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A key to a successful regional STEMI system is ready access to air medical transport. Rapid patient transport by highly skilled teams available in medical helicopters can save significant time from the first door‐to‐balloon. Some air medical programs are working closely with referring hospitals and ground EMS systems to dispatch helicopters before arrival of a STEMI patient at a referring hospital [70]. In terms of quality improvement, a recent national assessment of quality programs in EMS showed that air medical agencies are more likely to track quality measures compared to fire‐based agencies [71].