Mountain Area Medical Airlift – MAMA Air Medical is a regional service of HCA – Mission Hospital, Inc. and is designed to provide helicopter medical services primarily to the Western North Carolina area. Additionally, air medical services are offered to the upstate of South Carolina, Northeast Georgia and eastern Tennessee. MAMA responds to requests per the existing North Carolina Air Medical Association’s Mutual Aid agreement. The service area, however extends in a 150 mile radius of Asheville and Franklin, and is available 24 hours per day, 365 days per year. MAMA provides helicopter transport to the critically ill or injured with the expertise of the flight team for patients in the service area, where time, specialized resources and the quality of transportation is crucial to the patient’s survival and outcome. The Adult/Peds team will transport a patient population for admission to adult and pediatric services. The Infant Transport team will care for infants based on weight and age per current policy.
MAMA Ground Service is the ground based transport system operated by Mission Health. Operating up to 17 transport vehicles providing care for Behavioral Health, BLS, ALS and Specialty Care Transport across the entire life span.
Program Name: MAMA - Mountain Area Medical Airlift
Organizational / Hospital Affiliation: Mission Health, 509 Biltmore Ave. Asheville NC 28801
Services Offered: Ground BH/BLS/ALS/SCT/RW
Administrator Name: Gina Scharf, MAMA Air Manager
Administrator Contact Information: Gina Scharf Gina.Scharf@HCAHealthcare.com
Program or Organization Website: http://www.mission-health.org/emergency.php
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WNCMAMA/