Air Evac Lifeteam Issues Statement on Company Operations During Hurricane Katrina Rescue Efforts.WEST PLAINS, Mo. -- Please replace the release dated September 2, 2005 with the following corrected version due to multiple revisions. The corrected release reads: AIR EVAC Air Evac is a Medevac operator that provides services across Arizona. Mainly a helicopter user, Air Evac also uses a handful of small airplanes for emergencies. The airline is a daily flight operator from Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix. LIFETEAM ISSUES STATEMENT ON COMPANY OPERATIONS DURING HURRICANE KATRINA  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. RESCUE EFFORTS In response to numerous media inquiries, Air Evac Lifeteam, a rural provider of air ambulance air ambulance Emergency medicine A helicopter or, less commonly, a fixed wing aircraft, used to evacuate a person who requires immediate medical attention that cannot be provided at his/her current location services, reports that it has put eight of its helicopters in service in Louisiana and Mississippi to assist in the medical evacuation of critically ill patients from medical facilities damaged by Hurricane Katrina. Air Evac is not only providing the transportation, but also finding receiving hospitals able and willing to take the patients it is transporting. In the last two days Air Evac has successfully placed 45 patients and expects to continue its efforts as long as they are needed. Air Evac is working thorough local emergency management agencies in both states to identify medical evacuation needs. Air Evac Lifeteam is a membership-supported air ambulance service that provides emergency health care and rapid medical transport to rural communities throughout the central United States The Central United States is sometimes conceived as between the Eastern United States and Western United States as part of a three-region model, roughly coincident with the Midwestern United States plus the western and central portions of the Southern United States; the term is . For more information contact: Public Relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most Manager Julie Heavrin at 417-293-3353 or by email at heavrinjulie@air-evac.com. |
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