Northwest MedStar
Northwest MedStar, a service of Inland Northwest Health Services, is a critical care transport service in the Inland Northwest region. It transports critically ill or injured patients to health care facilities throughout the Pacific Northwest. Northwest MedStars primary service area covers eastern Washington, northern Idaho, western Montana and eastern Oregon, and also provides patient transport to Seattle and other facilities throughout the United States and parts of Canada using helicopter, fixed-wing and ground transport [1] Northwest MedStar provides 3,500 [2] transports per year.
Locations
Northwest MedStar operates five regional bases located:[2]
- Spokane
- Pullman, WA
- Moses Lake
- Tri-Cities
- Brewster, WA
- Missoula, MT
Accreditations
Since 1996 Northwest MedStar has been accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems (CAMTS).[3]
Awards
- AAMS, the international association which serves providers of air and surface medical transport systems, 2012 Program of the Year
- Association of Air Medical Services (AAMS) 2012 Program of the Year [4]
- National Association of Air Medical Communication Specialist (NAACS) 2012 Communicator of the Year- Stephen Thompson [1]
- National Association of Air Medical Communication Specialists (NAACS) Honorable Lifetime Membership Award- Shelley Sholl
- Northwest MedStar Director Recognized as Program Director of the Year
- Northwest MedStar Director Eveline Bisson has been selected as the 2009 Program Director of the Year by the Association of Air Medical Services (AAMS) [5]