Each year, several hundred air medical programs operate internationally in life-saving efforts for their surrounding communities. Thousands of emergency medical professionals, pilots, communication specialists and administrative staff work together on a daily basis to serve their patients – rural and urban, all sizes and ages, any physical malady imagineable – to keep them safe and healthy with speed on their side.

Among all of these exemplary agencies, AirLife Denver is both humbled and honored to receive a special distinction in the area of air medical transport. AirLife Denver has been selected by the Association of Air Medical Services as the Air Medical Program of the Year. As the emergency and critical care transport service of the HealthONE system of hospitals, AirLife Denver is entering its 28th year of service and has completed over 45,000 missions to-date.

From our first year of service in 1983, we have grown from 8 nurses to a total staff of over 100: nurses (Primaries, HROBs and Neonatal), respiratory therapists, communication specialists, pilots, emergency medical technicians and administrative personnel. AirLife has also pioneered air medical service in the Rocky Mountain region by developing specialty teams for specific medical transports: Neonatal teams, High-Risk Obstetrical teams, Stroke teams, IABP teams and our Primary Nurse teams.

AirLife makes SAFETY our #1 priority and focus through investment into night vision goggles, terrain awareness warning systems, improved patient loading systems and, of course, our bright sonic-boom green color scheme on our vehicles and aircraft!

This award is a prestigious honor to bestow upon any program, but AirLife Denver receives it with great humility as we fully realize this award is not just for our program our our people, but also for the amazing agencies and colleagues we work with day-to-day to service the Rocky Mountain communities. Every single nurse, EMT, doctor, firefighter, police officer and agency representatives make this award possible. We share this award with each and every associate, as well as each patient, who has shared this journey with AirLife through the years and on every transport we do. AirLife would like to specifically thank our HealthONE facilities and partners, as well as our service partners: Air Methods Corporation (our helicopter operators), International Jet Aviation (our fixed-wing operators) and Rural|Metro Association (our ground ambulance operators).