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AirCare International

In 1988, North Carolina Baptist Hospital became the first hospital in North Carolina to offer an air transport program for patient’s traveling more than 150 miles. AirCare International was a joint effort between Piedmont Aviation and North Carolina Baptist Hospital. Piedmont supplied the plane and the pilots, while NCBH staffed the flight with health care professionals. The King Air 100 plane could travel much farther than the helicopter without having to stop and refuel. It also had the latest in extensive life support technology which permitted for the caring of seriously ill or traumatized patients whose condition was stable. One nurse and one paramedic staffed most of the flights and rotated their shifts between AirCare International and AirCare’s helicopter.

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abstract
Description source: Synapse. August 1988. p.8
created
00/00/1988
description
In 1988, North Carolina Baptist Hospital became the first hospital in North Carolina to offer an air transport program for patient's traveling more than 150 miles. AirCare International was a joint effort between Piedmont Aviation and North Carolina Baptist Hospital. Piedmont supplied the plane and the pilots, while NCBH staffed the flight with health care professionals. The King Air 100 plane could travel much farther than the helicopter without having to stop and refuel. It also had the latest in extensive life support technology which permitted for the caring of seriously ill or traumatized patients whose condition was stable. One nurse and one paramedic staffed most of the flights and rotated their shifts between AirCare International and AirCare’s helicopter.
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Photoprint
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DF 301
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nbg/obj/nbg_obj_00301-th, nbg/obj/nbg_obj_00301
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Digital Forsyth NBG Objects
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NBG_obj_301
publisher
Coy C. Carpenter Library
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Wake Forest University
subject
Digital Forsyth, Forsyth County (N.C.) -- History -- Sources, Forsyth County (N.C.) -- History -- Pictorial works
title
AirCare International
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