Air Link (Regional West)

Air Link is the air ambulance programme of Regional West Health Services in Scottsbluff, Nebraska, United States. It is a hospital programme. It gives critical care transport for people with serious injuries or sudden illness.

Services

The site says Air Link has served the region since 1995. It handles flights from accident scenes and between hospitals. The Transfer Center at Regional West dispatches every flight, and it is staffed around the clock.

Aircraft

Air Link flies a helicopter. In 2018 it added a Pilatus PC 12 fixed wing airplane. The site says the plane lets the team move patients faster, further, and in bad weather.

Coverage area

Air Link serves a five state region. The states are Nebraska, Wyoming, South Dakota, Kansas and Colorado. The site has a map of the service area for both the helicopter and the airplane.

The programme mission is to meet the health care and transport needs of its service area, for both scene flights and hospital transfers. The site lists its values as safety, respect, caring, integrity and competence. A 24 hour dispatch form is on the page for transfer requests.

The site says the flight programme covers both scene flights and flights between facilities across its whole area. Air Link wants to be the first choice for air medical transport in the region.

Facts

• Type: hospital programme of Regional West Health Services
• Fixed wing: Pilatus PC 12, introduced in 2018
• Accreditation: CAMTS, as stated on the site
• Dispatch: Regional West Transfer Center, staffed 24 hours a day