About Us
Training & Accreditation
We start with the best. And make them better. Angel Medflight employs only the most qualified, competent medical staff, flight crew and administrative personnel. Our medical personnel undergo a rigorous initial orientation and uphold stringent continuing education requirements on an annual basis. Flight crew are subject to simulator training in the type of aircraft they are operating, FAA checkrides, maintaining Class 1 medical, and all other FAA requirements. We perform a comprehensive quality review of each transfer, including medical personnel, administrative staff and flight crew.
Angel Medflight is committed to upholding the finest standards in the air medical transport industry
- Utilize aircraft that are FAA Part 135 compliant
Medical Staff Certifications
All Medical Personnel
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
- Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS)
- Basic Life Support (BLS)
- Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
- Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP)
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
RN – Additional
In addition to the certifications listed above, all RNs maintain the following certifications:
- Certified Flight Registered Nurse (CFRN)
CEP – Additional
In addition to the certifications listed above, all paramedics maintain the following certifications:
- Certified Flight Paramedic (FP-C) or Critical Care Emergency Medical Technician Paramedic (CCEMTP)
- Pre Hospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS)
Medical Staff Training
Initial Orientation (Didactic)
- Advanced airway management
- Altitude physiology/flight stressors
- Anatomy, physiology and assessment for adult, pediatric & neonatal patients
- Burn emergencies
- Cardiac emergencies & advanced cardiac critical care
- Environmental emergencies
- Equipment education including hemodynamic monitoring, pacemakers, AICD, central lines, IABP, pulmonary artery & arterial catheters, ventricular assist devices and ECMO
- High risk obstetric emergencies
- Mechanical ventilation and respiratory physiology for adult, pediatric and neonatal patients
- Metabolic endocrine emergencies
- Multi-trauma
- Neonatal emergencies
- Oxygen therapy in medical transport environment
- Pediatric medical emergencies
- Pediatric trauma
- Pharmacology
- Respiratory emergencies
- Stress recognition & management
- Survival training
- Toxicology
Initial Orientation (Clinical)
- Alternative airway management
- Invasive procedures on mannequin
- Neonatal intensive care
- Obstetrics
- Pediatric critical care
- Tracheal intubations (no less than 5 live, cadaver or dynamic HPS)
Continuing Education (Didactic)
- 100 hours continuing education per year
- Annual airway management lectures
- Hazardous materials recognition & response
- Infection control
- Stress recognition & management
- Survival training
Continuing Education (Clinical)
- Critical care for adult, pediatric and neonatal patients
- Emergency/trauma care
- Invasive procedure labs including a minimum of 5 intubations per year
- Labor and delivery
Flight Crew Training
Captains
- Semi-annual simulator training (FlightSafety, Simuflite) in make and model aircraft being flown
- Maintain 1st class medical
- FAA checkrides
Co-Captains
- Annual simulator training (FlightSafety, Simuflite) in make and model aircraft being flown
- Maintain 1st class medical
- FAA checkrides
