Air Idaho Rescue, an air program of Air Methods, the leading air medical service provider, announced a partnership with Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center to open its newest base at EIRMC in Idaho Falls.
The base will provide air medical services to Bonneville, Bingham, Jefferson, Butte, Madison, Caribou, Bannock, and Fremont counties, as well as the surrounding areas, and will result in quicker response times for emergent and trauma situations. This new base will also support NICU patients in cooperation with EIRMC’s NICU transport team, resulting in much faster response times to patients in need.
Officials from EIRMC, a Level II Trauma Center, recognized the growing need for an air medical service to serve the area (particularly babies in need), more rapidly and determined the need for the new base.