Who can provide critical care transport?

• A. Any private ambulance company.
• B. IDPH-approved critical care transport agencies or hospitals using licensed vehicle service providers.
• C. Only physicians.
• D. Paramedics without supervision.

Answer: (B)

Critical care transport is tightly regulated so that only qualified programs can provide it. In Illinois, the people who can perform critical care transport are IDPH-approved critical care transport agencies or hospitals that use licensed vehicle service providers. This ensures the crews have specialized training, appropriate equipment, and medical oversight to move patients who need ICU-level care, including continuous monitoring, advanced airway management, and critical therapies.

Private ambulance companies without IDPH approval aren’t authorized for CCT, physicians don’t transport patients solo in this setting, and paramedics generally operate within an approved program with proper supervision and protocols.