Where do the air ambulances pick up the patients they bring to St. Josephs?
Patients are picked up from other hospitals, accident sites, rural areas or designated locations for transfer from a ground ambulance to an air ambulance. Air ambulances transport to St. Joseph’s Hospital those patients that require the highest level of care. St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center, the first established hospital in Arizona, is a nationally recognized center for quality patient care, medical education and research. It houses the internationally renowned Barrow Neurological Institute® which provides neurology and neurosurgery services for individuals with brain and spine diseases, disorders and injuries. St. Joseph’s Hospital is also one of the largest pediatric facilities in the region and has a Level III Perinatal Center and Nursery Intensive Care Unit (NyICU), the highest level of care and accreditation. St. Joseph’s Hospital is a Level 1 Trauma Center (as verified by the American College of Surgeons). The hospital’s helipad is used primarily to receive trauma patie
