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Patient Preparations - Operations - SkyLife
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Backboard or Flat - Please place your patient on a backboard or flat to assist with movement into the aircraft. This will save us the most time in getting off scene! Traction Splints can fit if they don't extend beyond the backboard. Please attempt to have the patient stripped, covered, and protected from the elements. No loose articles. Secure any IV's and tubes to avoid dislodgement with loading. No IV poles, please. Stretchers and gurneys should remain secure on the perimeter of the landing zone.
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Criteria - Operations - SkyLife
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Think of using SkyLife when time is of the essence and/or the level of care required exceeds that of ground personnel. Some of the patients that may benefit from air transport are: significant trauma/surgical emergencies, head injured patients, medical patients that require immediate intervention, and cardiac and stroke patients for time dependent therapy. Generally, helicopter travel time in the valley is on a 2:1 ratio. 40 minutes by ground = 20 minutes by air). Patient ejected from the vehicle. Penetr...
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Safety / Training - Operations - SkyLife
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Medical helicopters are part of a team dedicated to provide that extra measure of support when it is needed most, when life is dependent upon quick, effective medical response. When utilizing the safety guidelines outlined below, a safe helicopter transport can be accomplished. (Click on the following links). Working Around the Helicopter. Aircraft Crash and Rescue Information. Business: 559.346.1025. Dispatch: 800.305.5433. Lisa Epps, RN, Program Director.
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Apparel - SkyLife
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Business: 559.346.1025. Dispatch: 800.305.5433. Lisa Epps, RN, Program Director.
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Criteria - Operations - SkyLife
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Think of using SkyLife when time is of the essence and/or the level of care required exceeds that of ground personnel. Some of the patients that may benefit from air transport are: significant trauma/surgical emergencies, head injured patients, medical patients that require immediate intervention, and cardiac and stroke patients for time dependent therapy. Generally, helicopter travel time in the valley is on a 2:1 ratio. 40 minutes by ground = 20 minutes by air). Patient ejected from the vehicle. Penetr...
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Landing Zones: Day - Operations - SkyLife
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1 LZ size ideally is 100' x 100'. Smaller LZ's may be feasible, dependent upon other conditions at the LZ and at the pilot's discretion. Particular attention must be paid to telephone and electrical wires. Please notify us of any lines in the area of the LZ or other ground hazards (ie, fence post in the LZ). 3 Overhead reds assist in our location of the scene. 5 At night in the mountains, SkyLife responds only to pre-designated landing zones. Business: 559.346.1025. Dispatch: 800.305.5433.
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Operations - SkyLife
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Safely transporting patients from bedside-to-bedside in a cost-effective manner is the key to successful patient transfer. At SkyLife, we incorporate this philosophy into our daily operations. Regardless of whether you call us to transport from a hospital or the scene of an accident, within minutes, our helicopter teams can be airborne and enroute from our strategic bases in the central San Joaquin Valley. Head injuries and neurological disorders. Business: 559.346.1025. Dispatch: 800.305.5433.
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Links - SkyLife
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Thanks for visiting us! Here are some sites we recommend. American Ambulance has been dedicated to serving the community since 1975. We are the primary private EMS provider for the Fresno County and Kings County Exclusive Operation Area. We are committed to providing the best emergency medical service available and are constantly improving our services. Association of Air Medical Services (AAMS). Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems (CAMTS). The Commission on Accreditation of Medical ...
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Home Page - SkyLife
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A partnership between American Ambulance. SkyLife Air Ambulance is a partnership between American Ambulance and Roger's Helicopters and provides rapid air medical transportation for the critically ill and injured trauma and medical patient. SkyLife has been serving California since 1991. SkyLife is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems (CAMTS) and aircraft are operated under Roger's Helicopters FAA Part 135 Air Carrier Certificate. SkyLife Mission Key Points. To scene...
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Media - SkyLife
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Business: 559.346.1025. Dispatch: 800.305.5433. Lisa Epps, RN, Program Director.
