Miami Valley Hospital Nonprofi t Organization IN THIS ISSUE CareFlight Air and Mobile Services U.S. Postage Paid One Wyoming St. Dayton, OH 45409 Dayton, OH 45409 Permit Number 79 CareFlight Adds Aircraft Base ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED New Mobile Intensive Care Units COVID-19 Mitigation Risk CareFlight Air and Mobile App CareFlight Reunion Distance Learning CareFlight Air and Mobile Services FALL 2020 CareFlight Air and Mobile Services Brings New MICUs On Board By Jennifer Schueler, MSN, APRN, NREMT-P, CEN, Flight Nurse TOLEDO 2 CLEVELAND March 2020 brought many changes to our world time around, allowing each MICU to be placed into 7 that will undoubtedly remain etched into our service in early March. 71 memories. While the COVID-19 pandemic within Aside from ODPS inspection, the MICU also had to 11 the United States was just starting to ramp up, meet all24 standards set forth by the Commission of the CareFlight Air and Mobile Services quietly focused 20 33 Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems (CAMTS).23 on acquiring new Mobile Intensive Care Unit The accrediting body of CAMTS is dedicated to 18 Miami Valley Hospital (MICU) vehicles. ensuring that each patient will receive quality and 250 One Wyoming Street CareFlight Air and Mobile Services Adds American Medical Response (AMR) is the ground safe care within the transport environment no Distance Learning (continued) Dayton, Ohio 45409 medical transportation division of Global469 Medical matter if transported by air or a critical care ground 224 CareFlight Fourth Aircraft Base in Darke County 15 (800) 251-2273 Response (GMR) and serves as the vendor for the unit. All vehicles operated by CareFlight Air and We started small. Miami Valley Hospital South’s By Jennifer Schueler, MSN, APRN, NREMT-P, CEN, Flight Nurse FORT WAYNE 75 62 new vehicles. Each new Ford E-450 MICU vehicle Mobile Services meet the CAMTS requirements. trauma medical director, Dr. Alyssa Gans, was Candy Skidmore adheres to a rigorous maintenance schedule 30 11 Vice President Service willing to teach a sepsis lecture to the Fairborn Integration Emergency/ Expansion of CareFlight Air and saw on the program’s MICU will now requiring multi-point inspections that includes an 30 Trauma/CareFlight Fire Department via distance (online) learning Mobile Services occurred in March be providing the same level of care in a oil change, cabin fi lter change, and tire rotation 250 Beth Calcidise, RN – three platoons over three days. It went so well with the addition of a fourth aircraft helicopter. Overall, the addition of the every 3,500 to 4,000 driven miles. That service CareFlight and Premier MICU vehicles remain at: that we added a few more departments to the Transportation Director base. CareFlight 4 is now housed at fourth aircraft base will expedite the is handled by two designated mechanics at the 23 mix the following week. Then it became apparent Mandy Via, RN the Darke County Airport enabling ability of the patient to receive rapid 30,000-square-foot AMR maintenance facility in 127 Miami Valley Hospital Outreach Manager that we could bring these classes to just about a quicker response to those in the life-saving services and access to Miami TOLEDO Huber Heights. The proximity of that maintenance 33 Angela Sebald, RN 2 CLEVELAND Miami Valley Hospital North anyone simultaneously and record it for later 7 northern Miami Valley. The new Valley Hospital’s Level I Trauma Center. 71 OHIO Editor facility is instrumental in keeping the MICU vehicles 11 INDIANA viewing for those who might miss it in part or 27 Miami Valley Hospital South 71 base will also expand the 150-mile 24 20 mission-ready and within69 the geographic service Elizabeth Beam 33 23 entirely for whatever reason, like responding to a Nancy Bowman 18 Miami Valley Hospital 36 fl ight radius service area into Indiana 250 area, thus eliminating unnecessary out-of-service 469 224 911 call. Joe Burdick 15 Jamestown Emergency Center Andrew C. Hawk, MD and upper Ohio, and is part of a FORT WAYNE 75 62 time. Two back-up vehicles are available 24/7 as 30 11 We have continued to grow each week. There are We know that the vast majority of caregivers Nick Magoteaux collaboration with Versailles-based 30 well as an on-duty supervisor. Along with the 36 Jennifer Schueler 250 65 The service area of the MICU attempts to now more than 1,100 people viewing these online want fewer lectures and more hands-on training. Midmark Corp. The 24-hour staffed 23 36 Contributing Writers mechanics, they can obtain information regarding 161 127 limit those assets to serve patients within a We look forward to the day when it can safely 33 270 continuing education classes (either live or at Darke County base will house a OHIO Kelly Spitler INDIANA 74 each vehicle via an internal fl eet tracking system. CareFlight now has 69 27 71 75-mile radius of Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton. theirCOLUMBUS convenience). We have brought our training happen. We also anticipate that distance learning Graphic Design Dauphin model aircraft capable of 36 465 DAYTON Expediting the preparation of these new vehicles four bases of operation:65 36 to three times as many people as we did in the will be here long-term to help our continuing Miami Valley 36 161 70 transporting two patients, should the 270 74 COLUMBUS gives credit to a few dedicated and experienced Hospital Mission 465 DAYTON 70 same period last year. We are humbled by the education program fulfi ll its mission. need arise. Additionally, each aircraft Miami Valley Hospital 70 We will improve the health 70 staff members of the CareFlight Air and Mobile range of participants, too. They come from small of the communities we is staffed with one pilot and two fl ight INDIANAPOLIS INDIANAPOLIS 35 Lebanon-Warren County Airport 675 23 Services program. Within a few short weeks they serve with others who 70 rural communities and large urban departments, nurses. Many of the program’s Mobile 52 33 share our commitment 75 readied each vehicle for a careful inspection by the 35 To be added to the distance Urbana-Grimes Airport 675 23 from all over Ohio and at least 6 other states. to provide high-quality, Intensive Care Unit (MICU) nurses are learning email list visit: 74 275 32 70 Ohio Department of Public Safety’s (ODPS) Division cost-effective health 65 421 50 They are joining together to learn and better in the process of transitioning into a Darke County Airport CINCINNATI 32 33 care services. of Emergency Medical Services.52 All MICU vehicles prepare for the next call. tinyurl.com/Premier-EMS-Signup fl ight line, so many famiilar faces you 50 35 75 Operated By 32 passed that inspection with fl ying colors the fi rst M-C-CFT03975-9/20 23 74 275 32 65 421 50 CINCINNATI 32 50 35 32 23 Miami Valley Hospital Nonprofit Organization IN THIS ISSUE CareFlight Air and Mobile Services U.S. Postage Paid One Wyoming St. Dayton, OH 45409 Dayton, OH 45409 Permit Number 79 CareFlight Adds Aircraft Base ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED New Mobile Intensive Care Units COVID-19 Mitigation Risk CareFlight Air and Mobile App CareFlight Reunion Distance Learning CareFlight Air and Mobile Services FALL 2020 CareFlight Air and Mobile Services Brings New MICUs On Board By Jennifer Schueler, MSN, APRN, NREMT-P, CEN, Flight Nurse TOLEDO 2 CLEVELAND March 2020 brought many changes to our world time around, allowing each MICU to be placed into 7 that will undoubtedly remain etched into our service in early March. 71 memories. While the COVID-19 pandemic within Aside from ODPS inspection, the MICU also had to 11 the United States was just starting to ramp up, meet all24 standards set forth by the Commission of the CareFlight Air and Mobile Services quietly focused 20 33 Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems (CAMTS).23 on acquiring new Mobile Intensive Care Unit The accrediting body of CAMTS is dedicated to 18 Miami Valley Hospital (MICU) vehicles. ensuring that each patient will receive quality and 250 One Wyoming Street CareFlight Air and Mobile Services Adds American Medical Response (AMR) is the ground safe care within the transport environment no Distance Learning (continued) Dayton, Ohio 45409 medical transportation division of Global469 Medical matter if transported by air or a critical care ground 224 CareFlight Fourth Aircraft Base in Darke County 15 (800) 251-2273 Response (GMR) and serves as the vendor for the unit. All vehicles operated by CareFlight Air and We started small. Miami Valley Hospital South’s By Jennifer Schueler, MSN, APRN, NREMT-P, CEN, Flight Nurse FORT WAYNE 75 62 new vehicles. Each new Ford E-450 MICU vehicle Mobile Services meet the CAMTS requirements. trauma medical director, Dr. Alyssa Gans, was Candy Skidmore adheres to a rigorous maintenance schedule 30 11 Vice President Service willing to teach a sepsis lecture to the Fairborn Integration Emergency/ Expansion of CareFlight Air and saw on the program’s MICU will now requiring multi-point inspections that includes an 30 Trauma/CareFlight Fire Department via distance (online) learning Mobile Services occurred in March be providing the same level of care in a oil change, cabin fi lter change, and tire rotation 250 Beth Calcidise, RN – three platoons over three days. It went so well with the addition of a fourth aircraft helicopter. Overall, the addition of the every 3,500 to 4,000 driven miles. That service CareFlight and Premier MICU vehicles remain at: that we added a few more departments to the Transportation Director base. CareFlight 4 is now housed at fourth aircraft base will expedite the is handled by two designated mechanics at the 23 mix the following week.