2013 Critical Care Ground Award Winner - Boston MedFlight Ground Critical Care Transport Team!

Critical Care Ground Award of Excellence

The Critical Care Ground Award recognizes a dedicated ground critical care team that has made an outstanding contribution in enhancing safety, education, leadership, and patient advocacy. We are proud to announce that the 2013 Award goes to Boston MedFlight Ground Critical Care transport team.

Boston MedFlight Ground Critical Care backs up a 360 commitment in ground safety. Their ambulances are custom designed with captain's chairs on moveable bases, allowing for medical crew to provide continuous patient care while safely restrained To address infectious risk, the program does active surveillance of vehicle equipment disinfection through the use of black-light evaluation marking. A ground risk assessment is completed prior to each mission. All of these advances in ground transport aid the patients, and ensure the safest emergency transport possible.

Boston MedFlight Ground Critical Care transport team puts an emphasis on individual performance. Their internal instructors teach the annual EVOC training which includes an on-site driving course. EMT Vehicle operators receive individual feedback on their Road Safety performance and other safety metrics monthly. The program sends their team members to educational events such as AAMS Medical Transport Leadership Institute and the AMPA Quality Summit.

The program equips their clinical teams with state-of-the art equipment. Their clinical teams are supported by an education infrastructure and clinicians must complete at least 70 mandatory continuing education hours yearly. Nurses, Paramedics, and EMTs jointly participate in multi-case high-fidelity simulation sessions twice a year.

The pillars of safety, education, and excellence are linked by the industry-leading performance improvement infrastructure. MedFlight Ground has a balanced scorecard for monthly reviews of all aspects of the organization -- safety, clinical care, utilization, vehicle readiness, communications, finance, IT, HR, development, and customer service

It is for these reasons that we join together to congratulate the 2013 Critical Care Ground Award of Excellence recipient, Boston MedFlight Ground Critical Care transport team!