Service Area - Dodge City, KS
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Dodge City, Ford County and SW Kansas has been fortunate enough to have air transport for critically ill or injured citizens for 23 years. In 1982 Wesley Medical Center’s LifeWatch Air Transport Service placed a fixed wing base in Dodge City. In 2001 Wesley deactivated their program and Ballard Aviation EagleMed stepped in to continue the service.
Your local EagleMed flight crew include:
JJ McLoughlin MICT who has been a flight paramedic at the Dodge Base since 1997, he is also a Captain and full time paramedic with Ford County EMS.
Cathy Heikes RN MICT has been flight nurse at the Dodge Base since 1985, she also works part-time at Western Plains Medical Complex
Lori Salyer MICT has been flying with EagleMed since 2002, she’s also a part-time paramedic with Ford Co EMS.
Andrew Campfield RN EMT-I has been an ER/ICU RN for 5 years and has been with EaglMed since 2003.
Judy Lathen RN EMT is the Director of Nursing at the Meade District Hospital and has been a flight nurse with EagleMed since 2001.
Karen Thomas RN has been an ED and Pediatric ICU nurse at Wesley Medical Center for 10 years; she stated her flight nurse career with EagleMed at the Dodge City base in 2004.
Ben Nech, Erinn Bornus and Tim Gallagher our three highly trained and qualified pilots, each have over 3000 flight hours.
This oak leaf represents a part of the National EMS Tree of Life, a representation of an oak tree, symbolizing strength. The name, agency and date of loss of each National EMS Memorial Service honoree is engraved on a bronze oak leaf, which is then added to the Tree of Life.
In 2005 EagleMed established the memorial fund to be used for the enhancement of education in field of emergency medicine. The fund was established in honor of the EagleMed 4, Dodge City, Kansas flight crew members Jonathan Dye, Jennifer Hauptman and Brandon Bow who lost their lives in an accident February 17th, 2004. In order to carry out their vision, EagleMed is proud to announce the availability of $2,000 in scholarships.
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