Attendees of the open house were able to take a look inside a STAR Flight helicopter, meet the flight crews and learn hands-only CPR.
In honor of National EMS Week, STAR Flight crews hosted an open house for the public on Thursday, May 25.
"It's the most-unique program that I've ever been part of," said Lynn Burttschell, chief medical supervisor. "They can go out and help move a neonatal patient from one part of the state to another, and on that same day, they can wind up atATCEMS medivacs patient after fall from cliff The patient was safely evacuated via helicopter after falling from a 20-foot cliff while rock climbing. Video courtesy of ATCEMS.
Flight paramedic Patrick Brennan responded to four calls with his STAR Flight crew before touching down at Thursday’s event. "Typically, if you're working on an ambulance, people for the most part kind of know what to expect," said Brennan. "With this, we could be fighting a fire one second. We can be going to a car wreck. The next second, we can be picking up somebody from a rural hospital that needs to come downtown."
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