Manitoba Health

Lifeflight Air Ambulance

Lifeflight is a licensed specialized air ambulance service in the province of Manitoba. This means that Lifeflight has the resources to provide "intensive care in the air".

A group of critical care physicians, emergency physicians and obstetricians provide 24 hour coverage for the program. Flight nurses with advanced critical care training and extensive experience triage all calls, stabilize patients pre-transport and facilitate advance care throughout the medevac. Lifeflight provides the primary means of air transport for all seriously ill or injured Manitobans from areas outside the 80 mile radius of Winnipeg in rural and northern Manitoba to urban referral centers in Winnipeg.

Where is Lifeflight located?

Lifeflight operates out of the Government Air Services Hangar T5 located at 900 Ferry Road, Winnipeg. The aircraft is stationed here with the duty flight nurse and pilots on 24 hour standby, 7 days a week. For medevac information please call (204) 945-8990.

Core Value:

"Service through Trust, Respect and Competence"

Lifeflight’s Goals

1. To provide the highest possible quality of specialized health care during interfacility transportation of seriously ill patients.
2. To conduct educational programs for Lifeflight physicians, nurses, pilots and engineers and to provide outreach education upon request for urban, rural and northern health facilities.
   
3. To promote a safe operation through the cooperative efforts of all personnel.
4. To establish Lifeflight staff as competent providers of specialized aeromedical transport in the provincial emergency medical services system.

For further information regarding our program or if you would like Lifeflight to provide an information session for your staff please call Rick Sellwood, Chief Flight Nurse, Lifeflight (204) 945-0849.