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In 2014, the Med Flight fleet included two Eurocopter EC 135 helicopters, N911UW [6] and N435UW. [7] N435UW [ 8 ] replaced N135UW, [ 9 ] which was destroyed in a fatal crash on May 10, 2008. N911UW [ 10 ] replaced N235UW [ 11 ] in October 2014 as a part of an upgrade to standardize the interior layout of the two helicopters.
UW Health University Hospital (UW Health, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics or UWHC) is a 614-bed academic regional referral center with 127 outpatient clinics, [2] located on the western edge of the University of Wisconsin–Madison's campus in Madison, Wisconsin.
Air ambulances in the United States are operated by a variety of hospitals, local government agencies, and for-profit companies. Medical evacuations by air are also performed by the United States Armed Forces (for example in combat areas, training accidents, and United States Coast Guard rescues) and United States National Guard (typically while responding to natural disasters).
A Metro Aviation pilot checks flight information in 2016. A ProMedica Coldwater Regional Hospital emergency room doctor, Saski, said three other services can fly to Branch County.
During World War I, air transport was used to provide medical evacuation – either from frontline areas or the battlefield itself.. In 1928, in Australia, John Flynn founded the Flying Doctor Service (later the Royal Flying Doctor Service), to provide a wide range of medical services to civilians in remote areas; these included from routine consultations with travelling general practitioners ...
On October 28, 2005, an Airlift Northwest helicopter crashed during takeoff from the rooftop helipad of Providence St. Peter Hospital in Olympia, Washington. One flight nurse received minor injuries. [6] Airlift Northwest crews played key roles in the response to the 2014 Oso mudslide, transporting 5 injured survivors to area hospitals. [7]
UW Medical Center – Northwest (formerly Northwest Hospital & Medical Center) is a 281-bed hospital in Seattle, Washington.It was built in 1960 and became part of the UW Medicine system in 2010.
The University of Washington Medical Center (UWMC) is a hospital in the University District of Seattle, Washington.It is one of the teaching hospitals affiliated with the University of Washington School of Medicine and is located in the Warren G. Magnuson Health Sciences Center.