Guardian Flight opens its first rotary-wing base in Alaska
Global Medical Response (GMR) unit Guardian Flight will open its first Alaska rotary-wing base at the Kenai Municipal Airport
The base will serve hospitals in Homer, Soldotna and Seward with an Airbus H125 and a staff of four pilots, four clinicians and two mechanics.
The helicopter base will be part of Guardian’s 11 fixed-wing air ambulances in Alaska, including Learjet 45s flying from Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau and Ketchikan.
Guardian is part of the AirMedCare Network’s air medical transport membership program. Patients who are part of the network pay an annual fee and don’t have any additional costs for the flight.
Jared Sherman, Vice President of GMR, said: "GMR and Guardian Flight Alaska are pleased to expand our services to now include helicopter support for emergency patient airlifts, in addition to interfacility transfers.”
GMR air ambulance companies include American Medical Response, Rural Metro Fire, Air Evac Lifeteam, REACH Air Medical Services, Med-Trans Corporation and AirMed International.
Clara Bullock
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