It has been ten years since McLeod Health launched McLeod Air Reach, the Air Ambulance Service as part of the McLeod Critical Care Transport Team. The primary purpose of McLeod Air Reach is to provide rapid access to medical care for critically ill or injured patients throughout the Pee Dee and Grand Strand areas.
“Before Air Reach came on board, McLeod had two critical care transport ambulance services,” said Dr. Thomas Lewis, Medical Director, McLeod Critical Care Transport Team and McLeod Emergency Services. “HeartReach is our coronary critical care unit and ChildReach is a mobile intensive care unit that transports critically ill children and newborns to McLeod Children’s Hospital. When McLeod Air Reach joined the team, we added a third option to help transport patients to the closest medical facility.”
“McLeod Air Reach provides an unprecedented level of care to the patients of the McLeod Health network of hospitals and referring facilities,” said Matthew Morris, Regional Director, Southeast Region, Med Trans Corporation. “The helicopter also is the primary ‘911 scene’ response helicopter for the Pee Dee Region of South Carolina and parts of Eastern North Carolina.”
In the ten years McLeod Air Reach has served the hospitals of McLeod Health they have transported and cared for more than 3,600 patients throughout the region.
To see historical photos of McLeod Air Reach in service to the community visit https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjzV2HT
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