The rapid deployment helicopter can bring to a hospital or accident site specially trained flight nurses with pre-hospital and critical care experience. Experienced pilots with thousands of hours of flying time and air medical evacuation service experience can quickly deliver a flight team and health-care equipment to most hospitals and accident scenes. UC Davis Medical Center has special capabilities and equipment for the transport of critically ill patients for specialized care. A transport team may include a critical care physician, flight nurses and respiratory care therapists, depending on the patient's condition and recommendation of the physician. Consultation is available from experienced, critical care attending physicians with expertise and experience in interfacility transport of the critically ill.
Direct consultation is available by contacting dispatch.
Critically ill cardiac patients requiring definitive interventional therapy or surgery can be transported safely and rapidly while being monitored and cared for by the nurses. The crew can report a patient's condition to the base and place the cardiac care unit on alert to receive the patient. This system provides constant communication among the hospital's emergency center, the helicopter, ground response units, other local medical facilities, police and fire departments and selected industries. Name of requesting agency 2. Call back number 3.