Our Crew

About Our Crew
Crew members must meet the following qualifications:
Pilots
- Minimum of 2,000 hours rotor wing flying
- Commercial and instrument certification
- Apollo employees
Nurses
- Graduation from an accredited school of nursing with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing preferred
- Wisconsin license
- Minimum of three current years adult critical care or emergency department experience (prefer both)
- Pre-hospital EMS experience preferred
- Current certification in BLS, ACLS, and PALS
- One of: ATLS audit, TPATC, and NRP must be obtained within the first year of employment
- Certification as one of CEN, CCRN, CFRN or CTRN is required for nurses within two years of employment
- Extensive supervised orientation
- Must successfully pass Human Patient Simulator (HPS) scenarios with Medical Director to complete orientation
Paramedics
- Active paramedic, employed within an EMS system providing critical care, in good standing within their system and the Medical Director of their system
- Certification and licensure as a critical care paramedic in Wisconsin
- Minimum of three years experience working as a paramedic in the critical care environment
- Current certification in BLS, ACLS, and PALS
- One of: ATLS audit, TPATC, and NRP must be obtained within the first year of employment
- Certification as one of FP-C or CCP-C is required for paramedics within two years of employment
- Extensive supervised orientation
- Must successfully pass Human Patient Simulator (HPS) scenarios with Medical Director to complete orientation
Medical Control
- Online medical control
Mechanics
- Dedicated to the aircraft 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year
- Aircraft factory certified
- Performs all scheduled and unscheduled maintenance
- All components inspected, overhauled, or replaced based on preventative maintenance schedule
- Apollo employees
Physicians - Waukesha/Burlington Bases
- When scheduled, on selected shifts
- Second or third year residents currently participating in the Emergency Medicine Residency Program, Medical College of Wisconsin
- Medical College of Wisconsin Physicians participating in an EMS fellowship
Communication Specialists
- IAMTCS (International Association of Medical Transport Communication Specialists) certified flight communicators
- Strong EMS and dispatch background
- Extensive weather training