The Metro Life Flight Critical
Care Ground Team, Life Flight 7,
has won The Association of Air
Medical Services (A AMS) 2015
Critical Care Ground Award of
Excellence. The national honor,
presented annually, recognizes
an individual or team whose
dedicated critical care ground
program has made an outstand
-
ing contribution to the medical
transport community.
To receive this honor, a critical
care ground program must dem
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onstrate extraordinary competence in all areas of service including:
safety, patient advocacy, education, leadership, and developing or
promoting improved patient care.
As part of an internationally recognized team based at
MetroHealth's Level 1 Adult Trauma Center, Life Flight 7 served almost
1,300 patients last year. In 2014, the team transported patients from
32 different health centers. Additionally, it was assigned the transport
team for MetroHealth when the health system became Ohio's only
Ebola treatment center designated by the CDC.
"This award reaffirms Metro Life Flight's commitment to its
patients," says Brian Carr,
RN, EMT-P, Metro Life
Flight's Chief Flight Nurse.
"We have to give a total team
effort to help patients in
their most critical moments.
This award recognizes that
we're doing the right thing
the right way every time to
assist a patient." ■
Metro Life Flight
RECEIVES NATIONAL AWARD
Brian Carr, RN, EMT-P, Chief
Flight Nurse
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