MedFlight

BAPTIST HEALTH MedFlight is a lifesaving emergency helicopter program, providing the highest quality care to the critically ill and injured.

MedFlight is a leader in delivering emergency transport care with a crew consisting of Flight Nurses, Flight Paramedics, Board Certified Emergency Physicians, Flight Coordinators, Pilots and Mechanics. Neontaoal and High-risk Labor and Delivery specialty teams also use the MedFlight helicopter as an extended service of BAPTIST HEALTH.

Each crew member maintains the cutting edge of technology by attending specialized training under the direction of MedFlight Medical Director, Dr. Darren Flamik. MedFlight is the first ambulance service Arkansas to obtain approval to perform Rapid Sequence Intubation in the field and the only Arkansas based aeromedical service to transport Intra Aortic Balloon Pumps.

MedFlight's communication center is staffed with NAACS certified/EMT certified flight coordinators. They are responsible for obtaining flight information for each request and monitroing the helicopter's flight path, utilzing a satellite tracking system. The communication center serves as a physician referral call center for BAPTIST HEALTH, assisting transferring hospitals and physicians obtain specialized care for the patients they serve.

MedFlight transports with a Eurocopter AS350, which is owned by BAPTIST HEALTH and operated by Metro Aviation of Shreveport, Lousiana. Metro Aviation supplies BAPTIST HEALTH MedFlight with qualified pilots and mechanics. As a Helicopter Emergency Medical Service provider, Metro Aviation has high quality standards for their pilots. Pilots are required to have a FAA Commercial License with additional instrument rating. They must alos have a minimum of 2,500 flight hours and prior Emergency Medical Service experience. Our pilots have over 15,000 combined flight hours, are military trained and are either retired military or actively serving in the Arkansas national Guard. All served our country during combat in Desert Storm, Somalia, Iraq and Afghanistan.

Whether responding to the scene of an accident or a hospital transport, MedFlight brings BAPTIST HEALTH to you. When seconds count, MedFlight makes the difference.

BAPTIST HEALTH MedFlight
9601 Interstate 630, Exit 7
Little Rock, AR 72205
1-800-632-LIFE