Show Medical centers air transport service told A specially equipped air ambulance to transport critically ill III persons to Salt Lake City from distant locations throughout the Intermountain Intermountain In In- West is now In operation The University of Utah Medical Center has contracted for the service with Key Airlines which remodeled a prop pressurized plane to exacting medical specifications Also under contract with the airlines are Hospital and Primary Childrens Children's Medical Center The TIle U medical center enter laid the groundwork for the transport service with the idea of oC transporting patients t to university hospital Later the two other hospitals joined in the project TilE THE TRANSPORT plan calls for patients patients' to be sent to the facility that can best meet their medical needs For example burn victims and the majority of oC ill newborns would go to university I hospital regular pediatrics cases would be taken to Primary Childrens Children's and patients suffering from respiratory disorders would be besent besent besent sent to Hospital Dennis Brimhall university hospital assistant administrator administrator ad ad- said the agreement was reached with Key Airlines because became of oC the hospitals hospital's desire to provide the best system available for Cor our patients It ItHe He said the hospital used aircraft for Cor more than transports last year and forecasts indicate there will be transports over the next 12 months This service greatly expands expands expands ex ex- the medical centers center's resource over the Intermountain Intermountain Intermountain In- In Region Mr Brimhall added and its it's one of oC the best patient tr transport systems in the nation He said because of the size of oC the region served by th the center we probably travel more miles in a year than any other system TilE THE AIR Am ambulance which will operate on a hour 24 basis Is an all weather aircraft flown by a two member crew It has been specially equipped with in built-in medical oxygen air suction volt 60 cycle power intravenous fluid holders and hospital to com com- University hospital engineers assisted in the design and equipment selections for the craft The cabin which is nearly 20 feet long and five feet Ceet wide can accommodate four Cour medical team personnel in comfort with adequate room for Cor intensive care treatment of oC up to two patients |