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"We Need Life Flight!"


"We need Life Flight!" Desperate words when lives are in serious danger! It happens, all too often, especially in bad weather, traffic accidents or when a family member suffers a stroke or has seriously injured themselves. Memorial Hermann Life Flight is based in Houston, Texas and provides critical care medical air transport services within 150-mile radius of the Texas Medical Center located in Houston, Texas.

Founded in 1976 by James "Red" Duke, MD the service operates around the clock - weather permitting - 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Life Flight is able to transport up to two patients at a time, with each flight staffed by highly skilled personnel and equipped with advanced emergency equipment and necessary medications.

There is so much more to know about Memorial Hermann Life Flight you will enjoy visiting their web page which I provide here. (My accurate source of this important information and yours.)

https://memorialhermann.org/services/specialties/trauma/life-flight.

I urge you to visit this site for even more valuable information.

YOU ARE ABLE TO DONATE IF YOU LIKE. They are a worthy non-profit organization.




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  1. Melton CarrFebruary 16, 2022 at 1:09 AM

    Often, we will see a Life Flight helicopter fly overhead. We pray the medics aboard get there in time and are able to save a victim.

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