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A Day in the Life of Sanford AIRMED

KVRR's Jackie Kelly Follows Around a Flight Nurse for a day to see What Their Job Entails

August 30, 2017

FARGO, ND — As a flight nurse at Sanford Medical Center, no day is the same. You can’t ever expect when duty will call. Once that call comes in, they have only minutes before they have to leave. Flight suits zipped, helmets buckled, and seat belts fastened, AIRMED is ready for takeoff. “We respond to all referring facilities, scene flights,…

Sanford Introduces New Facility’s Helipad

The AirMed team tested their first helicopter landing

April 21, 2017

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FARGO, N.D. — Another exciting ‘first’ kicks off at Sanford’s new hospital. Sanford’s AirMed team began its first test landings and approaches at the new facility’s helipad. Sanford AirMed is an ambulance service that provides medical transport for critically ill or injured patients. They have a 40 year history and have flown more than 70,000 patients. Team members say they’re…