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 Boston MedFlight's 2015 logo, designed to celebrate their 30th anniversary | |
 A Boston MedFlight critical care ambulance | |
| Boston MedFlight | |
| Company type | Air medical services |
| Industry | Emergency Medical Services |
| Founded | 1985; 41 years ago (1985) |
| Headquarters | Hanscom Field,, US |
Key people | Maura Hughes (CEO) |
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| Website | bostonmedflight |
New England Life Flight,d/b/aBoston MedFlight (commonly referred to as "BMF"),[1] is anon-profit organization that provides emergency scene response and emergency interfacility transfer in Eastern Massachusetts at the Critical Care level (higher than the more commonParamedic level[2]) usinghelicopters,fixed-wing aircraft, and groundambulances.
BMF is headquartered atHanscom Field inBedford, Massachusetts, with additional bases atPlymouth Municipal Airport on the town line betweenPlymouth andCarver, Massachusetts,Mansfield Municipal Airport inMansfield, Massachusetts, andLawrence Municipal Airport inNorth Andover, Massachusetts.
The BMF medical team staffing model in all vehicles is one Critical Care Transport Nurse, one Critical Care Transport Specialist (Paramedic).
BMF nurses hold multiple other certifications such asCertified Flight Registered Nurse (CFRN) (within one year of hire if not already certified),Critical Care Registered Nurse (CCRN) and/orCertified Emergency Nurse (CEN). They are also certified EMTs to comply withMassachusetts Department of Public Health ambulance staffing guidelines; both types of aircraft are considered ambulances by the Commonwealth.
BMF Transport Specialists (paramedics) similarly becomeCertified Flight Paramedics within one year of hire if they do not already hold FP-C certification.
BMF staffs and operates its own communications center at the Bedford headquarters. Communications Specialists are required to beNationally Registered EMTs, or the Massachusetts equivalent; they are also expected to complete an International Association of Medical Transport Communications Specialists (IAMTCS, formerly National Association of Air-medical Communications Specialists or NAACS) Certified Flight Communicator course within their first year, course schedule permitting.
Their helicopter (rotary wing) and airplane (fixed wing) pilots are rated at theAirline Transport Pilot level, the highest level of pilot license; pilots have no medical duties during transport other than the safe delivery of the patient and medical team. The critical care groundambulances are operated by Massachusetts-certifiedemergency medical technicians; in contrast to the pilots, they will assist their medical teammates during transfers.
BMF operates five twin-engine helicopters: fourAirbus H145s, and oneEurocopter EC-145 (an earlier version of the H145). BMF also operates eight critical care ground ambulances, and aBeechcraft King Air 200 fixed-wing aircraft.[3]
BMF transports emergency patients regardless of their ability to pay and is financially supported in part by a seven hospital consortium (as of 2017) of the following:
BMF is aCommission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems (CAMTS) accredited critical care transport service in all three transport modes (Rotor wing, fixed wing and ground critical care).[6] BMF was a founding member of the New England Air Alliance, now known as the North East Air Alliance, along with UMass LifeFlight and Hartford LifeStar.[7] The goal of NEAA is to enhance the safety of air-medical operations in the region through information sharing.
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