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Price residents may have noticed a helicopter flying over the city on Friday. The new chopper caught the eye of many residents and will soon be a permanent fixture to the area.
On April 12, Castleview Hospital and Eagle Air Med signed an agreement which will bring the helicopter and crew to the local area. According to Castleview Chief Executive Officer Mark Holyoak, the two companies reached a deal which will grant the medical helicopter use of the helipad at the hospital.
“The helicopter will decrease the time between transferring a patient from the community to the hospital then to a specialized facility,” explained Holyoak. “The service will become available in six weeks.”
Along with the Eagle Air Med helicopter, a crew of four will also reside in the area. Holyoak explained that a paramedic, nurse, pilot and mechanic will all live in the area and become part of the community.
With quicker response and transfer time, the community will benefit from the medical aircraft which will transport patients to anyВ appropriateВ facility for emergency attention.
The helicopter crew was in town Friday and were excited to expand their services to the local area. They look forward to serving and becoming part of the community within the next few weeks.
Sun Advocate - Castleview gets its own medical helicopter service - April 16, 2013 Originally Written in april
In a little more than a month, Castleview Hospital's newest service will be taking off - literally.
The Price hospital is partnering with a Salt Lake medical helicopter service to provide emergency transportation for patients whose lives depend on getting care within minutes.
"There are some things that we will never be able to do because of the size of our community," explained Administrator Mark Holyoak. "Those are services like major trauma, acute stroke, severe heart attack."
Holyoak said that by having a medical helicopter and crew based here 24/7, it will reduce the time it takes to get critical patients to the larger medical centers upstate.
The company that will provide the helicopter service is Eagle Air Med of Salt Lake City. Holyoak said the chopper is newly-purchased and Eagle is in the final stages of obtaining necessary permits.
He added that in the winter, when helicopter service is resticted by weather, a fixed-wing aircraft will be provided.
New Helicopter for Castleview Hospital | ETV 10 News
Price residents may have noticed a helicopter flying over the city on Friday. The new chopper caught the eye of many residents and will soon be a permanent fixture to the area.
On April 12, Castleview Hospital and Eagle Air Med signed an agreement which will bring the helicopter and crew to the local area. According to Castleview Chief Executive Officer Mark Holyoak, the two companies reached a deal which will grant the medical helicopter use of the helipad at the hospital.
“The helicopter will decrease the time between transferring a patient from the community to the hospital then to a specialized facility,” explained Holyoak. “The service will become available in six weeks.”
Along with the Eagle Air Med helicopter, a crew of four will also reside in the area. Holyoak explained that a paramedic, nurse, pilot and mechanic will all live in the area and become part of the community.
With quicker response and transfer time, the community will benefit from the medical aircraft which will transport patients to anyВ appropriateВ facility for emergency attention.
The helicopter crew was in town Friday and were excited to expand their services to the local area. They look forward to serving and becoming part of the community within the next few weeks.
Sun Advocate - Castleview gets its own medical helicopter service - April 16, 2013 Originally Written in april
In a little more than a month, Castleview Hospital's newest service will be taking off - literally.
The Price hospital is partnering with a Salt Lake medical helicopter service to provide emergency transportation for patients whose lives depend on getting care within minutes.
"There are some things that we will never be able to do because of the size of our community," explained Administrator Mark Holyoak. "Those are services like major trauma, acute stroke, severe heart attack."
Holyoak said that by having a medical helicopter and crew based here 24/7, it will reduce the time it takes to get critical patients to the larger medical centers upstate.
The company that will provide the helicopter service is Eagle Air Med of Salt Lake City. Holyoak said the chopper is newly-purchased and Eagle is in the final stages of obtaining necessary permits.
He added that in the winter, when helicopter service is resticted by weather, a fixed-wing aircraft will be provided.
