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About Us
Mission Statement
The
association shall promote and enhance safety, education and
communication in
critical care air and ground medical transport within the State of
Illinois. The following
goals
have been developed to fulfill the mission statement.
To
develop standards for optimally safe air medical operations in the
State of Illinois.
To
improve patient care in the State of Illinois.
To
promote the proper utilization of air medical services.
To
provide a mechanism for the exchange of information between programs
to
facilitate mechanical and operation education.
To
provide a unified voice in the representation of the industry and
its interests and concerns to the
Illinois Department of Public Health, Illinois Department of
Transportation and legislators in the
State
of Illinois on issues affecting medical transport of the critically
ill and injured.
To
develop common elements of operational, dispatch, and communication
standards for the purpose
of
clarity and consistency throughout the regional EMS systems, law
enforcement, and health care agencies.
To develop a coordinated air
medical response to multiple casualty incidents.
To develop a downed aircraft
response plan in the event
of an accident or incident
involving an air medical aircraft.
To develop mutual aid
policies between the state's air medical programs.
To investigate
alternative and improved financing mechanisms.
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