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St. John’s MedFlight Hosts Open House
3/23/2009
Joplin, Mo. – St. John’s MedFlight will host and open house to celebrate the opening of its new base located at the Nevada Municipal Airport. The celebration will take place at the Nevada Municipal Airport, E Highway 54, Nevada, Mo., on March 26 at 11:30 a.m.
The event will include a cookout, tours and explanations of the operations and a ribbon cutting ceremony with the Nevada Chamber of Commerce. The new aircraft will be on display for viewing.
The Nevada base will have an immediate service area of 75 nautical miles around the Nevada area, and a total service area of 150 nautical miles. The new aircraft is a Eurocopter A-Star 350 B2 model. With the opening of the Nevada base, critical care air medical transport is 22 minutes closer to Nevada and the surrounding area.
St. John’s MedFlight has been located in Joplin and has provided critical care to the Four State area since 1992. “The opportunity to provide quality critical care air medical services to the citizens and medical community surrounding Nevada and across the region is exciting for us. Physicians and first responders now have a closer resource to choose from when transporting patients in the event of an emergency or when inter-facility transports are required for medical necessity,” said Rod Pace, St. John’s MedFlight manager. “For critically ill or injured patients, time is a very important factor. By locating a base in Nevada we are able to decrease the arrival times of critical care air medical transport services by more than 20 minutes in most instances. Each minute saved means better opportunities for positive patient outcomes.”
**We would like to invite all media to attend our celebration and open house on March 26 at 11:30 a.m.
St. John’s Regional Medical Center has been leading the way in healthcare throughout the four-state area for more than 100 years. We are a 367-bed facility, serving 19 counties in Missouri, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Arkansas. We provide state-of-the-art healthcare services, specializing in cardiology, orthopedics, neurosciences, and oncology. St. John’s has earned the Gold Seal of Approval from the Joint Commission. Additionally, we have been recognized by Thomson Healthcare with three 100 Top Hospital Awards (2006) and rated in the top 5% nationally by HealthGrades for patient safety (2008) and top 10% for critical care (2009).