New air ambulance service for South Carolina
The Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) has announced a new air ambulance service to serve the cities of Lancaster and Chester
The service will operate 24/7, providing emergency transport to any hospitals within a 100-mile (161-km) radius.
The program will operate under MUSC’s MEDUCARE service, and will employ a Bell 407GXi, registration N600MT. It will be run by a crew of one pilot, one trauma nurse, and one emergency medical services (EMS) specialist.
The program will provide both on-site critical care air ambulance services and inter-hospital transfers, and will work with both local EMS and fire services to respond to emergencies.
Fellow air medical provider MedCenter Air, which serves both North and South Carolina, featured as the subject of AirMed&Rescue’s March 2023 Provider Profile.
Oliver Cuenca
Oliver Cuenca was a Junior Editor at the Voyageur Group. He was previously a News and Features Journalist for the rail magazine IRJ until 2021, and studied MA Magazine Journalism at Cardiff University. His favourite helicopter is the AW169 – the workhorse of the UK air ambulance sector! He also led the creation of Waypoint: The AirMed&Rescue podcast, serving as its Production Editor and co-host.