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Boston MedFlight is a nonprofit organization that provides transport to the sickest of the sick, regardless of the patient’s ability to pay.
For 37 years, Boston MedFlight has been the region’s primary provider of critical care medical transport by air and ground, caring for more than 5,600 patients annually, including the most critically ill and injured infants, children and adults. As a nonprofit organization, we provide over $7 million annually in free and unreimbursed care to patients in need with little or no medical insurance.
Our air and ground vehicles serve as mobile ICUs, staffed by a critical care nurse and critical care paramedic. Boston MedFlight is a key part of the region’s healthcare system – collaborating with first responders, community hospitals and academic medical centers.
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Boston MedFlight Reaches 90,000 Patient Transport Milestone
We recently provided critical care medical transport to our 90,000th patient since our founding in 1985.
This is a major milestone for the region’s primary provider of critical care transport to the most ...More >>
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Boston MedFlight Featured on Chronicle
Boston MedFlight is a world renowned, critical care transport program established in 1985 by a consortium of Boston's leading academic medical centers. For 37 years, the founding institutions have partnered together to create and sustain a regional critical care transport system focused on patient care excellence, high reliability and safety. More >>
Our partnerships are many community hospitals, pre-hospital providers — including fire departments and EMS services — as well as other air medical programs across the region. Our primary commitment is to collaboratively work alongside our partners to always deliver safe, reliable and patient focused critical care transport. More >>
Here's a summary of key statistics about Boston MedFlight transports and operations in 2021.
197
Cities/towns hospitals patients were transported from in 2021
996
Pediatric and neonatal patients transported in 2021
5,668
Patients transported in 2021
Approximately 89,000
Patients transported since our founding in 1985
2,576
Hours flown by our helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft in 2021
280,807
Ground ambulance miles driven in 2021
More than 14,000
Hours of training provided to nurses and paramedics staff in 2021
0
Number of patients not served due to inability to pay
$45.5 Million
Annual Operating Budget in 2022
$291,725
Amount spent for pilot simulation in 2020
$5 Million
Free and unreimbursed care provided to patients with little or no insurance in 2021
