LifeFlight Eagle is used for life threatening situations when rapid transport to a specialty center is necessary. Oftentimes, these are called time-critical diagnoses, and may include trauma, burns, strokes, heart attacks, sepsis, respiratory distress, uncontrolled bleeding and other life-threatening conditions. Only a physician or other medical professional can determine whether rapid critical-care transport is necessary. Your local medical community already has protocols established to activate LifeFlight Eagle when it is needed for seriously ill or critically injured patients. You should always call 911 or go directly to your local hospital for initial treatment. Let them know you are a LifeFlight Eagle member so that they can consider calling us if a critical-care transport is needed.
Accreditation and Licensure
LifeFlight Eagle is fully accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems (CAMTS), which is a peer review organization dedicated to improving patient care and transport safety by providing a dynamic accreditation process through the development of standards, education, and services.
LifeFlight Eagle has been CAMTS accredited since 2001, and it received full triennial accreditation after its most recent survey in early 2022. LifeFlight Eagle believes it is important to maintain this accreditation to continually review our processes to assure best practices are being met.
Additionally, LifeFlight Eagle is a licensed air and ground ambulance in the state of Missouri and Kansas. All of its nurses and paramedics are fully licensed in both states as well.