page_title: CALSTAR
section_title: Medical operations
hierarchical_section_title: CALSTAR / Medical operations
caption_attribution_description: English: CALSTAR EC 135 helicopter (U.S. registration number N833CS) engaged in medical evacuation operation in Morgan Hill Community Park, Morgan Hill, California. This aircraft operates from Saint Louise Regional Hospital in Gilroy, California and primarily serves the Santa Clara Valley and south San Francisco Bay region. The aircraft executes a maximum performance takeoff with a patient on board.
context_page_description: CALSTAR is a 501 nonprofit regional air medical services company serving California and northern Nevada. It is currently the largest nonprofit air ambulance provider on the West Coast.
context_section_description: Each CALSTAR flight crew is staffed with two registered nurses. CALSTAR flight nurses must achieve and maintain Certified Flight Registered Nurse (CFRN), Critical Care Registered Nurse (CCRN), Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certifications.
  CALSTAR flight nurses deliver care under the medical control provided by CALSTAR's medical director, in accordance with the California Nurse's Practice Act of 1974 as well as specific company procedures and protocols. All medical care provided by CALSTAR comes under close scrutiny from the organization's quality assurance/quality improvement program, which is protected under Section 1157.5 of the California Evidence Code.
  Since 2001, CALSTAR has been fully accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems (CAMTS), which acknowledges excellence in patient care, safety and education. Accreditation must be maintained through rigorous evaluation every three years.
caption: A CALSTAR Eurocopter EC 135 takes off from a sports facility in Morgan Hill, California, with a patient on board.
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