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 For questions not answered by the below information, please contact the Duke Life Flight office at 1-(800)-362-5433.

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This is our EMT Cadet program click here to learn more.

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Three Crew Members—two critical care providers and one pilot

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The program currently flies a Eurocopter EC-145.

See our program and fleet history here

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We cover all of North Carolina, and parts of South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia.

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Please see our employment section for details.

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No. Our critical care providers generally have no flight training. Our Life Flight Pilots are extremely experienced with thousands of hours of flight training.

See additional details about Life Flight staff here.

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We carry many of the things you would find in an ICU including a ventilator, emergency release packed red blood cells, five channel cardiac monitor/defibrillator, multiple drugs, airway supplies and kits for placing specialized airways or modified chest tubes.

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We land on one of our two roof top helipads at Duke University Hospital

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No, our pilots and mechanics are provided by Metro Aviation, based in Louisiana.

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350lbs is the maximum weight, due to limitations of our stretcher.

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Ambulances are staffed by the appropriate combination of nurses, paramedics, respiratory therapists or EMTs.

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Yes, our trucks transport the same types of patients as the aircraft when we are unable to fly.

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Yes, please see our ride-a-long section for more information.

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Yes, please see our PR Request section for more information to arrange a tour of the aircraft and helipad.