Services

Helicopter Transportation

When minutes matter, Life Link III's helicopter ambulances are ready. Helicopter service is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, providing on-scene emergency response and inter-facility transport. Based throughout Minnesota and western Wisconsin, the helicopters are equipped to handle any type of critically ill or injured patient. Life Link III helicopters have flown more than 10,000 accident-free missions since helicopter operations began in 1985. The Life Link III Communications Center can arrange bedside-to-bedside transport for all patients.

About Life Link III's Helicopter Operations:

• Life Link III's flight crews consist of highly-qualified nurses and paramedics, specially trained in critical care, and experienced EMS pilots
• Life Link III operates Bell 407 helicopters
• Life Link III helicopters are en route within minutes of a request for service
• The helicopters fly at speeds up to 170 miles per hour
• Life Link III clinicians typically spend 10 minutes or less on the ground during scene responses and transfer of rapid heart catheterization patients
• When possible, interventions are performed in the helicopter to minimize the time before the patient reaches definitive care
• View the Lifelink III Response Times Map

Airplane Transportation

Life Link III's dedicated medical airplanes have been operating accident free since 1983. The airplane ambulance division of Life Link III works in partnership with Club Jet located in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. All airplanes have specially-built advanced life support interiors, providing maximum space for the care of all types of patients. The Life Link III Communications Center can arrange all aspects of an airplane transport, including ground ambulance transportation to and from the airport.

Life Link III provides airplane ambulance transportation for all types of patients, including BLS, ALS, Critical Care and neonatal patients. Transports are staffed by registered nurses, paramedics and EMTs. Life Link III also transports specialty care teams and their patients, and organ procurement teams and their patients.

Training and Education

Life Link III is committed to working closely with the customers and communities we serve to assist in providing for the ongoing education and safety of all those involved in patient transports. Life Link III offers Landing Zone and Scene Safety training for hospital and pre-hospital providers. Other training topics are available upon request. Life Link III can also assist with your AHA certification course requirements and renewals. To request training or education from Life Link III, please complete this request form and email to: info@lifelinkiii.com


Life Link III Education Request Form