Star Journal New air medical service coming to Rhinelander
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Some five months after Wisconsin Spirit Medical Transport announced it is discontinuing service in the Northwoods, a Minnesota-based air-medical transport company has announced it will open a base in Rhinelander.
Life Link III is scheduled to begin 24/7 operations at an air-medical base at the Rhinelander-Oneida County Airport (RHI) in spring, 2021. This is the company’s tenth such base throughout Minnesota and Wisconsin and is expected to bring 16 new jobs to the region.
According to a press release, Life Link III has been in business for 35 years. Its helicopters and airplanes “serve as flying intensive care units and feature advanced clinical capabilities on-board each aircraft” including point-of-care lab testing and ultrasound, and mechanical CPR.
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