Life Flight Network boosts patient care, safety and speed with new investment, innovation Life Flight Network Press Release | January 13, 2021
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Life Flight Network, the largest not-for-profit air medical transport service in the United States, announced significant investment and innovation in its air ambulance fleet and pilot training program. Specifically, Life Flight Network has added four new Bell 429 helicopters to its fleet, bringing unparalleled capabilities to communities in the region. As the most technologically advanced civilian EMS helicopter in the Pacific Northwest, the Bell 429 can fly in the challenging weather conditions common to the area. It also features the largest cabin of any civilian EMS helicopter in the region with more room for patient care; and high visibility exterior lighting for safer patient boarding at night. In addition to the Bell 429s, Life Flight Network also announced today it has brought onli
PRESS RELEASE
AURORA, OR Life Flight Network announced January 12, 2021, significant investment and innovation in its air ambulance fleet and pilot training program. Specifically, Life Flight Network has added four new Bell 429 helicopters to its fleet.
As the most technologically advanced civilian EMS helicopter in the Pacific Northwest, the Bell 429 can fly in the challenging weather conditions common to the area. It also features the largest cabin of any civilian EMS helicopter in the region with more room for patient care, and high-visibility exterior lighting for safer patient boarding at night. In addition to the Bell 429s, Life Flight Network also announced today it has brought online a Frasca flight simulator after a year of development to augment its rigorous training program.
HERMISTON â As rising COVID-19 numbers spark worry about hospital capacity in Oregon, the ability to quickly move patients between hospitals has been an important part of planning for surges.
In 2020, Life Flight Network transported about 600 confirmed COVID-19 patients across its service region, which covers the Pacific Northwest and part of Western Montana. A news release from the âlargest not-for-profit air transport service in the United Statesâ stated in total it used full COVID-19 protocols in about 1,300 transports where patients had COVID-19 symptoms.
Tim Beard, one of the flight nurses who cares for patients as theyâre being transported via plane or helicopter, said in some ways, his job is the same as it has always been: transport critically ill patients. But while flight nurses have always worn surgical masks around patients with flu-like symptoms, they now wear N-95 masks with all patients and a head-to-toe set of personal protective equipment when t
UMATILLA COUNTY â Umatilla County Sheriffâs Office rescued a man injured in a snowmobile accident in a remote area on Sunday, Jan. 10.
According to a news release from the sheriffâs office, dispatch received a 911 call at about 1 p.m. reporting a snowmobiler had been injured during a crash on USFS 31 Road about 1 mile north of Ruckel Junction. Deputy Hayes responded and discovered a 56-year-old male who was not named in the news release had been thrown from his snowmobile, which had landed on top of him after he tried to navigate an embankment.
âThe patient was experiencing significant pain in his chest and left side, causing concerns with moving him,â the release stated. âDeputy Hayes and other snowmobilers on scene covered the patient with rescue tarps and blankets to maintain body temperature.â
Rescue crews, witnesses work together to save snowmobiler after crash
UMATILLA COUNTY, Oregon (KPTV) It took a team effort to rescue a snowmobiler after a crash in Umatilla County.
The sheriff’s office was notified about the crash at 1 p.m. Sunday. A 56-year-old man was thrown from his snowmobile while navigating an embankment. The snowmobile then landed on top of him.
It happened on U.S. Forest Service Road 31, about one mile north of Ruckel Junction.
Deputies said ambulances were only able to get within nine miles of the crash site, “and transporting the patient across the rugged terrain was not the best option.”