Apollo MedFlight, the region's leading air ambulance service provider, announced its expansion with the addition of a Bell 407 Helicopter at its Guymon base.
“Apollo is excited to announce this addition to our fleet,” says Apollo Executive Vice President Brandon Leasure. “To be able to improve the rapid care we provide to those with life threatening injuries and illnesses through the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles means a lot to us.”
Apollo, headquartered in Amarillo, has been serving the Guymon area since 2012 with a fixed wing air ambulance, which will now be stationed in Amarillo.
The change, which took effect Dec. 1, allows Apollo to provide comprehensive air ambulance coverage within a 150-mile radius of Guymon with a fleet of three aircraft: the Bell 407 Helicopter, an EC135 Helicopter in Borger and a King Air 90 in Amarillo.
The state-of-the-art Bell 407 includes advanced safety features such as autopilot, a Night Vision Imaging System, a Helicopter Terrain Awareness and Warning System and the ability to transmit streaming data wit the Outerlink IRIS satellite communication system.
The helicopter will be initially stationed at the Guymon Airport but will later move to its permanent home at Memorial Hospital of Texas County.
In another move to expand services, every Apollo MedFlight aircraft will begin carrying blood products in 2019, further enhancing Apollo's rapid response air medical transport capabilities across the region, according to a press release.
This is in part thanks to Apollo's new partnership with Coffee Memorial Blood Center, which will provide the lifesaving blood products including plasma and packed red blood cells or PRBC's.
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