Air Medical and State EMS (TN)

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State of Tennessee EMS

State EMS office operates under the rules of the EMS Board, oversees a statewide EMS system comprised of thousands of Paramedics and EMTs who work for 210 ambulance services that operate 1,300 ambulances that make more than 1,000,000 patient transports annually

Radio Template, Reports should contain in these protocols

Patient’s age and chief complaint
Is the patient stable or unstable, including complete vital signs and level of consciousness
Interventions performed
Name of physician providing order (if orders received)
Provide other information as requested

EMS Report: 1. This is EMS unit X with a X minute ETA to your facility with a Priority X Medical. 2. We have a XX year-old male/female s/p {brief explanation of events leading to 911 call}. 3. Patient is currently GCS ___. Physical exam findings include.... 4. Current vital signs are • Pulse • BP • Respiratory rate • SpO 2 • Blood glucose level 5. Interventions performed include • IV • Medications given • 12 Lead Interpretation • Oxygen given • Etc. 6. Repeat ETA is ____, Do you require any further?

Ambulances AIR Data

Tennessee’s Ambulance services are categorized as Ground or Air. The ambulance services licensed are Standard Ground, Invalid or Volunteer Services. The Air services licensed are Helicopter or Fixed Wing services. Invalid Service only provide stretcher transportation for those who do not need medical care or monitoring while being transported (rule 1200-12-1-.09).

An applicant applying for an ambulance service license must complete and submit to the EMS Office the “Application for Initial Ambulance Service Licensure” form in its entirety along with all other required documents and fees (those forms can be downloaded from this web site). Each ambulance (vehicle) to be operated under the license must pass an inspection by the EMS Office and be separately permitted.

A separate service license is required for each county in which the service has a base of operations. Ambulances (vehicles) will be separately permitted to each license to which they are assigned. Only licensed ambulance services will be issued ambulance (vehicle) permits.

EMS Regional Offices

EMS Regional Offices

1 Northeast TN Regional Office

Carter, Greene, Hancock, Hawkins, Johnson, Sullivan, Unicoi, Washington
Office of Emergency Medical Services - 185 Treasure Lane - Johnson City, TN 37604

2 East TN Regional Office

Anderson, Blount, Campbell, Claiborne, Cocke, Grainger, Hamblen, Jefferson, Knox, Loudon, Monroe, Morgan, Roane, Scott, Sevier, Union
Office of Emergency Medical Services - PO Box 343 - 1103 Knoxville Hwy. - Wartburg, TN 37887

3 Southeast TN Regional Office

Bledsoe, Bradley, Franklin, Grundy, Hamilton, McMinn, Marion, Meigs, Polk, Rhea, Sequatchie
Office of Emergency Medical Services - 1301 Riverfront Pkwy, Suite 209 - Chattanooga, TN 37402

4 Upper-Cumberland Regional Office

Cannon, Clay, Cumberland, DeKalb, Fentress, Jackson, Macon, Overton, Pickett, Putnam, Smith, Van Buren, Warren, White
Office of Emergency Medical Services - 1100 England Drive - Cookeville, TN 38501

5 Mid-Cumberland Regional Office

Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery, Robertson, Rutherford, Stewart, Sumner, Trousdale, Williamson, Wilson
Office of Emergency Medical Services - 665 Mainstream Drive - Nashville, TN 37243

6 South Central Regional Office

Bedford, Coffee, Giles, Hickman, Lawrence, Lewis, Lincoln, Marshall, Maury, Moore, Perry, Wayne
Office of Emergency Medical Services - 1216 Trotwood Avenue - Columbia, TN 38401-4899

7 West TN Regional Office

Benton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer, Gibson, Hardeman, Hardin, Haywood, Henderson, Henry, Lake, McNairy, Madison, Obion, Weakley
Office of Emergency Medical Services - 295 Summar Drive, 2nd Floor - Jackson, TN 38301

8 Memphis-Delta Regional Office

Fayette, Lauderdale, Shelby, Tipton

Regional Medical Communications Centers (RMCC)

EMS Communications
A multi-county system comprised of all hospitals, ambulance services, dispatch centers and related entities that functions as an interactive emergency health care network coordinated through a regional medical communications center for the purposes of providing medical information and coordinating patient movement and medical resources.

8 RMCCs: Johnson City, Knoxville, Chattanooga, Cookeville, Nashville, Columbia, Jackson and Memphis.

Jackson Med-Link RMCC FB

Med-Evac

LifeForce (Chattanooga)

LifeForce 1 is based at Cleveland Regional Jetport in Cleveland, TN
LifeForce 2 is based at Upper Cumberland Regional Airport in Sparta, TN
LifeForce 3 is based at Tom B. David Field Airport in Calhoun, GA
LifeForce 4 is based at McCaysville Industrial Park in McCaysville, GA
LifeForce 5 is based at Winchester Municipal Airport in Winchester, TN
LifeForce 6 is based at Andrews Base in Andrews, NC

Vanderbilt LifeFlight (Nashville)

LifeFlight 1 is based in Gallatin (N107VU)
LifeFlight 2 is based in Tullahoma ((N107VU)
LifeFlight 3 is based in Clarksville (N103VU)
LifeFlight 4 is based in Mount Pleasant (N104VU)
LifeFlight 5 is based in Murfreesboro (N106VU)
LifeFlight 6 is based in Paris (N105VU)
LifeFlight 7 is based in Cookeville (N108VU)
LifeFlight 8 is based in Humboldt (N101VU)
LifeFlight 10 is based in Nashville (N911VU) - this unit is a fixed-wing aircraft

UT Lifestar (Knoxville)

Tennessee Advanced Communications Network (TACN) Project 25 Phase II	Used by UT LIFESTAR

LifeStar 1 is based at Moore-Murrell Field in Morristown, TN (N136UT)
LifeStar 2 is based at Rockwood Municipal Airport in Rockwood, TN (N719LS)
LifeStar 3 is based at Gatlinburg-Pigeon Forge Airport in Sevierville, TN (N408UT)
LifeStar 4 is based at Campbell County Airport in Jacksboro, TN (N407UT)
LifeStar 5 is based at Pleasant Grove Road in Sweetwater, TN (N470YB)

Wings Air Medical (Johnson City)

9/24 - now Highlands H.E.A.R.T and the 855.5625 freq is still operable but it’s an analog simulcast from coming communications on TACN

Highlands 1,2,3,4. INFO. This article mentions VSPMFII as a partner as-well. INFO

Former Names Wings Air Rescue is owned and operated by Mountain States Health Alliance

Wings I - Elizabethton, TN (N453MT)
Wings II - Greeneville, TN (N631MT)
Wings III - Jenkins, KY (N765MT)
Wings IV - Marion, VA (N732MT)

Johnson City Med-Com covers most of east Tennessee. 123.025 BM CSQ Air Traffic Air Traffic to Tri-Cities Tower

Air Evac Lifeteam

AEL 7 is based in Jackson
AEL 9 is based in Lewisburg
AEL 19 is based in Lafayette
AEL 20 is based in Crossville
AEL 31 is based in Martin
AEL 37 is based in Waverly
AEL 40 is based in Arkansas
AEL 41 is based in Etowah
AEL 44 is based in Manchester
AEL 72 is based in Waynesville
AEL 75 is based Dyersburg
AEL 94 is based in Savannah
AEL 123 is based in Paris