Life Flight also provides rapid response of a Neonatal Team to hospitals needing to transfer newborns. The team, consisting of a neonatologist, RN and respiratory therapist, provides advanced life support care and stabilization for the pre-term and critically ill newborn. The team has the ability to transport the infant to a tertiary care facility by either ground or air, and comes equipped with its own specially designed transport isolette. |
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In case of severe entrapment of limbs, Life Flight has the ability to initiate the response of a trained field amputation orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Joseph Weber, to the accident scene. Dr. Weber's rapid response to scenes to perform field amputations has saved patient's lives. |
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