http://www.airmethods.com/airmethods/services/service-models#.V_VPi-grLIU
I probably read this info before but had no idea what they were talking about. Now that I have worked on the USA Medevac Map for a few months, I am able to understand most of the info. Air Methods uses 3 service options - they are - Hospital based option - hospital provides medical staff and dispatchers - Air Methods supplies the rest Community Based option - Air Methods provides everything Alternate Delivery option - hospital provides medical staff - Air Methods supplies the rest ========================== Bottom line - a medevac service is comprised of several components - the helicopter - the pilots - the FAA Part 135 certificate holder - the dispatchers and dispatch system - the aircraft mechanics - the hangar - the launch pad - the trainers - the billers - the marketers - the FAA flack catchers - etc - and all of these components can be provided by different entities Air Evac Lifeteam supplies everything AFAIK PHI and Air Methods use various schemes Not sure what MedTrans does Metro Aviation supplies helos and mechanics for about 30 medevac services - but I dont think that they supply any med crews nor any dispatchers - not sure if they supply pilots - I think they do since their HQ has flight simulation machines IIRC ================================ To tie this all together - I think the biggest players are - from the comm center point of view Air Methods - 1 dispatch center in Omaha NE for 303 bases with 432 aircraft (I guess they dont dispatch all of those aircraft - and some of those aircraft might be fixed wing) Air Evac LifeTeam - 1 dispatch center at O"Fallon MO - for 138 helos - (dispatch center previously was at White Plains MO) PHI - main dispatch center at Phoenix AZ - smaller dispatch centers at Indianapolis IN + Lexington KY + Falls Church VA - 65 bases in total (nearly 99% rotorwing (RW) bases) MedTrans - dispatch center in Lewisville TX for approx 60 bases - all RW I think Life Flight of Oregon - maybe merging 2 dispatch centers into 1 - approx 30 helo bases ======================== Fixed wing is an entirely separate deal - but they seem to be smaller companys with a max of 10 planes each. I assume they all operate their own "dispatch centers". (which might be just an answering service in some cases) ========================= You can replace the word "medevac" in this post with "FD" or "PD" - and that might give you a hint about the future of public safety operations here in the USA - ie - nationwide dispatching is an interesting concept in the public safety field - (just got a big hit of deja vu - how many times have I posted this idea in the past?) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "massfire" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/massfire. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
