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Lifeguard International is a fixed wing critical care air ambulance based in Henderson, Nv, a suburb of Las Vegas, NV.

History:

Lifeguard International began operations in 2002. The company was started by to EMS/RN ’ s with a combined aero-medical industry experience of over 25 years. Lifeguard acquired a King Air B100 in October of 2007 while opening a new state of the art hangar and office at the Henderson Executive Airport. **link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beechcraft_King_Air#King_Air_B100

October of 2009 Lifeguard opened a new base in Tonopah, Nevada. The Tonopah base operated by a king air C90 added coverage with a much faster response time for Tonopah and other rural Nevada communities.

Concept:

Lifeguard operates as a flying I.C.U. (intensive Care Unit) **Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intensive-care_unit  The company is able to  operate in a niche in the market that ground ambulances and helicopters cannot cover. A fixed wing air ambulance is able to offer patients long range transport while maintaining a stable high level of care. Patients typically flown by fixed wing aircraft are flown to a higher level of care. Common reasons for transport include: Transplant surgery, repatriation, complicated procedures, returning home, or specialized surgeries.

Standards:

Lifeguard International staffs highly qualified individuals. The standard air medical crew configuration consists of a Flight Nurse and a Flight Paramedic. LGII ’ s nurses are EMS/RNs (Emergency Medical Service certified Registered Nurse) with Critical Care, Cardio Thoracic, Trauma, Pediatric, and Emergency Medicine backgrounds. Respiratory Therapists, NICU/PICU Specialty Teams, IABP/VAD ’ s Profusionist Teams, Board Certified Physicians are also available as needed and upon request. All employed nurses must meet a minimum qualifications including: 5 years nursing experience including 3 years of critical care experience. Also, all of the medical crew is trained in flight physiology and advanced procedures to respond to the unique needs of aero-medical transport. The aircraft, a king air B100, is equipped with state of the art advanced life support medical equipment and supplies. Standard gear includes, but is not limited to:

• faa approved stretcher with spectrum patient loading system

• acls / emergency cardiac drugs

• pain relieving drugs,  including controlled substances

• cardiac monitor

• pulse ox meter

• invasive and non- invasive blood pressure capability

• pacemaker

• defibrillator

• iv mini-med infusion pumps

• ventilator

• medical oxygen and oxygen supplies; various oxygen regulators and gauges; intubations kits; oropharingeal airway; hand operated bag-valve mask resuscitators

• fixed and portable suction units

• ac power inverter.

Additional specialty/patient specific equipment will be provided as needed. Medical equipment and supplies are checked prior to and following each transport to assure proper maintenance and inventory.

Aditionally, Lifeguard is a CAMTS accredited company. **Link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAMTS

The Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems (CAMTS) (pronounced cames), is an independent, non-profit agency which audits and accredits fixed-wing and rotary wing air medical transport services as well as ground inter-facility critical care services in the U.S. to a set of industry-established criteria. CAMTS has accredited 132 medical transport programs in the U.S. as of June, 2007 as well as three in Canada and one in South Africa.