AeroMD Ground Ambulance Exterior. Photo Credit: AeroMD
Local air ambulance provider, AeroMD announced Wednesday a new ground ambulances, adding to its U.S. Virgin Islands-based fleet of dedicated medevac aircraft. The company's expansion into ground critical care transport (CCT) services will expedite the transfer of AeroMD patients between the territory’s hospitals and the airports, according to the release.
"AeroMD Ground (CCT) is an investment in high-level medical transport services for residents of, and visitors to, the U.S. Virgin Islands," said AeroMD President and Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Brendan Anzalone. "When every second counts in a medical crisis, having our own fleet of ground ambulances provides us the best opportunity to make a life-saving difference for a patient and their loved ones."
AeroMD said that as the program develops there will be one CCT unit on St. Thomas and one CCT unit on St. Croix with a roving backup unit.
With the addition of these ambulances, AeroMD has become the exclusive medical evacuation provider with ground vehicles in the territory. One CCT unit will be configured for disaster response. This unit was specially designed featuring seating configurations and medical equipment needed for natural disasters or major accidents involving multiple patients. This disaster ambulance can adapt to seat up to nine medical team members or as many as six patients on litters. Medical gear packs may be quickly added to or removed from secure wall tracks for different medical situations, according to the release.
"AeroMD is the exclusive medical evacuation service to base critical care aircraft in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The addition of ground critical care ambulances allow our team to provide seamless, bedside-to-bedside transfer services for our patients. They strengthen our ability to consistently transport patients quickly to medical aircraft during high-volume and disaster situations in the Caribbean. Enhancing AeroMD's physical presence on St. Thomas and St. Croix, these CCT ground units demonstrate our unwavering commitment to this community," said AeroMD Director of Flight Operations, Spencer Howard.
