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PHI Air Medical’s Cedar Creek base expanded its advanced emergency transport services in 2025, adding several respiratory, cardiac and trauma-care capabilities—some for the first time in Central Texas.
What’s happening
Company officials announced April 14 that the Cedar Creek base added new in-flight care services for critically ill patients, including those experiencing severe respiratory distress, pulmonary hypertension or organ failure.
The details
The Cedar Creek base became the first air medical service in Central Texas to provide routine, independent transports involving inhaled epoprostenol, which can help patients with severe respiratory failure.
The base also added high-flow nasal cannula, inhaled nitric oxide and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation transport services for patients with respiratory or organ failure—the first known to be offered by any service in the Austin area, according to a news release.
One more thing
Bastrop County residents pay no out-of-pocket flight costs when picked up and transported within a seven-county service area through an agreement with Bastrop County Emergency Services District No. 3.
An option to upgrade the benefit to no out-of-pocket costs nationwide for $40 annually can be found here.
What they’re saying
“The crew at this base provides a service that goes above and beyond in every facet of their role, and these accomplishments reflect a crew that has the tools to elevate emergency medical care,” CEO Christopher Hardman said.
