Consolidation and alliance-building in the helicopter EMS segment continue, with Med-Trans Corporation and Care Flight, a medical flight service of the Regional Emergency Medical Services Authority (REMSA), this week announcing a partnershipto provide helicopter medical service to large parts of Nevada and California.
Med-Trans has already begun providing flight services, including rotary-wing pilots and maintenance crewmembers, to Care Flight’s four helicopter bases in Fallon and Gardnerville, Nevada, and Truckee and Beckwourth, California. Care Flight's rotary-wing service area covers more than 50,000 square miles of northeastern California and west-central Nevada.
Med-Trans now operates four Airbus AStar helicopters for Care Flight and can respond to most areas of the region in less than an hour. It operates from 90 base locations in 26 states. Care Flight's fleet has grown to include four AStar AS350B3 helicopters, a Pilatus PC-12/45 turboprop single (operated in partnership with Reach Air Medical), and a ground critical-care ambulance. It responds to more than 1,500 transport calls per year.