Transporting Patients

Pre-Hospital Services and Transporting Patients

Patients arrive at Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center via MedStar air medical helicopter, Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART), or through a community-based ambulance service. These experienced transport teams are equipped to move patients of all ages, including trauma patients needing services by Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center's Level 1 Regional Trauma Center and newborns who need the advanced services of Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center's Regional Intensive Care Nursery.

MedStar

MedStar is an air medical program with dedicated years of service throughout southwestern and central Pennsylvania. The program's helicopters are based locally and can transport patients from anywhere within an 11-county region.

Its flight team includes registered nurses and certified paramedics experienced in critical care and advanced life support. During flight, these professionals are in constant contact with Conemaugh Memorial's Level 1 Regional Resource Trauma Center, allowing for up-to-the-second care. A specialty team comprised of NICU nurses and respiratory therapists accompany the Medstar team when newborns are transported to Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center. 

Medstar has been in operations since 1989 and continues to provide quality care to our communities and health care partners.

Disaster Assistance Response Team

The Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) is based at Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center and assists area emergency medical system (EMS) providers when local ambulance services are in use or otherwise limited. DART paramedics respond 24 hours a day and are dispatched upon request by the local 911 dispatch center. Conemaugh Memorial's DART vehicle is equipped for specialized emergency care, including specific cardiac medications, advanced airways supplies, and extensive supplies for multiple casualty incidents.

DART has been in operation since 1981 and continues to provide quality care to our communities and EMS partners.