November 5 , 2004

Boston MedFlight soars

Boston MedFlight recently was recognized with two prestigious honors - full accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems (CAMT) and the Program of the Year Award from the Association of Air Medical Services (AAMS). Boston MedFlight - an organization that transports emergency patients 24 hours a day, seven days a week by helicopter - is financially supported in part by a group of six Boston hospitals, including the MGH.

CAMT is the national organization that verifies critical care transport programs. The accreditation achievement recognizes MedFlight's success in meeting the most rigorous standards of the commission, which evaluates everything from training and education of clinical crew to maintenance standards and pilot training.

AAMS is an international association serving providers of air and surface medical transport systems. The Program of the Year Award recognizes MedFlight for demonstrating a superior level of patient care, management, customer service, safety consciousness, marketing ingenuity and a commitment to the medical transport community as a whole.