1. Under Our Wing: The Story of Airlift Northwest
Chris Martin

2. Patients Are First Focus on Serving the Patient/Family
Provide the Highest Quality Care
Become the Employer of Choice
Practice Fiscal Responsibility

4. History of Transport 35 years in the WWAMI region
Patients Are First
History of Transport
35 years in the WWAMI region
Over 100,000 transports
Both fixed wing and rotary wing aircraft

5. Base locations - Washington
St. Joseph’s Hospital (RW)
Arlington Airport (RW)
Boeing Field
(RW and FW)
Olympia Airport (RW)
Yakima Air Terminal (FW)

6. Base location - Alaska
Juneau Airport (FW)

7. Flight Summary
Total: 3547

8. Aircraft Fleet
Agusta A109E
Eurocopter EC135T2+
Pilatus PC 12
Lear 31

9. Expertise - Flight Nurses
5+ years minimum critical care experience when hired
20+ years average total experience
All nurses maintain a professional certification in their area of expertise
All trained in
ACLS – ATCN/ATLS – NRP – PALS
Advanced airway management (glidescope, DL, surgical airways)
Crew is one pediatric/neonatal nurse and one adult nurse
Clinical time at UWMC/HMC Units
L&D – NICU/PICU – OR – ED – RT – Adult Critical Care

10. Accreditation
Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Services (CAMTS)
Focused on Patient Care and Safety
Since 1997
First EMS company in SE Alaska with this industry accreditation

11. AirCare Program Membership program
Covers portion of the ALNW bill not covered by insurance or Medicare
Household membership ($79 a year)
Includes all household members on income tax return
Discounted rates for EMS/Medical Professionals
3 month membership ($60)

12. Stand By Policy
Request an ALNW helicopter early. ALNW has a standby program that will get us overhead if you need us at NO COST YOU.
Review the Trauma Guidelines on the ALNW Landing Zone card
If you’re not sure, call.
ALNW has a Stand by policy. If your LZ is more than 10 minutes away from our helicopter, we will move the helicopter to a location closer to you. We are here to help. Don’t worry about a cost; there is no cost to the requesting agency. Your dispatch can put us on stand by before you get to the scene.
We’ve published some recommendations about when to call ALNW, please review these Trauma Guidelines.
If you’re not sure if you need a helicopter or not, call. We’ll help you work through the decision.

13. Family Member Ride Alongs
ALNW has a family ride along policy.
If it is beneficial to the patient to have a family member ride in the aircraft to the hospital, the flight crew may take a rider.
The flight crew makes the final determination.
The rider must adhere to the direction of the crew and be appropriately dressed.
Family Member Ride Alongs

14. Commitment to Community
Charity Care/Write-offs - $5.4 Million
(Fiscal Year 2016)
Proprietary Instrument Flight Procedures
(Copter RNAV (GPS) 160)
Medical Direction from UW & SCH
self explanatory

15. Questions Please forward questions to alnw@airliftnw.org