Emergency Transport Requests
1-800-ACH-HELP
or 501-364-6429
General Information & Questions
501-364-2456
About Angel One Transport
Arkansas Children’s Hospital Angel One is a state-of-the-art, intensive care medical transport system for bringing critically ill and injured infants, children, and adolescents as well as adult burn patients from throughout Arkansas and the surrounding states to ACH. We also operate a high risk obstetric (HROB) transport program in partnership with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.
We began operations in 1978 known as Arkansas Newborn Transport Service (ANTS), operating with one ambulance. A fixed-wing
aircraft was leased from Central Flying Service in 1982 to accommodate longer distances. In 1985, helicopter operations were begun under the new name of Angel One, utilizing a Bell206-L-1 helicopter. This was upgraded to a light, twin engine helicopter, a Eurocopter BO-105 in 1987 and in 1992 a heavy twin engine Sikorsky S-76-A helicopter was added to the fleet. In 1999, ACH purchased a used Sikorsky S-76 A to replace the original Sikorsky helicopter. Both helicopters were replaced in 2002, and in recent years, we have added two more ground units to bring our fleet to a total of five plus the availability of a fixed-wing aircraft.
Angel One provides intesive care medical transportation for the entire state of Arkansas and the surrounding states, covering a radius of approximately 200 miles of Little Rock. With the ability to do mobile ECMO (Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation), this distance is extended to 300 Nautical Miles.
We currently average 2,000 transports per year with over 1,000 of those by helicopter. Between July 2008 and June 2009, we transported approximately 1950 patients of which approximately 950 were pediatric patients and approximately 925 neonates and 8 Mobile ECMO transports. Angel One was the first to do mobile ECMO by helicopter and in 1996 became the first pediatric program accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Services (CAMTS).
In July 2003, Angel One transitioned the aviation side and began operations under our own FAA Part 135. This accomplishment further shows the dedication of Arkansas Children’s Hospital to the Angel One program.
Arkansas Children’s Hospital and Angel One are dedicated to providing Care, Love and Hope… at 180 miles per hour.
Emergency Transport Requests
1-800-ACH-HELP
or 501-364-6429
General Information & Questions
501-364-2456
Arkansas Children's Hospital, 1 Children’s Way, Little Rock, AR 72202-3591, (501) 364-1100 or TDD (501) 364-1184
Angel One® Transport