In May 1984, Stanford Life Flight's first helicopter transport lifted a 70-year-old woman, critically injured in a car accident, over the Santa Cruz Mountains to Stanford Hospital. With that flight, Stanford became the first medical center in the Bay Area to have its own helicopter and air medical transport team. In its 30 year history, the air ambulance medical service has transported more than 15,000 patients going as far as 250 miles to California's Northern and Central coasts, Central Valley and to Reno, Nev.
Priding themselves on their flight nurses' extensive training and experience in caring for critically ill or injured patients, and on their accident-free flight track record, the men and women of Life Flight are an example of how combining compassionate care with advanced care capabilities saves lives. We celebrate their work in the hospital video above.
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