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Albany Med Flight
| Albany Med FLIGHT is a rapid response,
medically equipped helicopter transporting critically ill and injured patients
requiring immediate acute care. Staffed by registered nurses and paramedics,
Albany Med FLIGHT is an integral part of the prehospital transport system within
eastern New York, western Massachusetts, and southern Vermont.
Click here to see our photos.
* Coeymans Hollow Fire Company uses Albany Med Flight about once a
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Lifeguard Helicopter
| Lifeguard is a medically equipped helicopter
transporting critically ill, injured or unaccessible patients requiring
immediate acute care. Lifeguard is staffed by paramedics from Colonie EMS & NYS
Police. The paramedics are trained for rappelling and the helicopter has the in
air ability to allow a medic rappel into the deep woods to evacuate patient with
a litter up in the air and to a nearby landing zone. Lifeguard can do short
hauls for water rescue and is equipped with a FLIR unit (Forward Looking
Infrared) which is useful for searches to find body heat, and heat sources.*
On 4/10/1999 Lifeguard with its FLIR unit was one of the special teams used to
help the Coeymans Hollow Fire Company and Albany county sheriffs find a lost
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Click for more Lifeguard pictures.
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