After an extensive independent, external evaluation of administrative documentation, flight operations, medical practices and facilities, US emergency medical transportation company Survival Flight has been awarded accreditation for its rotary and fixed-wing programmes by the National Accreditation Alliance of Medical Transport Applications (NAAMTA Global).

NAAMTA's accreditation programme is built on standards that focus on quality patient care and the safety of the transport for all involved. The accreditation process is founded upon providing service-based consultative and educational processes and presenting best practices to help an organisation improve its care and services.

NAAMTA Global verified its compliance through employee interviews, on-site evaluations and process reviews, all of which were conducted using ISO 9001:2015 auditing guidelines. Through the accreditation application and site auditing procedures, Survival Flight demonstrated compliance to the medical transport accreditation standards.

Survival Flight's executive team and base personnel keenly expressed the company's goal to make the accreditation a launching point in the recognition of compliance and the drive for continuing and improving safety and quality in all departments.

Andy Arthurs, Survival Flight's vice president of EMS services comments: “Survival Flight eagerly embraces the NAAMTA's continuous compliance and commitment programme, which supports efforts for quality management, assessments, and improvement processes.”

Amy Arndt, NAAMTA's operations director adds: “As each employee takes a personnel interest and a positive step toward safety, quality and improvement procedures, everyone benefits.”

NAAMTA Global's Medical Transport accreditation is recognised as a symbol of quality by industry peers, third-party payers, medical organisations, liability insurance companies, state and federal agencies, and the public. In addition to the accreditation, Survival Flight has joined the NAAMTA Alliance and is eager to participate in the NAAMTA Alliance. The Alliance unifies accredited organisations in the vanguard of continuous improvement through the sharing of education, experiences and the skills of each member working to improve patient care and cultivating an environment of safety.

“At Survival Flight, we're always looking out for the safety of our patients, pilots and crews,” Survival Flight CEO Chris Millard notes. “We want to do everything we can to foster a culture of excellence and safety and the NAAMTA Global accreditation is proof that our efforts have been meaningful. This third-party audit confirms our prioritisation of safety is clear and will continue to be demonstrated.”

Roylen Griffin, NAAMTA executive director concludes: “Survival Flight's determination for this professional achievement points to the same driving force its employees have to reach their patients, use their skills and expertise to treat and deliver them to their destination, using the safest possible means.”