Baptist Well being and Wolfson Youngsters’s hospital, in collaboration with Air Strategies, have added a 3rd helicopter to its Life Flight fleet, in keeping with an April 15 information launch.
The helicopters are used to move sufferers to different medical amenities or to convey emergency medical personnel to these in want.
“Helicopter transport is crucial in life-threatening, time-sensitive emergencies, like stroke, coronary heart assault or trauma, the place seconds make all of the distinction,” mentioned Michael A. Mayo, president and CEO of Baptist Well being, within the launch.
“At Baptist Well being, we goal to satisfy individuals the place and once they want us most with very important well being care companies. We worth our continued collaboration with Air Strategies to convey this new asset to our group to assist guarantee individuals have fast entry to superior emergency care when each second counts.”
The helicopters are used to move sufferers to different medical amenities or to convey emergency medical personnel to these in want.
Air Strategies is the nation’s main air medical service supplier, in keeping with its web site.
Pilots are educated in medical transport, climate navigation and high-risk landings.
The medical group consists of licensed flight paramedics and authorized flight registered nurses. They focus on ache administration, trauma assessments, cardiac and airway administration.
The helicopters are outfitted with ventilators, defibrillators and affected person screens, oxygen and transfusion tools together with blood.
Life Flight started in 1980. At the moment it was one in every of 40 within the nation. Since that point the Jacksonville space inhabitants has practically tripled, in keeping with the discharge.