Critical care transport, for your highest-acuity patients

Critical care transport (CCT) is a level of inter-facility ground transport that exceeds standard Advanced Life Support. CCT is appropriate for patients who require continuous vasoactive drip management, mechanical ventilation, advanced cardiac monitoring, or bedside critical care assessment during transport. These are patients whose condition is too unstable or complex for a standard ALS transport crew to manage without additional training and equipment.

Hatzolah EMS CCT units are staffed by crews with additional critical care certification beyond standard paramedic training, and may include transport-trained RNs or critical care paramedics depending on the patient's acuity level and the requesting physician's orders. Equipment includes transport ventilators, advanced infusion pumps, full 12-lead monitoring with continuous waveform display, invasive monitoring interface capability, and a formulary expanded beyond the standard ALS medication kit.

CCT assignments are coordinated between the requesting physician, the receiving facility, and our medical director. We accept CCT requests with a completed patient report, current vitals, and physician orders specifying the care level required for transport. Contact our dispatch team to initiate a CCT request and to confirm crew availability and vehicle assignment.