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Hospital-based helicopter programs
HOSPITAL-BASED HELICOP TER PROGRAMS Start
City/State
Hospital(s)
Name
Helicopter
Operator
Oct 72 Sept 75 Aug 76 May 77 Feb 78
Denver CO Kalispell MT Houston TX Pensacola FL Portland OR
St. Anthony Kalispell Regional Hermann + 2 Baptist Emanuel
Flight for Life A.LE.R.T. Life Flight Life Flight Life Flight
(2) Alouette 316 JetRanger III (5) TwinStar AIouette 316 BO-105CBS
Rocky Mtn Hospital Hospital Rocky Mtn Evergreen
Jun 78 Ju178 Ju178 Sep 78 Sep 78
Kansas Cty MO Salt Lake City UT Salt Lake City UT Pittsburgh PA Long Beach CA
St. Joseph LDS University + 3 Allegheny Memorial/Northridge
Life Flight Life Flight AirMed Life Flight Life Flight
AStar 350B Alouette 319 (2) LongRanger II (2) Alouette 316 TwinStar/LongRanger II
Rocky Mtn Rocky Mtn TigerAir Rocky Mtn Rocky Mtn
Dec 78 Feb 79 Mar 79 Mar 79 Mar 79
Modesto CA Iowa City IA Phoenix AZ Phoenix AZ St. Louis MO
Memorial University Good Samaritan Baptist St. Louis University
MediFlight Air Care Air Evac Survival Flight M.AR.C.
Alouette 316 AStar 350D Agusta 109A,TwinStar Agusta 109A LongRanger I1
Continental Omniflight Westcor Hospital St. Louis Helicopter
Mar 79 May 79 May 79 Jun 79 Jul 79
Billings MT Marrero LA Wichita KS Omaha NE Des Moines IA
St Vincent West Jefferson Wesley Med Ctr St Joseph Iowa Methodist
H.E.LP. Air Care W.A.T.C.H. Life Flight Life Flight
LongRanger III Bell 222 (2) AStar 350 D LongRanger II AStar 350B
Rocky Mtn Air Logistics Midwest Corporate Omniflight Rocky Mtn.
Jul79 Aug 79 Sep 79 Oct 79 Feb 80
indianapolis tN Toledo OH Tulsa OK Dallas/Ft. Worth TX Las Vegas NV
Methodist St Vincent St Francis/Hillcrest Methodist/Harris Valley
Life Line Life Flight Life Flight Care Flite Flight for Life
B0-105CBS Alouette 316 AIouette 319, AStar 350B (2) LongRanger III TwinStar
Evergreen Rocky Mtn Rocky Mtn Lone Star AirWest
Mar80 Aug 80 Sep 80 Oct80 Jan 81
San Diego CA Jacksonville FL Grand Junction CO Oklahoma City OK Birmingham AL
University Baptist St Mary's Oklahoma Teaching Carraway
Life Flight Life Flight Air Life Medi-Flight Life Saver
B0-105CBS AIouette 319 LongRanger III (tFR) (2) LongRanger II (2) LongRanger II
Evergreen Rocky Mtn Air Methods Cimarron Hospital
Mar 81 May 81 Jul 81 Jul 81 Sep 81
Missoula MT Allentown PA Danville PA Reno NV Spokane WA
St Patrick Lehigh Valley Geisinger Washoe/St: Mary's Deaconess
Life Flight Med Evac Life Flight Care Flight Life Bird
JetRanger Ill B0-105CBS AIouette 316 AIouette 316 LongRanger II
Mountain West Keystone Evergreen Rocky Mtn AirWest
Oct 81 Nov 81 Nov 81 Nov 81 Nov 81
Atlanta GA Rockford IL Santa Ana CA Gainesville FL Omaha NE
Georgia Baptist St Anthony Western Med Ctr + 2 Alachua University
Life Flight Lifeline Med Air STAT-Flight Sky Med
AStar 350D JetRanger III LongRanger II, Bell 222 UT AStar 350D LongRanger I
Rocky Mtn Illinois D.O.T. Helitrans Evergreen Rotor-Aire
Dec 81 Feb 82 Mar 82 Jun 82 Jul 82
Gainesville FL Norfolk VA Evansville IN Louisville KY Greeley CO
Shands Medical Center Welborn Jewish N Colorado Med Ctr
Shandscair Nightingale Life Flight Sky Care Air Life
LongRanger II LongRanger II LongRanger II AStar 350D LongRanger II (IFR)
Kenn-Air Omniflight Omniflight St. Louis Helicopter Air Methods
Ju182 Ju182 Aug 82 Aug 82 Sep 82
Roanoke VA Kearney NE Taffahassee FL Louisville KY Cleveland OH
Roanoke Memorial Good Samaritan Tallahassee Regional University Cleveland Metro
LifeGuard Good Samaritan Life Flight Stat-Flight Metro Life Flight
JetRanger III FH-1100 LongRanger I1 Alouette 316 AStar 350B
?
Rodgers Coastal Rocky Mtn Omni
Sep 82 Sep 82 Nov 82 Nov 82 Jan 83
Columbus ©H Worcester MA Columbia MO Bismarck ND Albuquerque, NM
Grant University University Bismarck/Sf -Alexius University
Life Flight Life Flight Staff of Life Air Care EMS Lifeguard
B0-105CBS LongRanger II AStar 350D LongRanger II LongRanger 11
Omniflight Omniflight Rocky Mtn Exec Air Taxi EMS Helicopters
Feb 83 Mar 83 Apt 83 May 83 Jun 83
Colorado Springs CO Memphis TN Los Angeles CA Denver CO Casper WY
St. Francis Methodist UCLA Medical Center Presbyterian/St. Lukes Memorial
Flight for Life Aire-Care MedStar Air Life --,LifeFlight
TwinStar AStar 350D Agusta 109 (IFR) LongRanger III (IFR) B0-105CB
Rocky Mtn Rocky Mtn Hospital Airtransport Air Methods Evergreen
Jul 82 Jul 83 Sep 83 Oct 83
Ann Arbor MI Texarkana TX Dayton OH Pocatello ID
Univ Michigan St Michael's Miami Valley Bannock County
Survival Flight Air Life Care Flight Life Flight
TwinStar LongRanger II (IFR) AStar 350D B0-105
Omniflight Air Methods Rocky Mtn Continental Divide
NON-HOSPITAL HELICOPTER EMS SERVICES PRIVATE Start
City/State
Organization(s)
Name
Helicopters
Operator
1979 1979
Atlanta GA Barrow AK
Metro Ambulance North Slope Borough
Lifebird North Slope SAR
IVl~tro North Slope
1980 1981 1981 1981 1981 1983 1983
Tulsa OK Great Falls MT Lafayette LA Buffalo NY Savannah GA Trevose PA Palo Alto CA
Central Air Ambulance North Central Mercy Flight Acadian Ambulance LaSalle Ambulance/Mercy Hospital Aeromed International Aeromedix Bay Area Helicopter Rescue
Mercy Flight AirMed Mercy Flight Aeromed Aeromedix
AStar/Jet Ranger LongRanger II Bell 212 Dauphin 360 Jet Ranger III LongRanger II Jet Ranger III AStar 350D LongRanger II B0-105C
Minuteman PHI Heussler Aeromed Fleet Helicopter BAHR
Helicopters
Operator
8 - JetRangers 2 - UH-1 JetRanger III 2 - JetRanger LongRanger, S-76 3 - LongRanger JetRanger LongRanger II & III 2 - LongRanger III 3 - Hughes 500 JetRanger 111 2 - UHq B LongRanger II 2 - JetRanger Ill
State
u GOVERNMENT-Start
City/State
Organization(s)
1970
Maryland
Maryland State Police
Name
1970 1971
Hattiesburg MS Illinois
Southeast Mississippi Air Ambulance District Illinois D.O.T,
1972
Arizona
Arizona Dept. of Public Safety
1973 1976
Washington, D.C. California
U.S. Park Police California Highway Patrol
1981 1982 1983
Cedar Rapids IA Pendleton OR Fairfax VA
Cedar Rapids/St. Lukes Hospital Pendleton Fire Dept. Fairfax County Police
LifeGuard Lifeguard
SEMAAD State State Dept of Interior State City Rambling Rotors County
Our files concerning dedicated EMS fixed-wing services do not contain sufficient data to publish a list of fixed-wing aircraft, Hospital Aviation invites reader response to update fixed-wing services.
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City/State
Hospital(s)
Name
Helicopter
Operator
Oct 72 Sept 75 Aug 76 May 77 Feb 78
Denver CO Kalispell MT Houston TX Pensacola FL Portland OR
St. Anthony Kalispell Regional Hermann + 2 Baptist Emanuel
Flight for Life A.LE.R.T. Life Flight Life Flight Life Flight
(2) Alouette 316 JetRanger III (5) TwinStar AIouette 316 BO-105CBS
Rocky Mtn Hospital Hospital Rocky Mtn Evergreen
Jun 78 Ju178 Ju178 Sep 78 Sep 78
Kansas Cty MO Salt Lake City UT Salt Lake City UT Pittsburgh PA Long Beach CA
St. Joseph LDS University + 3 Allegheny Memorial/Northridge
Life Flight Life Flight AirMed Life Flight Life Flight
AStar 350B Alouette 319 (2) LongRanger II (2) Alouette 316 TwinStar/LongRanger II
Rocky Mtn Rocky Mtn TigerAir Rocky Mtn Rocky Mtn
Dec 78 Feb 79 Mar 79 Mar 79 Mar 79
Modesto CA Iowa City IA Phoenix AZ Phoenix AZ St. Louis MO
Memorial University Good Samaritan Baptist St. Louis University
MediFlight Air Care Air Evac Survival Flight M.AR.C.
Alouette 316 AStar 350D Agusta 109A,TwinStar Agusta 109A LongRanger I1
Continental Omniflight Westcor Hospital St. Louis Helicopter
Mar 79 May 79 May 79 Jun 79 Jul 79
Billings MT Marrero LA Wichita KS Omaha NE Des Moines IA
St Vincent West Jefferson Wesley Med Ctr St Joseph Iowa Methodist
H.E.LP. Air Care W.A.T.C.H. Life Flight Life Flight
LongRanger III Bell 222 (2) AStar 350 D LongRanger II AStar 350B
Rocky Mtn Air Logistics Midwest Corporate Omniflight Rocky Mtn.
Jul79 Aug 79 Sep 79 Oct 79 Feb 80
indianapolis tN Toledo OH Tulsa OK Dallas/Ft. Worth TX Las Vegas NV
Methodist St Vincent St Francis/Hillcrest Methodist/Harris Valley
Life Line Life Flight Life Flight Care Flite Flight for Life
B0-105CBS Alouette 316 AIouette 319, AStar 350B (2) LongRanger III TwinStar
Evergreen Rocky Mtn Rocky Mtn Lone Star AirWest
Mar80 Aug 80 Sep 80 Oct80 Jan 81
San Diego CA Jacksonville FL Grand Junction CO Oklahoma City OK Birmingham AL
University Baptist St Mary's Oklahoma Teaching Carraway
Life Flight Life Flight Air Life Medi-Flight Life Saver
B0-105CBS AIouette 319 LongRanger III (tFR) (2) LongRanger II (2) LongRanger II
Evergreen Rocky Mtn Air Methods Cimarron Hospital
Mar 81 May 81 Jul 81 Jul 81 Sep 81
Missoula MT Allentown PA Danville PA Reno NV Spokane WA
St Patrick Lehigh Valley Geisinger Washoe/St: Mary's Deaconess
Life Flight Med Evac Life Flight Care Flight Life Bird
JetRanger Ill B0-105CBS AIouette 316 AIouette 316 LongRanger II
Mountain West Keystone Evergreen Rocky Mtn AirWest
Oct 81 Nov 81 Nov 81 Nov 81 Nov 81
Atlanta GA Rockford IL Santa Ana CA Gainesville FL Omaha NE
Georgia Baptist St Anthony Western Med Ctr + 2 Alachua University
Life Flight Lifeline Med Air STAT-Flight Sky Med
AStar 350D JetRanger III LongRanger II, Bell 222 UT AStar 350D LongRanger I
Rocky Mtn Illinois D.O.T. Helitrans Evergreen Rotor-Aire
Dec 81 Feb 82 Mar 82 Jun 82 Jul 82
Gainesville FL Norfolk VA Evansville IN Louisville KY Greeley CO
Shands Medical Center Welborn Jewish N Colorado Med Ctr
Shandscair Nightingale Life Flight Sky Care Air Life
LongRanger II LongRanger II LongRanger II AStar 350D LongRanger II (IFR)
Kenn-Air Omniflight Omniflight St. Louis Helicopter Air Methods
Ju182 Ju182 Aug 82 Aug 82 Sep 82
Roanoke VA Kearney NE Taffahassee FL Louisville KY Cleveland OH
Roanoke Memorial Good Samaritan Tallahassee Regional University Cleveland Metro
LifeGuard Good Samaritan Life Flight Stat-Flight Metro Life Flight
JetRanger III FH-1100 LongRanger I1 Alouette 316 AStar 350B
?
Rodgers Coastal Rocky Mtn Omni
Sep 82 Sep 82 Nov 82 Nov 82 Jan 83
Columbus ©H Worcester MA Columbia MO Bismarck ND Albuquerque, NM
Grant University University Bismarck/Sf -Alexius University
Life Flight Life Flight Staff of Life Air Care EMS Lifeguard
B0-105CBS LongRanger II AStar 350D LongRanger II LongRanger 11
Omniflight Omniflight Rocky Mtn Exec Air Taxi EMS Helicopters
Feb 83 Mar 83 Apt 83 May 83 Jun 83
Colorado Springs CO Memphis TN Los Angeles CA Denver CO Casper WY
St. Francis Methodist UCLA Medical Center Presbyterian/St. Lukes Memorial
Flight for Life Aire-Care MedStar Air Life --,LifeFlight
TwinStar AStar 350D Agusta 109 (IFR) LongRanger III (IFR) B0-105CB
Rocky Mtn Rocky Mtn Hospital Airtransport Air Methods Evergreen
Jul 82 Jul 83 Sep 83 Oct 83
Ann Arbor MI Texarkana TX Dayton OH Pocatello ID
Univ Michigan St Michael's Miami Valley Bannock County
Survival Flight Air Life Care Flight Life Flight
TwinStar LongRanger II (IFR) AStar 350D B0-105
Omniflight Air Methods Rocky Mtn Continental Divide
NON-HOSPITAL HELICOPTER EMS SERVICES PRIVATE Start
City/State
Organization(s)
Name
Helicopters
Operator
1979 1979
Atlanta GA Barrow AK
Metro Ambulance North Slope Borough
Lifebird North Slope SAR
IVl~tro North Slope
1980 1981 1981 1981 1981 1983 1983
Tulsa OK Great Falls MT Lafayette LA Buffalo NY Savannah GA Trevose PA Palo Alto CA
Central Air Ambulance North Central Mercy Flight Acadian Ambulance LaSalle Ambulance/Mercy Hospital Aeromed International Aeromedix Bay Area Helicopter Rescue
Mercy Flight AirMed Mercy Flight Aeromed Aeromedix
AStar/Jet Ranger LongRanger II Bell 212 Dauphin 360 Jet Ranger III LongRanger II Jet Ranger III AStar 350D LongRanger II B0-105C
Minuteman PHI Heussler Aeromed Fleet Helicopter BAHR
Helicopters
Operator
8 - JetRangers 2 - UH-1 JetRanger III 2 - JetRanger LongRanger, S-76 3 - LongRanger JetRanger LongRanger II & III 2 - LongRanger III 3 - Hughes 500 JetRanger 111 2 - UHq B LongRanger II 2 - JetRanger Ill
State
u GOVERNMENT-Start
City/State
Organization(s)
1970
Maryland
Maryland State Police
Name
1970 1971
Hattiesburg MS Illinois
Southeast Mississippi Air Ambulance District Illinois D.O.T,
1972
Arizona
Arizona Dept. of Public Safety
1973 1976
Washington, D.C. California
U.S. Park Police California Highway Patrol
1981 1982 1983
Cedar Rapids IA Pendleton OR Fairfax VA
Cedar Rapids/St. Lukes Hospital Pendleton Fire Dept. Fairfax County Police
LifeGuard Lifeguard
SEMAAD State State Dept of Interior State City Rambling Rotors County
Our files concerning dedicated EMS fixed-wing services do not contain sufficient data to publish a list of fixed-wing aircraft, Hospital Aviation invites reader response to update fixed-wing services.
(For Information,Circle22 on InquiryCard)22 HOSPITAL AVIATION, NOVEMBER 1983