Levels of Treatment for
Air Ambulance Services

Listed below is a brief description of the Levels of Treatment offered for an air medical transport:

Basic Life Support (BLS)
BLS is the simplest of air ambulance transports. BLS patients need minimal external life support, but are in need of monitoring or potential care during the air ambulance transport.

Advanced Life Support (ALS)
Patients needing ALS transport care are typically suffering from trauma, burns or cardiac failure, but may suffer from a variety of other conditions. Patients on ALS transports may require the equipment and medical flight care to handle BLS functions as well as cardiac defibrillation, ability to control and monitor dysrhythmias, administer drugs, and establish and maintain respiratory airways.

Critical Care
Critical Care is the highest level of care, typically necessary for patients who are severely ill or injured. To provide the best care, the medical flight crew on a Critical Care air medical transport may include a physician or other specialty staff. Patients requiring a Critical Care air ambulance transport must utilize the Private Air Ambulance service.

  All AASI aircraft and air ambulance flight crews are equipped to handle and treat medical emergencies.