safety of the transport environment. Anyone believing that he or she has pertinent or valid information about such matters may request a public information interview with the CAMTS site surveyors at the time of the site visit. Information presented at the interview will be carefully evaluated for relevance to the accreditation process. Requests for public information interviews must be made in writing and sent to CAMTS no later than 5 business days before the site survey begins. The request should also indicate the nature of the information to be provided during the interview. Such request should be addressed to:

                                Office of the Executive Director

                                Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems

                                PO Box 130

                                Sandy Springs, SC 29677

The Commission will acknowledge such written requests in writing or by telephone and will inform the program of the request for an interview. The program will, in turn, notify the interviewee of the date, time and place of the meeting.

This notice is posted in accordance with the CAMTS requirements and may not be removed until the site visit is completed.

Date Posted:____2/2/2012__________________