04/25/2026
The past few months have kept Lifeguard busy providing critical care across the Four Corners region.
From aircraft to the bedside, our crews have been providing expert level patient care. These transports take teamwork, preparation, and the ability to bring critical care clinicians and specialized equipment wherever the patients need us.
Critical care does not begin or end at the doors of the ICU. Critical care takes place wherever the patient is located. For Lifeguard, it often starts at rural facilities across New Mexico. Sometimes it looks like an in flight ultrasound exam or emergent point of care labs. Other times it looks like placing an arterial line in flight because the aircraft vibration interferes with blood pressure readings. Perhaps it resembles moving ECMO or VAD patients to larger centers. Maybe our medical director even brings a transesophageal echo probe on some of these critical transports. It can include maintaining the capability for massive transfusion with a variety of blood products. Finally, it can happen when all the logistical problems are working against us, and we stay at the bedside until the patient can be safely transported.
Critical care can look like soo many different things.
We are very proud of the work our paramedics, respiratory therapists, nurses, physicians, pilots, mechanics, and communication specialists do every day to support patients, families, and hospitals across the region.
