Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center Advanced Response Team (DHART)
The Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center Advanced Response Team provides both ground and air medical transportation services to the medical communities of Northern New England. In addition, DHART flight crews respond to public safety agency requests for medical evacuation of trauma patients from scenes of injury and will transport to the closest Trauma Center in the region’s five states. Our team consists of Communications Specialists, Flight Nurses, Flight Paramedics, Respiratory Care Practitioners, EMTs, Pilots, and Airframe and Power Plant Mechanics.
DHART Overview
The Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center Advanced Response Team (DHART) is the critical care transport team for Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center. DHART is one of the most visible and most successful examples of Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center’s vision of achieving the healthiest population possible, by delivering the best care, in the right place, at the right time, every time. The DHART team consists of highly skilled and trained members who individually and collectively play a role in our overall success.
DHART Services
DHART provides services with two Airbus H135 aircrafts – based in Lebanon, and Manchester, NH. Our aircrafts are equipped with Night Vision Goggles, Traffic Collision Avoidance Systems, Helicopter Terrain Avoidance Warning Systems, Single Pilot IFR and autopilot, to utilize our first-in-the-nation low-level enroute structure which connects our 30+ precision GPS approaches. This first-in-the-nation project adds an additional layer of safety and enables the DHART helicopters to respond to requests for patient transport during challenging Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) weather conditions. DHART also utilizes two Critical Care Ambulances to transport patients within the region when weather precludes flying, or in situations in which the patient acuity warrants ground transport.
