Boston MedFlight
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Boston MedFlight (incorporated as New England Life Flight) is a non-profit organization
that provides emergency scene response and emergent interfacility transfer in Eastern Massachusetts. BMF is headquartered at Hanscom Field
in Bedford, Massachusetts
with a second base at Plymouth Airport in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
s, and a Cessna Citation II.
BMF transports emergent patients regardless of their ability to pay and is financially supported in part by a six hospital consortium of the following:
BMF is a Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems (CAMTS) accredited critical care transport service. BMF was a founding member along with UMass LifeFlight and Hartford LifeStar of the New England Air Alliance, now known as the North East Air Alliance.
Non-profit organization
Nonprofit organization is neither a legal nor technical definition but generally refers to an organization that uses surplus revenues to achieve its goals, rather than distributing them as profit or dividends...
that provides emergency scene response and emergent interfacility transfer in Eastern Massachusetts. BMF is headquartered at Hanscom Field
Hanscom Field
Hanscom Field , also known by its full name Laurence G. Hanscom Field, is a public airport located in Bedford, in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. It is operated by the Massachusetts Port Authority....
in Bedford, Massachusetts
Bedford, Massachusetts
Bedford is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. It is within the Greater Boston area, north-west of the city of Boston. The population of Bedford was 13,320 at the 2010 census.- History :...
with a second base at Plymouth Airport in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
Overview
BMF operates two BK 117 C1 twin engine helicopters, one Sikorsky S76 C++ twin engine helicotper, three critical care ambulanceAmbulance
An ambulance is a vehicle for transportation of sick or injured people to, from or between places of treatment for an illness or injury, and in some instances will also provide out of hospital medical care to the patient...
s, and a Cessna Citation II.
BMF transports emergent patients regardless of their ability to pay and is financially supported in part by a six hospital consortium of the following:
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterBeth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterBeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts is a major flagship teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School. It was formed out of the 1996 merger of Beth Israel Hospital and New England Deaconess Hospital...
- Boston Medical CenterBoston Medical CenterBoston Medical Center is a non-profit 639 licensed-bed medical center in Boston, Massachusetts. It was created by the formal merger of Boston City Hospital which was the first municipal hospital in the United States and Boston University Medical Center Hospital in July 1996 which was sponsored...
- Brigham and Women's HospitalBrigham and Women's HospitalBrigham and Women's Hospital is the largest hospital of the Longwood Medical and Academic Area in Boston, Massachusetts. It is directly adjacent to Harvard Medical School of which it is the second largest teaching affiliate with 793 beds...
- Children's Hospital BostonChildren's Hospital BostonChildren's Hospital Boston is a 396-licensed bed children's hospital in the Longwood Medical and Academic Area of Boston, Massachusetts.At 300 Longwood Avenue, Children's is adjacent both to its teaching affiliate, Harvard Medical School, and to Dana-Farber Cancer Institute...
- Massachusetts General HospitalMassachusetts General HospitalMassachusetts General Hospital is a teaching hospital and biomedical research facility in the West End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts...
- Tufts Medical CenterTufts Medical CenterTufts Medical Center is a medical institution in Boston, Massachusetts occupying space between Chinatown and the Theater District....
BMF is a Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems (CAMTS) accredited critical care transport service. BMF was a founding member along with UMass LifeFlight and Hartford LifeStar of the New England Air Alliance, now known as the North East Air Alliance.
History
- 1980- American College of SurgeonsAmerican College of SurgeonsThe American College of Surgeons is an educational association of surgeons created in 1913 to improve the quality of care for the surgical patient by setting high standards for surgical education and practice.-Membership:...
recommends development of a helicopter transport system for Massachusetts - 1984- Boston MedFlight is created and a hospital consortium formed to develop helicopter service
- 1985- June 26 Boston MedFlight transports its first patient
- 1992- Second aircraft added to fleet and stationed at Plymouth, Massachusetts airport to expand service to southeastern Massachusetts, the Cape and the Islands.
- 1993- 5,000th patient transported
- 1995- North aircraft moved from South Boston to Hanscom Air Force Base in Bedford.
- 1998- Ground critical care transport service developed in partnership with Armstrong Ambulance
- 1999- Fixed wing service developed in partnership with Eastern Air Charter
- 2002- 20,000th patient transported
- 2003- Independent licensure for ground critical care transport obtained and third helicopter added to fleet
- 2004- Second ground critical care transport vehicle added to Plymouth Base to work in conjunction with the helicopter
- 2006- Night vision goggle (NVG) capability in all helicopters
- 2008- State of the art medical simulationMedical simulationMedical simulation is a branch of simulation technology related to education and training in medical fields of various industries. It can involve simulated human patients, educational documents with detailed simulated animations, casualty assessment in homeland security and military situations, and...
center begins at Bedford Base - 2009- 40,000th patient transported
- 2010– 25 years of operation celebrated