LifeEvac

Not just transport. Treatment.

VCU Health’s LifeEvac is an extension and representation of our academic medical center, which provides the highest standard of care in the region across all medical specialties. Through air and ground support, we transfer patients from the scene of accidents and other medical facilities to VCU Medical Center, with paramedics and nurses who begin advanced, specialized treatment while en route.

• Licensed by the Virginia Department of Health’s Office of Emergency Medical Services
• Response area includes the majority of Virginia, eastern North Carolina and surrounding areas 

Ground or air, the same level of care.

We continue the excellent care our partners started. Whether on board our helicopters or in the ground ambulance, our close-knit team includes highly skilled pilots, drivers, paramedics, and critical care nurses and specialists.

All specialties. Every day.

Our team is specifically trained to bring the same level of care that you will find in any specialty, trauma bay, or ICU at VCU Medical Center. Our top goal for your patient is to ensure stabilization, comfort, and safety on their transport to our physician care.

• Provides for safe and high-quality rotor wing transport for patients throughout Virginia and neighboring states 
• Aviation services are provided by MedTrans.

Our Services: safety and quality meet speed

• Air and ground medical transport and critical care treatment for adult and pediatric acutely injured or ill patients
• 24/7 inter-hospital transfer and accident scene transport to our Level I trauma center or most appropriate facility
• Aircraft medical crew: certified and experienced flight nurses and paramedics
• Aircraft equipped with state-of-the-art patient monitoring, ventilator, video laryngoscope, and other technology to support care of critical patients during transport
• Operational Medical Director: Harinder S. Dhindsa, M.D.

Bases

Hanover - LifeEvac 1
Hanover Airport
9504 Sliding Hill Road
Ashland, VA 23005
Airbus EC-145 helicopter 

West Point - LifeEvac 3
Middle Peninsula Regional Airport
345 Tailwind Lane
Mattaponi, VA 23110
Airbus EC-135 helicopter

Petersburg - LifeEvac 4
Bon Secours Southside Medical Center
200 Medical Park Blvd
Unit 1&2
Petersburg, VA 23805
Airbus EC-135 helicopter

Access LifeEvac

LifeComm Operations Center: 1 (877) 902-7779

VCU Medical Center Transfer Center: (804) 828-2638

Aviation Outreach Coordinator: Cody Main, (804) 873-8715 / benjamin.main@vcuhealth.org