Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
To date, Life Flight has flown more than 120,000 patient missions. Life Flight is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems. [1] The first helicopter utilized on a Life Flight mission was the French-built SA 319B, also known as the Alouette III.
In 2013 LifeFlight chose the Agusta 119KX as its helicopter platform leasing them for 10 years from a Chinese firm. Arizona-based Tri-State Care Flight assisted LFN in bridging the gap by allowing LFN to operate their new aircraft under Tri-State’s 135 certificate while maintaining in-service status and attaining their own part 135 certificate.
Life Flight was founded in 1983 and currently has a fleet of nine helicopters. Life Flight helicopters transport nearly 3,000 critically ill adult and pediatric patients each year across the region. Each crew consists of a pilot, flight nurse, flight paramedic and in certain circumstances, a flight physician or specialty neonatal transport nurse.
On the 40th anniversary of Vanderbilt LifeFlight, Morris reflects on how the program revolutionized health care statewide. Trauma care was relatively rudimentary in 1984.
Life Flight may also refer to: United States. Life Flight Network, an air ambulance serving Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington; UMass Memorial Lifeflight, an ...
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
WORCESTER — A Life Flight helicopter landed safely Sunday at Worcester Regional Airport after one of its engines was disabled, according to a spokeswoman at UMass Memorial Health. The chopper is ...
LifeFlight’s primary mode of air ambulance transport is a Sikorsky S-76-C+ helicopter, owned and operated by Canadian Helicopters Limited. LifeFlight has two of these helicopters, one as a backup, since January 2017, when EHS signed a $105 million 15-year contract with the company.