Service Area - Dodge City, KS
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Dodge City, Ford County and Southwest Kansas have been fortunate enough to have air transport for critically ill or injured citizens since 1982. At that time 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.
Meet your local EagleMed 4 flight crew:
Cathy Heikes RN MICT has been flight nurse at the Dodge Base since 1985; she has 20 plus years of ER/ICU experience and works part-time at Western Plains Medical Complex.
Andrew Campfield RN EMT-I has 5 years of ER/ICU experience and has been with EagleMed 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 was an ED and Pediatric ICU nurse at Wesley Medical Center for 10 years prior to starting in her flight nurse career with EagleMed in 2004.
Brian Adams EMT-P started his EagleMed career in March 2008. He also serves as EMS Director for Comanche County.
Nicole Law, RN has been a Nurse for 8 years and started her flight career in 2005. She transferred to Dodge City from our Guymon base in November 2008.
Marty Rains EMT-P is the newest addition to the EM 4 crew, started in March 2009. Marty has been a paramedic since 2005 and works fulltime as a Lieutenant with Ford Co EMS.
Pilots Ben Nech and Chris Taylor are graduates of KSU’s Aviation Program in Salina. Erinn Gallagher graduated from Central Missouri State University and Tim Gallagher received his training from Parks College at St Louis University. All four of our pilots are highly trained and each has obtained their ATP certification.
The purpose of the National EMS Memorial Service is to remember and honour those emergency medical services personnel who have died in the line of duty and to recognize the ultimate sacrifice they have made for their fellow man. 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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