Children's CAREFlight delivers specialized critical care transport for pediatric patients across Alabama and beyond — by air and by ground, around the clock.
Every child is different — their medical transport should be too. Our teams are trained specifically in pediatric critical care, ensuring the highest standard from pickup to handoff.
Fixed-wing and rotary aircraft equipped for critical care transport, reaching remote and rural locations quickly and safely.
Mobile ICU ambulances staffed with pediatric-trained critical care nurses and paramedics for overland transfers.
Every mission is crewed by nurses and physicians with specialized training in pediatric intensive care and emergency medicine.
Coordinated transfers between hospitals, ensuring continuity of care as children move to specialized pediatric centers.
Rapid deployment for time-critical emergencies — neonatal distress, traumatic injury, or unstable conditions requiring immediate transfer.
We coordinate logistics so families can travel with or meet their child at the receiving facility — reducing stress during critical moments.
Children's CAREFlight is the pediatric critical care transport service of Children's of Alabama. Based in Birmingham, we provide life-saving medical transport for infants, children, and adolescents across the state and into surrounding regions.
Our teams — composed of specially trained critical care nurses, paramedics, and physicians — operate state-of-the-art aircraft and ground units equipped to provide hospital-level care during transit. Every mission is coordinated through our dispatch center, available at all hours.
From rural Alabama communities to regional referral centers, our dispatch network ensures rapid response times and seamless inter-facility coordination.
Primary hub & headquarters
Statewide air & ground coverage
Multi-state coordination available
Hospital-to-hospital handoff
Whether you're a referring physician, hospital staff member, or emergency responder — our dispatch team is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
For non-emergency inquiries, please use the form below.
