Care Flight

Care Flight began in 1981 as a shared program of Washoe Medical Center, Saint Mary’s Regional Medical Center, and Northern Nevada Medical Center to provide fast, high-quality emergency medical service and rescue to the remote and rural areas of northern Nevada and northeastern California. In 1986, Care Flight was placed under the authority of the Regional Emergency Medical Services Authority to create a comprehensive EMS system with fully integrated ground and air emergency medical services.

Care Flight is on stand by 24 hours a day, seven days a week with experienced critical care flight nurses, specially trained flight paramedics and skilled pilots to respond to the requests from public safety agencies, hospitals, physicians, or other health or public service organizations.

AStar-B3 series helicopters are used by Care Flight to provide strong high-altitude performance while also providing highly reliable aircraft for emergency medical transportation. Care Flight is operated by Air Methods Corporation.

Care Flight provides service within a 150-mile radius of our bases in Reno, Gardnerville and Truckee, which includes many high-altitude and rugged mountain rescue locations. With a cruising speed of 130 miles per hour, Care Flight can get critical care levels of services to severely injured or ill patients.

Care Flight offers helicopter safety and other outreach services. These can be scheduled by emailing Care Flight at careflightsafety@remsa-cf.com or calling 775-858-5700.

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Aviation services provided by Air Methods Corporation, QMLA253U

450 Edison Way Reno, Nevada 89502 (775)858-5700 Fax (775)858-5720