Our Operations

Serving patients across Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska and Wyoming

The mission of HCA HealthONE AirLife is to provide the highest quality, compassionate patient care during cost-effective, appropriate, safe and rapid transportation by a committed and expert team of professionals.

The vision of HCA HealthONE AirLife is to be the leader in air and ground, critical care transport service. With safety as our first and highest priority, we relentlessly seek to provide rapid access to the highest level of specialized care by differentiating ourselves with cutting-edge technology, comprehensive skill, and exemplary service to our patients and the communities we serve. Built on a foundation of experience in intensive care, emergency, and pediatrics, our clinicians are credentialed, trained and highly experienced in providing advanced airway and ventilator management, adult and pediatric trauma, neuro, and cardiac care as well as specialty neonatal care and high-risk OB.

The values guiding our mission are: above all, safety; a mindset of abundance over scarcity; collaboration above competition; trust through respect and accountability; teamwork through learning and sharing knowledge/experience; personal fulfillment and mastery through participation and innovation; and economic responsibility without loss of excellence or commitment.

Advanced Air and Ground Transport Services

HCA HealthONE AirLife serves EMS agencies and healthcare facilities within a 150-mile radius using our specialized helicopter fleet including three Bell 407 Eagle HP helicopters and one standard 407, operated by Air Methods Corporation, Inc. These aircraft are based at HCA HealthONE Mountain Ridge, HCA HealthONE Sky Ridge, Lincoln Community and Melissa Memorial hospitals.

For longer distances, we utilize two King Air 200 fixed-wing aircraft, operated by Air Methods and based at Centennial Airport.

HCA HealthONE AirLife EMS, previously known as Northglenn Ambulance, operates a fleet of ground ambulances within the Denver metro region and surrounding areas. Operating a fleet of 20 ambulances that serve both the EMS operations and ground critical care operations, we respond to both interfacility transfers and support surrounding districts with 911 responses as needed.

HCA HealthONE AirLife EMS holds a high standard of quality patient care, compassion, and is committed to excellence. We prioritize education through quarterly continuing education and skill sessions enhancing our team's proficiency.  We are dedicated to cardiac care, having achieved the prestigious America Heart Association’s Mission: Lifeline® EMS Gold Plus status for many years. Our commitment to excellence and passion for serving the community and our patients creates a meaningful impact every day.

Our fleet also includes two advanced ground ambulances dedicated to interfacility and neonatal critical care transports.

All transport modes are equipped to carry specialty devices, including Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumps (IABP) and isolettes.

Adult-Pediatric Team

This is our primary team providing highly skilled care to all patients 5kg and up. We respond to scene flights anywhere in our region– from the mountains to the plains— as well as provide critical-care inter-facility transports. Our team consists of Critical Care RNs and Critical Care Paramedics with a minimum of five years of experience. We are partners with HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children’s at Presbyterian St. Luke’s, as well as our other HCA HealthONE hospitals to help us train and provide expert-level care across these disciplines.

Specialty Teams

In addition to our adult and pediatric services, we have dedicated specialty teams with discipline-specific credentials providers on each.

  • High-Risk Obstetric Team: Consisting of an RNC-OB RN and a member of the adult-peds team
  • Neonatal Team: Consisting of an advanced practice nurse and a neonatal RN or neonatal RN and a neonatal RN configuration