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EMS Helicopters in Iowa

Med Force	155.3400 462.9500 463.0000	462.95 & 463.0 both use 167.9	Med Force is based in Colona Il. It was established after Air Evac 6 pulled out of the area. The Current Med Force 1 is a BBK EC-135-T2.An earlier Med Force 1 was a Bell 222 helicopter. The crew is paged out on 462.950 by MEDIC EMS. Flightfollowing takes place on 462.950. Try listening to 467.950 if you are not in the Quad-Cities area. Some commuciations is via the RACOM Network. There is a second MEDFORCE Helicopter based at the Great River Medical Center in Burlington. They are dispatched by MEDCOM on 462.95 like MedFORCE 1 and use the RACOM Network for communications at times.
Air Care	155.2050 155.3400 463.0750 155.4750	192.8 0.0	The University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics leases two small Helicopters. #1 is based in Iowa City and #2 is at Covenant Hospital in Waterloo. Uses local public safety channels to communicate with on scene agencies. At left are the most recent ones Aircare has used in this area. There are also 14 ground units. Crew is paged out on 155.205. 463.075 is used in the simplex mode from air to ground, it is also used for crew alerting at AIRCARE base in Iowa City. A Press release from May 2002 states that dispatch duties are now from LifeCom in Omaha. RACOM's EDACS TG 14-142 has been heard with position reports.
Life Guard click on photograph for more information	F1 155.340 Statewide EMS F2 155.220 Dispatch F3 155.280 154.430 Linn County Fire 154.265 Linn County Search & Rescue also heard 155.475 AID 154.280 FIRE-DEFENSE (frequencies updated 1/26/03)		St. Luke' Medical Center of Cedar Rapids. A Bell Jet Ranger. Uses local public safety channels to communicate with on scene agencies. The Hospital website has a gallery of photographs of past and present Lifeguard helicopters
Life Flight click on photograph for more information	155.340 155.175 463.175 123.050	? "Heliport"	Here is some information about Life Flight helicopter based at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa. 155.175 "Life Flight 1" Used primarily for in flight communications. Most local FD & EMS have this frequency for direct communication with either Methodist base or Life Flight helicopter. 453.175 "Life Flight 2" Used primarily for in hospital communication,including flight paging. Also available for in flight communication. 123.050 "Victor" Used by both Methodist base and Mercy base and their respective aircraft: Life Flight and Air Life to coordinate each other's air traffic in downtown Des Moines. Also, "foreign" aircraft to the area will coordinate with each hospital base.
Mercy Air Life click on photograph for more information	462.950/467.950 155.325 155.340 123.050	?	Based in Des Moines 123.050 "Victor" Used by both Methodist base and Mercy base and their respective aircraft: Life Flight and Air Life to coordinate each other's air traffic in downtown Des Moines. Also, "foreign" aircraft to the area will coordinate with each hospital base.
Mercy Air Care	155.340 155.160	a	Mercy Medical Center in Sioux City, IA. The callsign is MAC-1 They use 155.340 for patient information and use 155.160 for dispatching. The can use other channels to coordinate with crews on the scene.
Mercy Air Life North	a	a	Mercy Air Life North is based at Mercy North in Mason City.
also information for EMS Helicopters that may fly into Iowa from surrounding states
LIFE FLIGHT	155.3400 123.0500	0.0 "Heliport"	Based at St. Francis Hospital in Peoria, IL
UCAN	?	?	University of Chicago Aeromedical Network A Dauphin 2 flies in a 200mile radius of Chicago.
LifeNet	155.325 155.220 155.475 122.725	?	LifeNet Critical Care Transport is based in Omaha, NE. Serves a area of 200 mile radius of Omaha. A BK-117 is at either St. Joseph or University Hospitals. A second B-117 is available during peak hours. A Cessna 441 Conquest II aircraft is available for transport flights.
Lifeline click on photograph for more information	155.340	a	St. Anthony Medical Center, Rockford IL.
REACT click on photograph for more information	155.340	a	Regional Emergency Acute Care Transport Rockford Memorial Hospital.
Air Angels click on photograph for more information	a	a	Air Angels based at DuPageAirport in West Chicago, IL.
Med Flight click on photograph for more information Photo Courtesy of Gary R. Hahn	463.175 155.400 155.340 462.950/467.950 462.975/462.975	Med Flight Med Flight Med Flight 2	University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI. Med Flight 1, a Agusta 109E Med Flight 2 is a Bell 222UT When Med Flight responds to "Scene" requests, It uses either MARC II (151.280), Talk Around or State EMS (155.340).
Trauma One	462.975/467.975	MED 10	Sioux Valley Hospital in Sioux Falls, SD. A Bell 230. Also two Beechcraft King Air B200 twin-engine airplanes known as Intensive Air 1 & 2 Uses local public safety channels to communicate with on scene agencies. (may operate on CareFlight channels)
CareFlight	462.950/467.950 155.340 155.400	MED 9 "statewide" "Region 3"	Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, SD. Serves the Avera System with hospitals in Aberdeen, Mitchell, Yankton, and Sioux Falls. Uses local public safety channels to communicate with on scene agencies. (may operate on Trauma One's channels)
Mayo Medical Air Transport click on photograph for more information	155.385	a	Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN Has been heard on MED 9 462.950/467.950. Mayo One is BKK-117 Helicopter Mayo MedAir are fixed wing aircrafts
MedLink Air click on photograph for more information	a	a	Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center La Crosse, WI Medlink Air is a BKK-117
LifeFlight Eagle	a	160.185 might used. It was heard in the Des Moines area with LifeFlight 1 talking to "Lifecom"	LifeFlight Eagle is based at Kansas City MO's Downtown Airport. There are two BKK-117
LifeNet 2-1	a	a	LifeNet 2-1 is based at Rosecrans Hospital in St. Joseph MO. It part of the same company that runs LifeNet in Omaha NE listed above.
Air Evac Team 5	a	a	Air Evac is regional air medical service in Arkansas, Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennesse, Alabama, Georgia, Indiana and Illinois. Team 5 is located in Quincy IL. Lee County in Iowa is within range of its base in Quincy.
More Links: Alec Buck's EMS Helicopters Airmed Database Search Air Medical Evacuation (Medevac) Helicopters in the Northeastern United States
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