RE: Incoming Fixed WIng flight personnel on ground units

["Cassidy, Shawn" <SCassidy@rmhllc.com>]

     As a long term EMT-A who used to work the acute care ambulance for
AMR in Illinois I have picked up alot (almost too many) out of state
flight teams. Our SOP was to send BLS on all airport to facility
transports. The thought process was; 1. Keep our ALS units available for
emergency calls and 2. To provide a cost effective product to inbound
flight programs. Accounting for the hundreds of airport to facility
transports I've been on, usually the inbound flight team brings all
their ALS equipment (monitors, meds, solutions, ect.) with them and use
our O2, stretcher, bandaids, cell phone, ect.
     As far as legalitys, I'm under the impression (someone please
correct me if I'm incorrect) that air ambulance and ground ambulance run
in a fairly common mannor. As a ground provider, we can take a patient
anywhere in the continental United States as long as we depart from a
state (or EMS reigon depending on the state) and retain your medical
control. For instance, we took a cardiac pt. with a Heparin from
NorthWest Community Hospital in the north west suburbs of Chicago to Ft
Worth, TX. We were able to contact our control hospital during the
transport for orders. I know I'm deffinatally not the mose experienced
person on the message board, but I hope this helps a little.
 
                                                       Thank You,
                                              Shawn Cassidy EMT/A
                                      LifeCom Communications Supervisor
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