AirLife Air Medical Transport

Carle Foundation Hospital is proud to provide complete air medical transportation services throughout east central Illinois. AirLife is stationed at Carle Foundation Hospital around the clock with a Carle air medical transport team on-site and ready for take-off within minutes.

AirLife operates under the medical direction of Thomas Scaggs, MD, an emergency medicine specialist with Carle Foundation Hospital. The 18-member flight crew consists of experienced EMS pilots, physicians, critical care flight registered nurses, obstetrical and neonatal nurses, and critical care flight paramedics.

AirLife is often used for the following types of patients/situations:

• Perinatal and neonatal patients
• Trauma
• Cardiac
• Burn
• Orthopedic
• Poisonings
• Emergency scene flights
• Transports between facilities

As the region’s Level I Trauma Center, it is imperative that we bring critically ill or injured patients throughout our 24-county region to the highest level of care as safely and quickly as possible. Because the BK-117 aircraft and flight team is located at Carle Foundation Hospital, lift off times are approximately 7 minutes with a travel speed of 150 miles per hour. This allows the AirLife team to reach patients quickly so that appropriate care and treatment can begin.

AirLife is totally dedicated to medical transportation. Its interior is fully medically configured and comes with the very latest patient care equipment. An airborne emergency room, its large cabin allows access by the flight team to the patient’s entire body so that critical care procedures can be performed en route.

AirLife currently operates one twin engine Eurocopter BK-117B1. It is equipped with the latest in navigational GPS, Satellite Tracking and avionics. With the larger airframe, it enables the crew full access to the patient in flight.

Mission Statement:
AirLife is committed to providing outstanding air medical transport services to the people of our region through integrity, dedication, honesty and professionalism while providing the safest environment possible for patients and staff in all air medical transports.

For more information about AirLife, please call (217) 383-6286.

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