Activation Criteria

The following criteria suggest use of AirCare for transport:

• Motor vehicle crash with:
  • Compartment intrusion greater than one foot
  • Fatality in the same vehicle
  • Ejection of the patient
  • Pedestrian/cyclist crash
  • Prolonged extrication
  • Evidence of significant head, chest, abdomen or pelvis injury
• Motorcycle crash at speed greater than 20 mph with ejection
• Penetrating trauma (especially to the head, chest and abdomen)
• Crush injury to head, chest, abdomen or pelvis
• Fall
  • Adult: greater than 15 feet
  • Child: two times the height of the child
• Multi-system trauma
• Major body surface burn or burn involving the face or airway
• Any spinal cord injury or unstable vertebral column injury
• Ground transportation more than 30 minutes
• Glascow coma scale less than 13
• Drowning or near drowning
• Any adult or pediatric critical medical illness requiring rapid stabilization and transfer