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CareFlight Adds Fourth Base of Operations in Darke County
Dayton’s First, Fastest Medical Helicopter Transport Partnering with Versailles’ Midmark Corp.
DAYTON, Ohio (February 17, 2020) – The CareFlight Air & Mobile
program is expanding to include a fourth base of operations in
Versailles, in northeast Darke County.
The helicopter, to be housed at Midmark Corp.’s private hangar, will
serve as CareFlight’s northwest base in the region and will begin
responding to emergency calls from that location as early as late
February. Once the program’s expansion is complete, CareFlight will
have four bases of operation – at Miami Valley Hospital, Lebanon-Warren
County Airport, Urbana-Grimes Airport, and the Darke County Airport
next to Midmark Corp.
“This will further enhance our health system’s rapid air transport
capabilities across the northern Miami Valley,” said Mary Boosalis,
president and CEO of Premier Health. “We are appreciative of the
collaboration with Midmark Corp. and with public officials in Darke
County who have made possible this expansion of life-saving services,
as well as access to our Level 1 Trauma Center in Dayton and other
advanced tertiary services.”
As Dayton’s first medical transport program, CareFlight has transported
more than 70,000 patients since its start in 1983. CareFlight
helicopters are the region’s fastest, traveling up to 180 mph, and
serve a 150-mile radius, covering most of Ohio and parts of West
Virginia, Michigan, Kentucky, and Indiana. CareFlight has the unique
capability to transport two patients, plus the pilot and two certified
flight nurses.
Midmark Corp. is the only clinical environmental design company that
enables a better care experience for the medical, dental and animal
health markets. John Baumann, president and CEO stated, “We are
extremely delighted to partner with Premier Health on this important
initiative. Its goal to bring rapid response to emergency health care
aligns well with our mission to improve the point of care experience
between patients and caregivers, enabling better outcomes. We are
thankful for the CareFlight team and the critical care services they
provide to our community.”
Midmark hosts more than 200 visits annually by physicians, group health
organizations, community health centers, and others who visit its
experience center and production facilities for product training and
education, facility design, and industry best-practice use of
technology and equipment.
Miami Valley Hospital is Dayton’s most experienced Level I trauma center, with two direct access helipads.
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