REACH Air Ambulance

2007-03-08 10:33:40

( Pharmeceutical-Medical )



Background of REACH Air Ambulance Services

REACH, which stands for Redwood Empire Air Care Helicopter, is an emergency ambulance service using helicopters to transport patients from their homes or accident sites to hospitals. It started back in 1987 as a health service program operated by the Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital as part of its hospital emergency services for children. Since then, REACH air ambulance service has become instrumental in transporting more than one thousand critically ill or injured children.

REACH inaugurated its second helicopter base in 1993, and extended its 12-hour working shifts to 24 hours in 1996. It opened several more bases in various places in Northern California. In recent years, REACH has employed not only helicopters but also small light aircraft to perform its emergency services. Hence, REACH was able to extend its emergency air services not only to residents of Northern California but also to other regions as well.

Exceptional Service Quality

Perhaps the best things about REACH air ambulance services are its quality of service and ability to operate even during bad weather. REACH has developed the Global Positioning System or GPS which established routing and approaches to an from several specific hospitals regardless of weather conditions.

REACH pilots go through a very rigorous training period of 5,000 hours which include both ground and flight training.

The on-board clinical staff is composed of respiratory therapists, flight paramedics and flight nurses who have undergone advanced levels of training, and can handle even interventions, high-risk obstretics, and neonatal procedures. Flight physicians join the crew in highly critical situations. It must be stressed that REACH air ambulance services first started with helping critically ill and injured children, so this has become its specialty.

How to Contact REACH Air Ambulance

You can contact REACH communication specialists at a toll-free number on 24/7 basis. REACH's communications centers have state-of-the-art communication facilities including data links and satellite capabilities which can provide support anywhere in the air or on the ground.

The REACH communications specialists make referral and transport service arrangements to get you or your loved one to the nearest hospital within 150 nautical miles at the soonest possible time. The rotor-wing or helicopter units are available for California and Oregon residents. The fixed-wing units are available for local and international service.


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