Our Services
CHRISTUS Schumpert Critical Care Air Transport
CHRISTUS Schumpert’s King Air 100 twin-engine turbo-prop air ambulance provides safe, expert medical transport, relocation and evacuation for emergency and non-emergency pediatric and adult patients.
To schedule a flight, call 318-681-4208
Geographical Area
- Service is available within a 1,000 mile radius of Shreveport, Louisiana.
- The King Air 100 has a 250mph cruising speed
Availability
The Air Ambulance dispatch Center is available 24/7. Medical flights are dispatched between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. Accommodations may be made for trips outside the normal flight hours.
Arrangements
- The CHRISTUS Schumpert Flight Coordinator will help make the transport arrangements with the sending and receiving facilities once a medical acceptance has been granted.
- Bedside-to-bedside service available
Services
- Hospital-to-hospital pediatric and adult emergency transports to regional centers of excellence
- Three-point transfers
- Non-emergency transports to regional centers or trips home
- Neonatal to Regional Level III NICU
- Complex patients needing specialized care or procedures outside local expertise (i.e. AAA, high-risk OB, transplants)
Air Ambulance Crew
- 1 or 2 pilots (depending on time of day and length of flight)
- Experienced flight nurses
- Experienced flight paramedics
- Respiratory therapists if appropriate for patient’s condition
- Neonatal trained crews for NICU transports
- ACLS certified, PALS, ENPC, NRP
Equipment
- Two Lifeport self-contained stretcher systems including suction and oxygen
- Isolette for neonates
- Advanced life support equipment
- Alternative power and lighting source
- EMS communications
- Life Pak 12 cardiac defibrillator and pacer
- LTV 1200 ventilator
- Multi-channel IV pumps
- Pulse oximetry and laser capnogrophy
- Emergency cardiac drugs
Cost
- The cost will be on a per mile basis
- Flight coordinator will provide price quote
Reimbursement
(Payment or pre-authorization required prior to dispatch)
- Pre-approved insurance
- Certified checks
- Credit cards
- Bank wire transfers
- Cash
- Hospital guarantee
Family Services
- Family member may be allowed to travel with the patient depending on acuity, equipment and weight considerations
- Patient status updates on arrival
Operation
- CHRISTUS Schumpert Air Ambulance is operated by Metro Aviation
