Life Line Ambulance employs the best people and utilizes the latest in vehicle and computer technology to provide exceptional customer services to all the communities in which we operate.

People
Life Line Ambulance team members, our most valuable asset, are all highly trained, caring professionals.

With all the new stations opening up throughout our service area, we’re always looking for new team members! Click here for current job openings.

Vehicles
Life Line currently deploys and maintains 22 emergency vehicles, including 21 ambulances and one critical care unit, which is staffed by an advanced life support professional, an emergency medical technician and a registered nurse and used as an alternative to air transportation.

Computer technology
Life Line Ambulance is always one of the first ambulance services in our area to implement cutting-edge technologies. We continually update and upgrade our systems, including computer-aided dispatch, automatic vehicle locator (AVL) and global informational system (GIS). All of these tools make it easier for us to find you more quickly in your time of need.

Emergency Transportation

Life Line Ambulance is a partner in several Arizona communities’ Emergency Medical Systems, activated by dialing 9-1-1. (Service Area map)  Thus, our primary focus is providing basic and advanced life support services and transporting trauma and medical patients to area hospitals. We’re there to care, whenever and wherever you need us.

Non-emergency Transportation

Our second area of focus is on transporting ill and injured patients between hospitals and from hospitals to specialized treatment centers, such as tumor, burn or neurological facilities, both within and outside our service area.

Even though these are typically non-emergency transports, the vehicles are still staffed by trained medical providers, such as paramedics, emergency medical technicians and registered nurses. We know that this is a very stressful time for you or your loved ones. We do all we can to help you rest assured.

Critical Care Unit

Life Line EMS, a division of Life Line Ambulance, has recently purchased a Type III Modular ambulance, which is a larger vehicle than our typical advanced life support vehicle. This Critical Care Unit (CCU) is equipped with specialty machines and devices needed to transport the critically ill or injured patient between facilities, either in or outside our service area. The primary benefit to our customers—patients and doctors—is that the Life Line CCU can serve as a cost-effective alternative to air transport for non-emergency critically ill or injured patients.

Staffing
Life Line EMS has hand selected and trained the specialty personnel for staffing the CCU.

• Advanced life support (ALS) providers: These are intermediate emergency medical technicians (IEMT) and/or paramedics. The CCU has space for two ALS providers. These providers have a minimum training level of:

  • Cardio pulmonary resuscitation (CPR).

  • Advanced cardiac life support (ACLS).

  • Advanced critical care training on CCU specialty equipment.

• Emergency medical technician-Bacic (EMT-B): The EMT-B can provide basic life support (BLS) services to the patient en route.

• Critical care registered nurse (CCU-RN): This professional can provide nursing services, as well as ACLS and CCU skills to the patient en route.

Equipment
The CCU has all the equipment of our typical ALS ambulance, such as drug box, portable and on-board suction, EKG/defibrillator/external pacing and 500-pound-rated stretcher, plus specialty equipment, such as:

• Impact 754-transport ventilator with AC-DC rechargeable battery.

• Fetal Doppler.

• End tidal CO2 qualitative mainstream monitor.

• Pressure infusers.

• Two IVAC, three-chambered IV pumps.

• Propaq monitor with pulse oximetry, ECG, temperature, heart rate, NIBP, AIBP, trends, alarms and printer.

• Communications:

  • UHF (EMSCOM) radio.

  • VHF radio capabilities.

• Extra capacity on-board oxygen supply.

• Additional space for equipment and inverter on board to service it.

The table below describes in more detail the features, benefits and equipment on the Life Line CCU:

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