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REACH Air Medical Services and Methodist Healthcare Launch
Second Emergency Helicopter Base in Pearsall, Texas
SANTA ROSA, CA / December 14, 2011 – REACH Air Medical Services (REACH) and Methodist Healthcare (Methodist) announce the expansion of their partnership providing emergency helicopter service to include a second base in Pearsall, Texas, called Methodist AirCare 2. Service began on December 12, 2011. AirCare 2 will provide life-saving 24/7 emergency medical helicopter service from a base located 50 miles southwest of San Antonio where AirCare 1 is located. AirCare 2 will help meet the increasing air ambulance demands of this large region and will better serve and support the community.
“Our partnership with Methodist has been extraordinarily successful,” said Jim Adams, CEO of REACH. “It became apparent that a second base in the region would provide enhanced patient care and customer satisfaction through the mutual support these two bases allow.”
REACH also announces new hospital partnerships within the southwest Texas region. These include Frio Regional Hospital in Pearsall, Val Verde Regional Medical Center in Del Rio, as well as La Salle and Frio County pre-hospital providers. The aircraft and highly-trained teams will serve the region with hospital-to-hospital transports as well as responding to 9-1-1 emergency calls.
“We are very excited about the opportunity to increase our services and availability for this region and these customers,” stated Adams. “For nearly 25 years, REACH has enjoyed tremendous success in providing safe and efficient emergency patient transport, and we are pleased to grow with Methodist Healthcare as our partner,” said Adams.
AirCare 2 will be staffed with critical care paramedics and nurses, pilots and aviation maintenance technicians. A Bell 407 helicopter equipped with night vision goggles (NVGs) to enhance safety of nighttime operations, as well as helicopter-specific terrain awareness equipment, will be placed in service.
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