Contact LifeFlight: Office:  1-812-485-7948 Dispatch:  1-800-426-0911 3700 Washington Avenue Evansville, Indiana   47750

Serving the tri-state area since 1982, LifeFlight can be activated by physicians, nurses, emergency medical technicians, dispatchers, paramedics, law enforcement and fire officials, industrial safety representatives, conservation officers and park personnel, farmers, ski patrol, and life guards by calling:

1-800-426-0911

Air transport should be considered when emergency care personnel have evaluated the patient's circumstances.

When To Call:

• MVCs with passenger space invaded by one foot or more or prolonged extrication
• MVCs with death of other occupant (s) or with occupant thrown from vehicle
• MVCs involving a rollover, ejection of the patient, deformity of a contact point (steering wheel, dashboard, windshield), occurring at 20 mph or more in the absence of restraining devices 
• Pedestrian or cyclist hit by a motor vehicle
• Any amputation, crushing injury or penetration to chest, abdomen, head, neck or groin
• Chest injuries with multiple rib fractures, flail segment, or sucking wound
• Spinal column/cord injury with potential for paralysis/neurological deficit and neurogenic shock
• Major chemical, thermal or electrical burns with or without trauma
• Injuries involving two or more body systems or fractures of two or more long bones
• Falls of 15 feet or greater

Adults With Any of the Following:

• Glasgow coma score less than 12 or decreasing level of consciousness, respiratory rate less than 10 or greater than 30 per minute, systolic blood pressure less than 90 mmHg, or any unstable or potentially unstable vital signs
• Child less than 5 years of age or adult greater than 55 years of age with multiple traumas
• Acute MI, thrombolytic therapy, CHF, cardiogenic shock, aneurysm or acute CVA
• Uncontrolled seizures
• Obstetrical conditions requiring transport to a prenatal center
• Near drownings.
• Poisonings/drug overdoses
• Organ transplants
• Septic shock
• GI bleeds
• Any patient whose medical condition warrants emergency transportation

Be Prepared to Give the Following Information:

• Your name, agency affiliation, call back phone number or radio
• Type and extent of injuries/illness
• Patient location
• Approximate patient age and weight
• Requested destination and receiving physician
• Treatment rendered to patient up to time of call and most current set of vital signs

If on scene, additional information needed:

• Description of landing site, using landmarks that can be recognized by air.
• Radio frequencies for ground-to-air communication