Apollo MedFlight is expanding its air ambulance fleet with the addition of a Bell 407 Helicopter at its Guymon, Oklahoma 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.”
Headquartered in Amarillo, Texas, Apollo 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 December 1st, allows Apollo MedFlight to provide comprehensive air ambulance coverage within a 150-mile radius of Guymon with a fleet of three aircraft: the Bell 407 Helicopter in Guymon, an EC135 Helicopter in Borger and a King Air 90 in Amarillo.
The state-of-the-art Bell 407 will include 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 with the Outerlink IRIS satellite communication system. It will initially be 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.
Comments