Lifeline: About Us

Scheulen Lifeline

Johns Hopkins Lifeline provides all types of patient transportation with a specialty in critical care. This hospital based program, among the first-of-its-kind in the region, it was primarily designed to provide advanced life support and critical care services for patients referred to Johns Hopkins Health System hospitals and transferred from other hospitals. In an effort to expedite and streamline patient flow into and throughout member hospitals, an integrated delivery system was developed to meet the demands for all types of transportation. Approximately 40,000 transports are coordinated annually through the Hopkins Communications Center. Contractual agreements, which support the various types of transportation demands (ground, rotor wing and fixed wing) have been instrumental to the success of the program.


The Lifeline of Johns Hopkins

One of the first of its kind in this region, The Johns Hopkins Lifeline Transportation program was designed to provide advanced life support and critical care services for patients referred to a Johns Hopkins Health system hospital.

Transport Services

patient being taken on stretcher to Lifeline helicopter

As Lifeline grew, its transportation modes and contracts grew as well. In 2017, the HopComm team joined colleagues in the new Capacity Command Center to work as one team dedicated to patient transport, access, throughput and capacity management. Learn about our transportation services below.