EQUIPMENT

ACC strives to provide the highest and most aggressive care of any fixed wing air ambulance provider. We have converted the air ambulances to a full time flying Intensive Care Units. You will find that the air ambulances are equipped comparable to or exceeding most Intensive Care Units or Emergency Departments. Our teams have interchangeable scopes’ of practice to better provide care to our patients. Below is a sample list of some of the equipment you will find on ACC air ambulances.

Med-Pac Air Ambulance Stretcher
The Med-Pac air ambulance stretcher has been on the market only a few short years and is the best equipped and popular air ambulance stretchers on the market. It provides our on board oxygen, medical grade compressed air, and vacuum for suction as well as electricity for our medical equipment.

The Med-Pac air ambulance stretcher also has attachments that allow for more room and comfort for the patient once they are onboard the aircraft. It also incorporates an FAA approved ramp that facilitates moving the patient’s stretcher in and out of the aircraft instead of having to carry it through the aircraft. This allows for much safer loading and unloading of our patients! ACC’s Med-Pac is fully loaded will all available options for patient comfort and care!

Zoll “M” Series Critical Care Transport Monitor/Defibrillator/Pacemaker
The Zoll “M” Series CCT provides not only standard ECG monitoring but also has 12 Lead EKG capabilities that if needed will allow us to fax the EKG directly over the satellite phones on our air ambulances to our on call Critical Care Physician for consultation. When the need arises the “M” Series CCT has the most modern Defibrillator in healthcare. It utilizes the new proven technology of Biphasic Defibrillation. Biphasic allows for better resuscitation rates without causing as much electrical damage to the heart as previous defibrillators. It also has an external Pacemaker that surpasses all others. Zoll made the first pacemakers in the world.
The Zoll “M” Series CCT allows us to monitor blood pressure by non-invasive and/or invasive means. Pulse Oximetery, and Capnography are also available to better monitor our patient’s respiratory status. The “M” Series CCT gives us the capabilities to monitor two invasive pressures simultaneously such as Arterial Blood Pressure, Central Venous Pressure, Pulmonary Artery Pressure, and Intracranial Pressures as well. It even has a thermometer built in!

Pulmonetics LTV-1000 Mechanical Ventilator with Graphics Monitor.
The LTV-1200 is the most advanced mechanical ventilator on the market today for air ambulance usage. It allows us to provide the same modes and parameters as the much larger hospital ventilators. The LTV-1200 allows us to utilize the modes of Assist Control, SIMV, Pressure Control, PC-Inverse Ratio, SIMV-Pressure Control, and Bi-Level Non-Invasive Positive Pressure Ventilation (AKA BiPAP). The LTV-1200 has an internal turbine allowing ACC’s Flight Teams to blend the amount of oxygen given to it’s patient. We can deliver 21% to 100% Oxygen where most air ambulance transport ventilators can only deliver 100% thus giving patients far more oxygen than they may need (possibly even delivering toxic levels).

Alaris Minimed III IV Pumps
The Minimed III IV pumps allow us to infuse three IV’s with one pump. It also has a medication calculator to help us calculate drip rates based on body rates. It also has a medication library to provide information on various medications as well.

i-STAT Portable Laboratory
The i-STAT is a small electronic lab onboard all ACC’s air ambulances that allow our flight teams to monitor and/or diagnosis some diseases. We are able to perform the following laboratory tests.
1. Arterial Blood Gases
2. Venous Blood Gases
3. Capillary Blood Gases
4. Glucoses
5. Chemistries including Sodium, Potassium, Magnesium, Calcium,
6. Hemoglobin
7. Hematocrit
8. White Blood Cells
9. Troponins – Cardiac Markers