“It's very important for us to come out and train with these fire departments,” said James Vanotti, a flight nurse with AirLife Utah,"because the more that we train, the closer we get to building relationships with each other, the smoother the patient handoffs will be, the better care that the patients will get.”
“For us to talk with the crews and get to know them, to make sure that patient care goes a lot smoother," Clinton Fire Captain Holly Smith said.“Safety is probably one of the biggest topics that we need to hit on and rehash all the time, because the minute someone gets complacent, the minute the incident does happen,” Vanotti said."We land on a scene and we augment the ground crew," he said."What we offer is an extra level of care and expedited transport to definitive care.
“Just knowing a little bit more about the aircraft — like, the pilots have been beneficial, like where to, go where not to go,” she said. “So that they can keep eyes on us so we don't get into the danger zone."
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