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==Air Evac Lifeteam==
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===Air Evac Lifeteam===
 
*Serves Central and Southern Illinois (& surrounding states)
 
*Serves Central and Southern Illinois (& surrounding states)
 
*See also [http://www.radioreference.com/modules.php?name=RR&aid=2197#cid-8097 AirEvac (Missouri)]
 
*See also [http://www.radioreference.com/modules.php?name=RR&aid=2197#cid-8097 AirEvac (Missouri)]
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*See also [[Air Evac Lifeteam (US Nationwide)|Air Evac Nationwide WikiPage]]
 
*Communications can be heard hundreds of miles away
 
*Communications can be heard hundreds of miles away
 
*[http://www.lifeteam.net/ AirEvac - Communications Center]
 
*[http://www.lifeteam.net/ AirEvac - Communications Center]
*[http://www.nationalinterop.com/20080131_PR_AEL.pdf Additional information on Air-Evac PDF]
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==Air Methods==

Revision as of 14:28, 6 August 2012

More information on ARCH and Air-Evac on the Medical Helicopters / EMS Agencies (Area Wide) (MO) page

Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH)

IDPH I-REACH/VHF Interoperbility Radios:

  • XTL-5000 (mobile), HT-1250 (portable), MTR-2000 (Base Station)
  • In base radio, 110wt VHF, with up to 16 channels:
    • 1) 155.28 141.3 PL - Statewide Hospital Disaster Coordination
    • 2) 155.34 210.7 PL - Statewide MERCI Tone
    • 3) 155.34, 155.4, 155.16, 155.22 (with Local Tone)

Illinois IDPH EMS Systems

North Egypt EMS System The North Egypt E.M.S. System was established in 1979 and serves Jefferson, Marion, Franklin, Washington, Perry, and Saline County. The North Egypt E.M.S. System is located in E.M.S. Region Five as established by the Illinois Department of Public Health. The paramedics within the North Egypt E.M.S. System operate under direct medical direction and standing medical orders

Air Helos/Med-Evac

Air Angels (Bolingbrook)

  • 2/09 - Air Angels copter service goes out of business
  • Locations: Clow International Airport, Bolingbrook & Dupage Airport (W Chicago)
  • Seen on crew handhelds: "Princeton" and "Gary" channels (trunked?)
  • Former use on A-Beep / Sears2 - UHF (Chicago) LTR Standard Possibly using talkgroup 0-20-101
463.47500 468.47500 WPIE265 RM 162.2 PL AirAngels U4 Chicago Alternate 
464.95000 469.95000 WPLE964 RM 047 DPL AirAngels U2 Operations  
469.95000 WPLE964 M 047 DPL AirAngels U3 Ops: Talk Around (w/ dispatcher and on-scene use) 
123.07500 /apps/db/?fccCallsign=M CSQ AirAngels Air Operations 

Air Evac Lifeteam

Air Methods

ARCH Air Medical Services

  • owned by Air Methods; serves Central/Southwest IL and most of MO

Map

ARCH 2 - Litchfield Airport in Montgomery County 
ARCH 3 - Sparta 
ARCH 9 - Effingham Memorial Airport in Effingham IL 

Terms used on air by ARCH

 Abbott - EMS agency that serves St. Louis County and the MetroEast IL areas (Lifeforce)
 AirEvac - Refering to other AirEMS service in the area (Lifeteam)
 BJC - Barnes-Jewish (Corporation) Hospitals
 Christian - Christian Hospitals in St. Louis? (NE or NW)
 Coordinates - Coordinates (longitude/latitude) of Landing Zone area or current air location
 Downtown Base - Base @ downtown St. Louis
 ETA - Estimated Time of Arrival? (for a scene, hospital or other destination)
 ETE - Estimated Time En-Route
 Fire Mutual Aid - Refers to Missouri, 154.28
 Full Bladder - Full gas tank
 I-REACH - Refers to Illinois, 155.055
 Glennon - Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital in St. Louis
 LC - Loud & Clear
 LifeBeat - Name of ARCH service in Cape Girardeau
 LifeForce - EMS agency that serves St. Louis County and the MetroEast IL areas (Abbott)
 LifeTeam - Refering to other AirEMS service in the area (AirEvac)
 LZ - Landing Zone (for helicopter)
 MedStar - EMS agency that serves St. Clair/Randolph Co in IL
 MED 9 - Refers to dispatch frequency of 462.95 162.2pL
 MERCI - Refers to hospital frequency, 155.34
 POB - Persons on Board (Souls)
 St. Johns Mercy - Hospital @ ....
 Ship - Aircraft/Helicopter
 Simmons - EMS agency that serves St. Clair County IL
 SLU - St. Louis University Hospital
 Souls - People (on board)
 Spirit - Spirit of St. Louis Airport - Chesterfield MO
 "Trauma Rotation" - All hospitals in the St. Louis area get to "take turns" so none are left out
 Status B - unknown (heard enroute to Hospital in Marion)
  • 9/07 - Heard ARCH Base doing morning radio check with ARCH 3 on 159.7125 D032 from Cape Girardeau, MO
  • 11/08 - ARCH Helicopter has added a base at St Johns Hospital Springfield, named "Saints Flight" SJR Article Helicopter Pic
  • 7/11 - ARCH Dispatcher St Louis is now refererred to as AIRCOM
  • 461.525 - St. Louis Repeater - Located at High Ridge? (Jefferson Co MO) - licensed in Randolph County MO) (FX1 - Repeater input was located in downtown StL at the old base, but may now be located in Granite City)


Medstar EMS

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