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Medical Staff
Medical Director: Dr. Paul March
Assistant Medical Director: Melinda Jacobs, MSN, Adult/Geriatric Nurse Practitioner
Vice President of Operations: Tony Zorzynski, RN, ACLS, PALS
Flight Team Coordinator: Chris Carter, RN, EMT-FF, ACLS instructor
Clinical Educator: Michael Klopp, RN, CFTN, CEN, NRP, PHTLS, TNATC, IABP
US Air Ambulance medical staff are highly skilled, aero-medically competent personnel who adhere to detailed practice guidelines and devoted to providing excellent standards of care. Our staff includes:
- ICU-CCU Certified Registered Flight Nurses
- ER Flight Nurses
- Advanced Life Support Critical Care Flight Paramedics
- Flight RN & Paramedics
- Flight Respiratory Therapists
- Anestheologists
- Doctors in critical care medicine
TRAINING
U.S. Air Ambulance employs staff members trained in principles of aeromedical transport aviation. Our staff maintains licensing, credentialing in their specialty, with multiple certifications in the areas of critical care medicine and transport.
Our educational coordinator assures our team members are well versed on policies which cover educational, treatments, procedural, and drug utilization practices, reflecting the latest guidelines in the field of aeromedical aviation. As part of our training, air medical crew must demonstrate knowledge and ability in more than 100 medical skills and treatments.
All U.S. Air Ambulance team members meet the following requirements:
- At least five years experience in critical care
- Trained in flight physiology, Emergent and Critical Care medicine
- Current certifications in BLS, ACLS, PALS,
- Air Medical Crew-Advanced National Standard class or its equivalent
