Air Methods opens new base at Potsdam, New York state
Source: HeliHub.com, 08-Oct-12
Air Methods officially began operating a Eurocopter EC135 in Potsdam at 7 a.m., October 1st under its LifeNet brand. The new helicopter service will extend air ambulance service to St. Lawrence County and surrounding areas for faster medical response. The official ribbon cutting ceremony is scheduled for Thursday, October 11 starting at 6pm at [...]
American Eurocopter delivers 3,000th aircraft
Source: American Eurocopter, 13-Feb-12
From Heli-Expo 2012, American Eurocopter today announced that it reached a corporate milestone with the delivery of its 3,000th aircraft at the end of 2011: an EC130 delivered to Air Methods Corporation, the world’s largest air medical transportation provider. “This is yet another distinguished milestone in our company’s history in the United States,” said Marc [...]
Helicopter makes emergency landing after patient tries to jump out
11-Jan-12
A 26-year-old man who jumped from an SUV on Interstate 95 near Walterboro later tried to leap from the helicopter transporting him to the hospital Saturday evening, forcing the aircraft to land. A LifeNet helicopter later started to transport Alveriz to Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston when he became combative with paramedics [...]
LifeNet of Iowa to base EC130 at Cherokee
Source: Chronicle Times, 30-Jun-11
The Cherokee Regional Medical Center and LifeNet of Iowa, a critical care air medical transport company, announced today that a fully equipped, state-of-the-art medical helicopter will be based in Cherokee. According to CRMC CEO John Comstock, the aircraft will be tethered on the heli-pad at the CRMC, or in a leased hangar at the Cherokee [...]
LifeNet NY to hold open house
Source: LifeNet NY, 14-May-10
LifeNet of NY will hold an open house in conjunction with the Fagan Flyers Fly-in breakfast from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 23 at Sidney Municipal Airport. LifeNet, which provides medical transport services, is a venture of Air Methods Corp. and responds to trauma and medical calls such as accidents, as well as requests [...]
