OSF Lifeline Ambulance, a division of OSF HealthCare, provides immediate, on-scene patient care to those suffering sudden illness or injury. We provide emergency and non-emergency medical transport to any area hospital and work with area fire protection districts.

Each unit is equipped with 12-lead EKG capabilities, which allow transmission from the ambulance directly to the Emergency Department at OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center, saving precious time if a patient is experiencing a cardiac event.

Programs and Services

Critical Care Transport Team

Available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, every day of the year, the Critical Care Transport Team provides the highest level of care for patients, whether transported by OSF Lifeline Ambulance or OSF Life Flight Helicopter.

Available to 14 hospitals in the 10-county area served by OSF Lifeline, this service is used to transport critical patients from small, rural hospitals to facilities with specialty services. This service is also used to transport patients between Rockford hospitals or from Rockford to larger facilities in Chicago or Madison.

Ambulance crew members are trained in advanced critical care techniques, such as:

• Calibrating and recording pressures for arterial lines
• Pulmonary arterial and central venous catheters
• Drawing blood from an arterial line
• Providing 12-lead monitoring and interpretation
• Caring for patients who require a ventilator, CPAP or Bi-PAP
• Providing patients with temporary pacemakers.

In many ways, the OSF Lifeline Critical Care Transport program provides an intensive care unit on wheels.

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