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Bill Amelia Earhart is sexier than Gary Shapiro as well Im just sayin
Flight for Life obviously has some very smart PR people. It may have cost the company about $500 to make that short flight. A small investment considering the widespread PR and adverstising value they got out of it. And TV viewers love puff news pieces like that!!!
They have really ramped up there outreach recently now that Medevac, AirLife, Tristate, Careflight, Memorial Star etc are competing for flights. They used to be the only game in town, no-longer.
Jim<
Not only the only game in town, the only game in the country. A lot to be said for being the first civilian air ambulance in the US.
Craig
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Slipped to number 2 in town. Top air medical transport program in the country lives in Denver, but their aircraft are not painted orange. AIR LIFE Denver was named AAMS 2010 Program of the Year.
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And AirLife Denver scored a lot of points with that cheezy Duracell commercial that keeps running occasionally on nationwide TV!
In our area, Careflite used to be the only game in town, then PHI and AirEvac Lifeteam moved into the area. Competion is good, except when it leads to chopper shopping during bad weather. Thankfully, the weather turn down notice system was initiated and that has helped curtail some of that craziness!
In our area, Careflite used to be the only game in town, then PHI and AirEvac Lifeteam moved into the area. Competion is good, except when it leads to chopper shopping during bad weather. Thankfully, the weather turn down notice system was initiated and that has helped curtail some of that craziness!
MikeyB
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When there is an emergency what determines which helicopter ambulance (Flight for Life, Airlife) responds? Especially if both are in service at that time. Do they have territories? Does it depend on what the incident commander requests?
Lots of variables Mike but mainly who command requests although most areas and agencies have there preferred first in, 2nd in helo's for example;
Metro area always been thought of as Airlife east of I-25 and FFL west but that now varies a bit.
West Metro, Evergreen, Conifer etc: FFL
Park County: FFL
Summit County: FFL
Douglas County: Airlife
Eastern Elbert seems to like: Memorial Star and L/G 3
Western Elbert: Airlife
Larimer / Weld: Medevac
Boulder County: FFL or Medevac or Airlife Mead
Clear Creek: FFL
Gilpin: FFL
Grand: Depends DG just bought the WP clinic afterall
Adams: Mainly FFL but Brighton becomes more Airlife/Medevac
Morgan: Medevac
Logan: Medevac
Fairly broad brushed but what also ends up happening in real life is an airmedical service will do an LZ inservice for example with a volunteer dept especially bring some nice swag and some beautiful flight nurses and all of a sudden requests from that agency will change..
Jim<
In my experience, it depends alot on who their medical director is affiliated with. All paramedics work under a license and under the supervision of a medical director. The departments affiliated with St. Anthony's and Lutheran hospitals all were with Flight for Life. When Swedish was sold the paramedics were supervised by the same parent company that owns Air Life, so they all changed.
In Colorado Springs, Penrose and Memorial do the same thing with the same divisions. Penrose is a Sisters of Charity hospital like St. Anthonys, so Flight for Life. Memorial is city owned and Colorado Springs Fire paramedics run under their license.
The hospital with the most paramedics licensed under it is Denver Health and they do not have a helicopter.
Craig
In El Paso County, if the IC does not specifically ask for FFL or Memorial Star, the dispatcher will then see who was the last one used, and call the other one. If the choice preferred by the IC isn't available, the dispatcher will typically just go with the first one they can find available.
There is NO policy in the CSFD to call Memorial Star only. In fact, it is viewed as a conflict of interest to do so, so they will utilize the first available bird, regardless of whose it is.
AceWeb
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Very interesting! Wondering what will happen to their current location.
Amelia Earhart is a hottie.
I wonder how she is doing in L.A.?I hear the Medevac chopper all the time here in Loveland going to and from MCR. Loud sucker!
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Amelia Earhart is a hottie.
I hear the Medevac chopper all the time here in Loveland going to and from MCR. Loud sucker!
Ummm, last time I checked Amelia was back in Denver working for KUSA?
Oh, I did not know that. Looks like L.A wasn't all she thought. I used to live there, it's a crap hole!
Another factor is what facilities contract with the air service. FFL= Centura Health, AirLife= Health one. Obviously they can take patients wherever if unstable, but they like to keep things "in house" if possible. The requesting facility or agency on scene needs to take into account what resources the patient needs. For example, in Cheyenne if we have a burn patient, we call North Colorado Med Evac out of Greeley because that's where the closest burn unit is.
Also, we just got an Airlife Denver contract here at CRMC that will start in feb. We also just got a tele-stroke service that allows neuro surgeons at Swedish to consult with neuro patients here. I believe this is just the first step of Health One's interest in created a full partnership and/or buyout of CRMC.
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