Huntsville MedFlight

LifeCom Dispatch Center 1-800-824-4444

Launch Criteria

 

Trauma

FALL OF GREATER THAN 15 FEET

PENETRATING CENTRAL BODY WOUNDS

MULTIPLE ORTHOPEDIC INJURIES

MULTIPLE LONG BONE FRACTURES

SPINAL CORD INJURY

BURNS

OROFACIAL

TRAUMA

GROUND TRANSPORT > 20 MINUTES

PROLONGED EXTRICATION PATIENT

MULTIPLE CRITICAL PATIENTS

MVC ROLLOVER OR EJECTION PATIENT

DEATH IN SAME VEHICLE

PEDESTRIAN/MOTORCYCLE/BICYCLE HIT AT 20 MPH OR GREATER

 

Medical

ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISTRESS

AIRWAY CANNOT BE MAINTAINED BY THE MEANS AVAILABLE

ANY ACUTE OR UNSTABLE CARDIAC

ANY ACUTE CVA

STATUS EPILEPTICUS

STATUS ASTHMATICUS

RESPIRATORY FAILURE

SEPSIS

NEUROLOGICAL EMERGENCIES

OVERDOSE

 

ACTIVATION

 

1-800-824-4444

 

REMEMBER…

IT IS BETTER TO HAVE US ON THE WAY AND NOT NEED US THAN IT IS TO NEED US AND NOT HAVE US ON THE WAY