Airlift Northwest
Hospitals and Health CareWashington, United States51-200 Employees
Airlift Northwest is a mid-sized health care organization based in Seattle, Washington. It traces its origins to a UW Medicine initiative after a fatal housefire in Alaska highlighted gaps in timely access to appropriate care. As the region's first airborne intensive care unit, it helped establish a model for delivering critical care in flight and ensuring the area remains within reach of advanced services. The organization fields teams of highly skilled critical care nurses and medical professionals able to manage emergencies such as advanced cardiac life support and neonatal resuscitation during air transport, delivering patients to the most advanced specialty care available. This service targets patients who require high-quality critical care promptly, especially when geography could impede timely treatment. In practice, Airlift Northwest extends access to critical care across the region through air medical transport.