Lifeguard AirEmergency Services
The University of New Mexico Hospital’s Lifeguard Air Emergency Services has been supporting critical care transport needs of New Mexican’s and the Navajo Nation since 1983. Our service operates 24/7 providing 2 team configurations, Primary Team and Children’s Specialty Team
Lifeguard typically transports patients throughout New Mexico, Eastern Arizona, southern Colorado and western Texas, operating within a 700 mile radius of Albuquerque.
Crews of specially trained paramedics, nurses, respiratory therapists and physicians transport patients throughout the Southwest who have medical emergencies such as heart attacks, strokes, pregnancy complications, premature birth, or cardiac assist devices such as VAD’s and ECMO. Lifeguard Children’s Specialty team also includes providers with neonatal or pediatric experience.
Lifeguard operates three modes of transport; Fixed wing services are provided by Seven Bar via a fleet of King Air B200’s. Med-Trans operates the rotor wing with a Leonardo Kx 119. The University of New Mexico Hospitals operates a fleet of two critical care transport capable ground ambulances.
Lifeguard will be undergoing CAMTS reaccreditation Spring 2025
The Commission on Accreditation of Air Medical Transport Systems (CAMTS) reaccreditation site survey for Lifeguard will take place on February 6, 2025 and February 7, 2025.
The purpose of the site visit will be to evaluate the program’s compliance with nationally established medical transport standards. The site visit results will be used to determine whether, and the conditions under which accreditation should be awarded to the program. CAMTS accreditation standards deal with issues of patient care and safety of the transport environment. Anyone believing that he or she has pertinent or valid information about such matters may request a public information interview with the CAMTS site surveyors at the time of the site visit. Information presented at the interview will be carefully evaluated for relevance to the accreditation process. Requests for public information interviews must be made in writing and sent to CAMTS no later than 10 business days before the site survey begins. The request should also indicate the nature of the information to be provided during the interview. Such request should be addressed to: ADMIN@CAMTS.ORG. The Commission will acknowledge such written requests in writing or by telephone and will inform the program of the request for an interview. The Commission will, in turn, notify the interviewee of the date, time and place of the meeting. This notice is posted in accordance with CAMTS requirements and shall not be removed until the site visit is completed.
Date Posted: January 7, 2025.
The public is invited to provide feedback to CAMTS on Lifeguard Air Emergency Services operations at admin@camts.org
