Flight Team: An emergency medicine physician, an experienced flight nurse with emergency
nursing or critical care experience and a pilot. Less than 5 percent of air medical transport programs have such a qualified flight
team
Locations: The University Hospital, University Pointe in Butler County
Coverage: All of southwest Ohio, southeast Indiana and Northern Kentucky and other cities as
requested.
Organizations/Teams/Events Air Care staffs:
Health fairs
Take your daughter to work day
Aircraft
Number of aircraft: Two twin-engine BK 117 helicopters
Cruising speed: 150 miles per hour
Distance aircraft can fly without refueling: more than 280 miles
Major Milestones
1984--University Air Care began, providing 24-hour service to the Greater Cincinnati community and
surrounding region
1987—University Air Care adds a second aircraft to provide additional 12-hour assistance.
1996—University Air Care is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Air Medical Services (CAAMS),
now known as the Commission on Accreditation of Medial Transport Systems (CAMTS). It is one of the first 50 programs in the nation
to be accredited.
2000—University Air Care receives Accreditation with Commendation from the Commission on
Accreditation of Medial Transport Systems (CAMTS). Only a select few medical transport programs have received this prestigious
recognition from CAMTS.
2002--University Air Care establishes a satellite base at the Butler County Regional Airport. One of
Air Care's two twin-engine helicopters is now based at this location every day from noon to midnight in an effort to provide quicker
air medical transport services to Butler and Warren counties and surrounding regions.
2003—A remote base is built for University Air Care at University Pointe to continue to provide
emergency helicopter transport services to Butler and Warren counties and surrounding regions
Licenses
University Air Care is licensed in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana
Other Facts
The first hospital-based helicopter transport program began in 1972 at St. Anthony's Flight For Life
in Denver, Colorado.
Today there are more than 250 helicopter medical transport programs around the world.
The majority of trauma patients in Greater Cincinnati are transported to The University Hospital and
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati's verified Level-1 trauma centers. Air Care can also take patients to any
facility including hospitals in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana.
