Life Air Rescue

What Life Air Rescue does

Life Air Rescue is a Shreveport, Louisiana-based rotor-wing air medical transport service that has operated in the Ark-La-Tex region since its 1983 formation through the merger of Schumpert's Life Air 1 and Willis-Knighton's Air Rescue. The service responds to emergency scene calls and performs interfacility patient transfers within a 150-mile base radius covering North Louisiana, East Texas, South Arkansas, and West Mississippi, transporting approximately 600 patients annually. Each mission is staffed by a certified flight paramedic and a certified flight registered nurse operating EC-135 helicopters, with pilots, mechanics, and FAA Part 135 operational control provided by Metro Aviation. Since 2019, Life Air Rescue has operated under a partnership between Acadian Air Med and Metro Aviation, integrating it into Acadian's broader rotor-wing network of nine EC-135 helicopters across Louisiana and into adjacent states.

Revenue is generated on a per-transport fee basis billed to healthcare systems, insurance providers, and government EMS programs (Medicare/Medicaid), consistent with standard U.S. air ambulance economics. The service holds CAMTS accreditation, recognized as the gold standard in air medical transport quality, which functions as a regulatory and quality moat. GTM is essentially enterprise-field-sales in nature: Life Air Rescue is dispatched through emergency medical coordination systems and operates 24/7, with demand driven by healthcare facility referrals and EMS scene calls rather than proactive commercial sales. The operation is a subsidiary within the Acadian Companies ecosystem, which includes Acadian Ambulance, Acadian Health, and the National EMS Academy, providing structural support but limiting Life Air Rescue's independent commercial positioning.

Name

Life Air Rescue

Legal name

Life Air Rescue

Website

https://lifeairrescue.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1983

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Life Air Rescue is a Shreveport-based helicopter air medical transport service operating within a 150-mile radius across North Louisiana, East Texas, South Arkansas, and West Mississippi, performing emergency scene response and interfacility transfers for hospitals and EMS systems as part of the Acadian Air Med network.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Air Medical Transportation Services

NAICS

Ambulance Services (62191), Nonscheduled Air Transportation (4812)

SIC

Air Transportation, Nonscheduled (4522)

akta.pro primary industry

Air Medical Transport (Helicopter/Fixed-Wing) (HLAFANAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Medical Air Transport (Air Ambulance/Patient Transfer) (TLAFABAG)

Keywords

• Air medical transport
• Emergency medical services
• Helicopter medevac
• Air ambulance services
• Medical transportation

Headquarters

HQ city

Shreveport

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Emergency Air Medical Transport Services: Life Air Rescue generates revenue through emergency air medical transport services, responding to emergency scene calls and interfacility patient transfers. Revenue is derived from transport fees billed to healthcare systems, insurance providers, and government EMS programs.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Life Air Rescue provides rotor-wing (helicopter) emergency air medical transport services, responding to emergency scene calls and conducting interfacility patient transfers within a 150-mile base radius of Shreveport covering North Louisiana, East Texas, South Arkansas, and West Mississippi. Each flight is staffed by a certified flight paramedic and certified flight registered nurse with full on-board medical equipment for adult and pediatric emergency and critical care transport.

Product overview

Life Air Rescue is an emergency air medical transport service providing rotor-wing (helicopter) emergency scene response and interfacility transfers. It operates as part of Acadian Air Med's network of helicopter operations under a partnership with Metro Aviation. The service covers the Ark-La-Tex region with a 150-mile radius, responding to approximately 600 patients annually. Each flight is staffed by a certified flight paramedic and a certified flight RN, with Metro Aviation providing pilots and mechanics and maintaining operational control of all aircraft.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Emergency Air Medical Transport Service Rotor-wing (helicopter) emergency air medical transport service for emergency scene response and interfacility patient transfers, serving healthcare systems, hospitals, and EMS providers across North Louisiana, East Texas, South Arkansas, and West Mississippi. Each mission staffed by a certified flight paramedic and certified flight RN with full on-board medical equipment.

Quantifiable outcome

• Approximately 600 patients transported annually

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Feature3 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Acadian Air MedcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019In 2019, Acadian Air Med and Metro Aviation formed a partnership to take over the operations of Life Air Rescue. Life Air Rescue is now part of Acadian Air Med's network of rotor-wing operations, expanding their coverage to include North Louisiana, East Texas, South Arkansas, and West Mississippi. The partnership builds a stronger statewide network.
• Metro AviationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Metro Aviation provides pilots and mechanics for both Air Med and Life Air Rescue and maintains operational control of all aircraft. In 2019, Metro Aviation partnered with Acadian Air Med to take over Life Air Rescue operations.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Air Methods Corporation: Largest US air ambulance operator providing rotor-wing and fixed-wing emergency medical transport across multiple states. Directly comparable service offering (scene response and interfacility transfers), clinical staffing model, and CAMTS-accredited operations, but at significantly greater scale.
• Med-Trans Corporation: National air ambulance provider operating rotor-wing and fixed-wing emergency medical services in partnership with hospitals and health systems. Directly comparable service model, clinical staffing model, and community-based rotor-wing operations.
• PHI Air Medical: Major US air medical transport provider operating rotor-wing and fixed-wing EMS aircraft across multiple regions. Comparable in mission (scene calls and interfacility transfers), clinical staffing, and CAMTS-equivalent accreditation standards.

Direct peers

• Acadian Air Med: Parent network of Life Air Rescue providing rotor-wing emergency air medical transport across Louisiana using EC-135 helicopters with CAMTS accreditation. Operates identical service model (emergency scene response and interfacility transfers) with overlapping crew composition and dispatch infrastructure.
• LifeFlight Network: Non-profit air ambulance provider operating rotor-wing and fixed-wing emergency medical transport across the Pacific Northwest and Mountain West. Directly comparable service mix (scene response and interfacility transfers), clinical staffing, and CAMTS-accredited operations.
• Air Evac Lifeteam: Membership-supported air ambulance service operating rotor-wing emergency medical transport across rural communities in the central and southern US. Highly comparable mission of serving rural geographies where ground transport is constrained, with similar scene-call and interfacility transfer service mix.
• REACH Air Medical Services: Air ambulance provider operating rotor-wing and fixed-wing emergency medical transport across the western US. Comparable in service offering, clinical staffing (paramedic/RN configuration), and CAMTS-accredited operations.
• EagleMed (Air Medical Group Holdings): Air ambulance provider operating rotor-wing and fixed-wing emergency medical transport across multiple US regions under Air Medical Group Holdings. Comparable service offering, clinical staffing, and CAMTS-accredited operations serving similar rural and community hospital networks.
• Boston MedFlight: Non-profit regional air ambulance provider operating rotor-wing and fixed-wing emergency medical transport in the Northeast. Comparable service model focused on interfacility critical care transport with similarly credentialed flight medical crews.

Others

• Metro Aviation: FAA Part 135 operator that supplies pilots, mechanics, and operational control for Life Air Rescue and Acadian Air Med. Comparable as an aviation services partner in the air ambulance value chain, though it is not a competing medical transport provider.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/lifeairrescue

Compliance2 records

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Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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