AirCare crews may be put on standby, alerting them about a possible mission, and enabling them to gather equipment and check the weather.

Motor vehicle crash with:
   • Compartment intrusion greater than one foot
   • Fatality in the same vehicle
   • Ejection of the patient
   • Pedestrian/cyclist crash
   • Prolonged extrication
   • Evidence of significant head, chest,
      abdomen or pelvis injury

Motorcycle crash at speed greater than 20 mph with ejection

Penetrating trauma (especially to the head, chest and abdomen)

Crush injury to head, chest, abdomen or pelvis

Fall
   • Adult: greater than 15 feet
   • Child: two times the height of the child

Multi-system trauma

Major body surface burn or burn involving the face or airway

Any spinal cord injury or unstable vertebral column injury

Ground transportation more than 30 minutes

Glascow coma scale less than 13

Drowning or near drowning

Any adult or pediatric critical medical illness requiring rapid stabilization and transfer