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Fri, Apr 09, 2004

New Air Ambulance Service To Rely On Fixed-Wing Aircraft

Designed To Complement Helicopter Services

A group of heart doctors has come up with a new service it says will better transport cardiac patients from rural hospitals in Oklahoma, Texas and Louisiana to more sophisticated facilities. The service, Cardiac Air Transport, is backed by Oklahoma's biggest group of heart doctors.

The idea, according to Dr. Dwayne Schmidt, Cardiac Air Transport's medical director, is not to replace existing helicopter ambulances. Rather, he says, the new company will complement them.

The company's Cessna Grand Caravan is certified to provide special care to heart patients while inflight. It's equipped with a defibrillator, heart monitor, ventilator, pacemaker, balloon pumps, and stocked with intravenous drips and medications. It will be based at Oklahoma City's Wiley Post Airport.

Schmidt says a fixed-wing aircraft can fly patients farther and faster than most helicopters and can do so in much worse weather. Patients will be charged between $1600 and $6000 per flight.

FMI: www.ocaheart.com

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