Comments on: Baptist LifeFlight Sold

By: BH

BH — Sun, 20 Jul 2014 02:45:19 +0000

Yeah, be ready for those nice, large helicopters to disappear. Air Methods has been changing other programs from EC135s and other decent size helicopters over to the AS350s. They better stay on them about maintenance too, which they’ve lacked with some other programs.

By: Mark T

Mark T — Thu, 26 Jun 2014 01:31:27 +0000

We better pray we never need life flight , cause it’s like 30,000 dollars a short trip !!

By: Ray

Ray — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 16:29:23 +0000

They are just like EMS they will take the patient where they request or will take the patient to the nearest hospital if A trauma exists.

By: Kc

Kc — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 15:44:04 +0000

I work Ems and yes they do fly to WF

By: William

William — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 15:42:08 +0000

“But they do fly to West Florida, to pick up Trauma’s that walk in the front door.”

The story, from the company’s press release, lists the hospital *to* which patients will be flown in the future, not from. They fly to probably over a dozen smaller hospitals (Atmore, Brewton, Jay, Gulf Breeze, Andalusia, Evergreen, etc) to transport patients to the larger hospitals listed.

By: William

William — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 15:26:02 +0000

West Florida Hospital was not listed in the company’s press release where “critically-ill and injured patients” will be flown.

By: Trauma

Trauma — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 15:16:20 +0000

But they do fly to West Florida, to pick up Trauma’s that walk in the front door.

By: Ken

Ken — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 15:09:34 +0000

The do fly to WFH. they will fly to any hospital even without a helipad as long as ground transport can take them. They take a lot of cardiac patients to WF. They also can divert to any facility if pt codes while in flight.

By: Nichole

Nichole — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 14:18:15 +0000

No they don’t because WFH isn’t classified as a “Trauma Center”.

By: Gus

Gus — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 12:22:25 +0000

They don’t fly to West Flordia Hospital?