Ascension Wisconsin Spirit Medical Transport (Spirit) has earned full reaccreditation from The Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems, the gold standard in medical transport, Ascension announced today.
The accreditation reflects Spirit’s commitment and focus on quality, patient care and safety during medical transport.
For Spirit, the accreditation standards address issues of patient care and safety in rotor wing (helicopter) services, fixed wing (airplane), as well as ground inter-facility services (ambulance), providing critical care transports. Each standard is supported by criteria to measure a program’s level of quality. CAMTS surveyors visited Spirit’s four bases in Rhinelander, Stevens Point, Weston and Woodruff, and met with the leadership team at each location to evaluate compliance and accreditation standards.
“Earning CAMTS accreditation validates our commitment to providing patients and our community partners with exceptional patient care,” said Rick Brodhead, MD, Medical Director, Ascension Wisconsin Spirit Medical Transport, in an Ascension news release. “We’re proud to meet and exceed industry-wide standards.”
Spirit covers northcentral Wisconsin and beyond with more than 100 associates. The flight crew consists of a Spirit certified flight registered nurse, certified flight paramedic and a pilot (the pilot and aviation services are provided by Air Methods Corporation). Ground ambulances and crews are based at Ascension Wisconsin hospitals across central and northern Wisconsin. Spirit ground transport crews consist of registered nurses, critical care paramedics and emergency medical technicians. Both nurses and paramedics assist in the care of critically ill patients at Ascension hospitals where Spirit bases are located when not on transports and participate in ongoing training and skill competency checks.
Spirit first earned accreditation from CAMTS in 2015 and this reaccreditation is valid for three years.
CAMTS is comprised of nonprofit organizations dedicated to improving the quality and safety of medical transport services.
