• Home
  • News
    • Politics & Government
    • Business & Economy
    • Crime / Courts
    • Health / Medicine
  • Sports
    • High School Sports
    • Radio Iowa Poll
  • Affiliates
    • Affiliate Support Page
  • Contact Us
    • Reporters

Radio Iowa

Iowa's Radio News Network

You are here: Home / Health / Medicine / Air ambulance coming to Clarinda

Air ambulance coming to Clarinda

June 14, 2012 By Matt Kelley

Helicopter at Clarinda hospital.

A hospital in southwest Iowa will soon be adding air ambulance service.

Jason Bridie, spokesman for Clarinda Regional Health Center, says emergencies in the region requiring air care are currently handled by crews flying in from Des Moines, St. Joseph, Missouri, or Omaha and Lincoln, Nebraska.

“We certainly felt like there was a need…to make service even better,” Bridie said. “Offering this service here in this neck of the woods really helps to decrease response times which ultimately benefits patients and their outcomes.”

Mercy Medical Center of Des Moines will staff the air ambulance’s medical crew with 11 flight paramedics and nurses who will be based in Clarinda.

The company Air Methods will hire four pilots and a mechanic. The Bell 407 helicopter is expected to service an area within a 40-mile radius of Clarinda. “Then, depending on where the air ship lands, they will transport patients to the nearest medical facility in a more urban setting or to an area where a facility can handle the specialized care that’s needed by that particular patient,” Bridie said.

The new air ambulance service based in Clarinda is slated to begin in September.

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter

Filed Under: Health / Medicine, News

Featured Stories

Exhibit features lesser known works of Grant Wood

Testing finds 21 new CWD cases in deer

It may become a crime in Iowa to use fake urine in workplace drug tests

February trending 18 degrees below average temperature

Iowa House Education Committee votes to end tenure at UI, ISU, UNI

TwitterFacebook
Tweets by RadioIowa

Iowa State looks to avoid winless Big-12 season

New look and new format at girls’ state basketball

Youngstown State takes action against assistant football coach

Iowa’s Jack Nunge lost for the season

Key stretch begins for #9 Iowa

More Sports

eNews and Updates

Enter your email address:

Delivered by FeedBurner

Archives

Copyright © 2021 ยท Learfield News & Ag, LLC