Air ambulance programs (also known as Medevac) offer transport by helicopter (rotor-wing) or fixed-wing aircraft.
ARCH Air was the twelfth program in the U.S. to offer such services when it began operating in March 1979.
Transporting approximately 4,200 patients per year by helicopter, ARCH aircraft are staffed by a pilot, nurse and paramedic.
Transport is also provided for specialty teams for St Louis Children's Hospital and St. John's Hospital, Springfield, IL neonatal and OB teams The Helicopter Service area is around 150 miles around each base.
The following hospital-based services are sister programs of Arch and are owned and operated by Air Methods.