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This is MedFlight’s primary duty and most critical. MedFlight responds to calls throughout Collier County day or night. We are a first responder to any emergencies that occur on I-75 east of the toll plaza to the Miami-Dade county line. In addition to 100% coverage of Collier County, MedFlight has several mutual aid agreements with bordering counties.

On average MedFlight responds to a call within 8-10 minutes 24 hours a day 7 days a week.

            Benefits

• Rapid critical response
• Advanced life support
• Rapid transport to the hospital

            At the Scene

• Once on scene our highly skilled and experienced Paramedics will assess the patient's condition, stabilize as necessary, and load the patient into the aircraft. Once the patient is loaded the pilot will rapidly and safely transport the patient and medical crew to the nearest appropriate hospital based on the needs of the patient and injuries.
• MedFlight is the only SW Florida EMS helicopter set-up to routinely transport 2 patients simultaneously.
• Our goal is 10 minutes or less at the scene.

Inter-facility Transport

MedFlight can transport medical patients from tertiary care facilities to primary hospitals, burn centers, or trauma facilities as well as to specialty hospitals for cardiac, neurological, pulmonary, or pediatric care.

Capabilities

• MedFlight can transport patients from one facility to another within approximately 250 miles of Naples. Some of our destinations include: Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Tampa, all Lee County hospitals, and many others.

• We are not hindered by traffic allowing us to transport to the closest trauma center from as far as Marco Island in approximately 17 minutes.

• Our flight medics can perform advanced life support as well as advanced monitoring capabilities.