Lifeguard Air Ambulance was established to provide exceptional quality care to our patients and their families. Lifeguard offers one of the largest fixed-wing fleets in the state of Oregon enabling us to meet a wide variety of transfer needs. As an independent aeromedical provider, we operate and maintain our own aircraft and medical equipment. This allows us to directly oversee operations and uphold the highest standards of care. Our impeccably maintained fleet provides reliable and economical service. Worldwide missions are possible with our extended range Learjet, Series 36. This coast-to-coast capability reduces the number of refueling stops and saves valuable hours, which significantly reduces overall operating costs.

Lifeguard’s exceptionally skilled teams of healthcare professionals work under expert medical direction, using state-of-the-art patient care equipment and medical protocols. Our communication specialists keep customers and family members updated as the flight progresses and arrange ground transport as needed. We closely manage all of the medical transport details allowing families to concentrate on their loved one.

Lifeguard Air Ambulance offers:

• Worldwide service
• A diverse fleet for cost-effective regional and international transport
• 24 hour-a-day, 7 day-a-week capabilities
• A highly skilled team of registered nurses, respiratory therapists, and paramedics
• A registered nurse and flight coordinator to triage medical concerns, interpret patient histories, and coordinate air/ground transport
• Experienced pilots, on-site maintenance personnel, and in-house flight coordinators
• A perfect air-safety record

Lifeguard's medical teams are highly experienced critical care/emergency registered nurses, respiratory therapists, and paramedics. A flight physician is available upon request. These professionals, with advanced credentials (including ACLS, CCRN, CFRN, CEN, TNATC, ATLS, PHTLS, and PALS) are also educated in flight physiology and air-medical transport. Our medical director, a practicing emergency physician, is an active participant in all medical operations. Crew members are regularly trained and updated on current treatment modalities, medications, and procedures. We pride ourselves on delivering exceptional patient care.

By providing a full compliment of advanced life support equipment and skills, our goal is to maintain or exceed the level of care initiated at the sending facility. Available equipment and supplies include:

• LifePort patient care bases with Aerosled stretchers
• Mechanical ventilators (Crossvent III, Pneupac)
• Advanced airway management equipment
• An extensive pharmaceutical inventory
• 3-channel intravenous infusion pumps (Alaris Mini-Med)
• Transvenous cardiac pacing (Medtronic pulse generator)
• Patient monitoring equipment (Welch Allyn PIC 50) with:
  
  
  • Non-invasive blood pressure
  • Pulse oximetry
  • Continuous capnography
  • Invasive pressure monitoring
  • Hands-free defibrillation
  • Transcutaneous cardiac pacing
  • 12-lead ECGs

ADVANCED CERTIFICATIONS

ACLS	Advanced Cardiac Life Support	TNATC	Transport Nurse Advance Trauma Course
CCRN	Certified Critical Care Registered Nurse	ATLS	Advanced Trauma Life Support
CFRN	Certified Flight Registered Nurse	PHTLS	Pre-hospital Trauma Life Support
CEN	Certified Emergency Nurse	PALS	Pediatric Advanced Life Support