Folks-
Thanks to Elaine Both and the great folks over at Life Flight, we've
worked out a group discount for OBRA members. Membership is only $45
per year. If you sign up online (discount will be available
tomorrow)- put in OBRA as the discount reason and your OBRA
member/license number as the identification.
Who is Life Flight Network?
Life Flight Network is a medical transport service provided by a
consortium of Legacy Health, Oregon Health &
Science University, Providence Health & Services, and Saint Alphonsus
Regional Medical Center. All are dedicated
to improving patient outcomes by providing helicopter, fixed-wing, and
ground ambulance support to seriously ill or
injured patients in a safe and timely manner. Life Flight Network was
named Program of the Year by the
Association of Air Medical Services (AAMS) in 2009.
What services does Life Flight Network provide?
Life Flight Network exists to fulfill a vital role – saving lives.
With its unique combination of air and ground
ambulances and highly skilled personnel, Life Flight Network
represents an integral part of local emergency
medical systems. Life Flight Network provides critical care transport
to seriously ill or injured patients from the
scene of an emergency or from one hospital to another. These are the
patients who need the highest level of care
and the fastest transport possible.
Our staff consist of highly-trained critical care nurses, paramedics,
pilots, and communication specialists, and are
among the finest in the nation. On a moment’s notice, we can respond
in a helicopter, airplane, or ambulance to
provide life-saving treatment and transport to adult and pediatric
patients. Within minutes of a call, a Life Flight
Network communication specialist sets in motion a coordinated
emergency response network between the pre-
hospital field support teams, specialized ground transportation teams,
and the medical facilities.
What is the Life Flight Network service area?
Life Flight Network bases are strategically placed throughout the
Northwest, including Oregon, Washington and
Idaho to provide maximum coverage of the communities. Life Flight
Network also operates fixed-wing aircraft that
can transport a patient throughout the nation. Bases are staffed and
available for immediate response seven days
per week. Helicopters are generally airborne within minutes of a
request. Airplanes can generally be airborne
within 30 minutes. Availability of service cannot be guaranteed due to
weather conditions or commitment to
another transport.
Why should I become a Member?
Northwest families live, work and play in our vast coastal areas, open
spaces, scenic mountain passes, and rivers,
and enjoy all the recreational wonders the Northwest has to offer.
This often remote environment can place
residents and visitors at risk when they need immediate and specific
medical attention, whether it is a pediatric
medical emergency, heart attack, stroke or accident. Life Flight
Network can quickly dispatch a specialized
emergency health care team to an accident or medical emergency to
provide critical care life support and
accompany the patient on a swift flight to a medically appropriate
facility. Patients transported are flown to the
closest appropriate hospital staffed and equipped to handle their
specialized medical needs or as directed from a
physician.
What are the benefits of Membership?
Depending upon the distance, air medical transport and patient care,
charges can quickly exceed $10,000. If you
or a covered family member are flown by Life Flight Network or one of
its reciprocal partners under a medically
necessary emergency air transport, Life Flight Network will accept an
insurance settlement (if any) as payment in
full, and you will have no out-of-pocket expenses. We bill your
insurance company directly for the medical
transport, so you will not pay any deductibles or out-of-pocket
expenses beyond your membership fee.
Reciprocal Partners
If traveling outside of the Life Flight Network service area, we have
agreements with other air ambulance
companies in the Northwest. Whether in Oregon, Washington, Idaho,
Wyoming, Northern Nevada, or Northern
California, you may be covered if transported by a reciprocal
provider, subject to the reciprocating program’s
membership rules. Related ground transport is not covered unless in a
Life Flight Network ambulance.
See entire list of reciprocal partners on our website: www.lifeflight.org