ECU Health EastCare is the critical care mobile air and ground transport service of ECU Health at ECU Health Medical Center. It serves 31 counties in Eastern North Carolina. It is sponsored by ECU Health Medical Center and The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University. ECU Medical Center is the only level 1 trauma center east of Raleigh.
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EastCare's five full-time air ambulances constitute the largest air medical program in North Carolina and can serve a radius of 230 nautical miles (430 km; 260 mi) around Greenville without refueling. Joanna Adams is the current medical director for ECU Health EastCare and Trey Labrecque is the Program Director. ECU Health EastCare can be dispatched for a number of causes, including: trauma, burn, neonatal, high-risk pregnancy, hyperbaric medicine, stroke, and myocardial infarction. ECU Health EastCare is most often sent for cardiac patients, followed by trauma, pediatric, and neonatal patients. EastCare claims an excellent safety record. Its only major mishap occurred on January 8, 1987. In January 2012, Vidant Medical Transport changed its name from EastCare as part of a system-wide renaming initiative. In October 2014, Vidant Medical Transport became Vidant EastCare. In May 2022, Vidant EastCare became ECU Health EastCare.