About Us

Air Methods Kentucky is a full-service air medical transport system based throughout Kentucky. Our aircraft are available 24/7/365, with overlapping service areas of coverage that help ensure a helicopter is readily available for your needs. We operate 10 helicopter ambulances and one fixed wing ambulance, and our state offices are headquartered in Lexington.

We began in 1982 as the first civilian air medical program in Kentucky. In 1995 we became the first air medical program in the state to earn CAMTS (Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems) accreditation. With a mission of safety, quality, and integrity, Air Methods Kentucky is committed to providing its patients and medical and emergency service partners with a high level of care and professionalism.

What We Do

Air Methods Kentucky responds to scene requests as well as interfacility transfers. We are routinely called for rapid transport of trauma patients to trauma centers, cardiac patients to receiving facilities with interventional cardiology capabilities (often times going directly to waiting cath lab staff), and stroke patients to designated stroke centers, as well as medical, pediatric, surgical, and obstetrics patients. We offer a specialty neonatal transport team. Patients requiring critical care transport from outlying facilities to tertiary facilities due to intravenous medications, mechanical ventilation, unstable airway, or time-critical conditions are routinely transported by Air Methods Kentucky. 

Air Methods Corporation

Air Methods Kentucky is owned by Air Methods Corporation (NASDAQ: AIRM), the nation's largest provider of air medical emergency transport services and systems. The company is dedicated exclusively to air medical treatment, focusing on the quality of care to patients and safety in aviation operations. 

Established in 1980, the company transports more than 84,000 patients annually who require intensive medical care from either the scene of an accident or general care hospitals to highly skilled trauma centers or tertiary care centers. Air Methods operates a fleet of more than 340 helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft in over 40 states and is headquartered in Englewood, Colo.

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