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History of North Colorado Med Evac
 
North Colorado Med Evac (formally known as Airlife of Greeley)  is the regional emergency air ambulance for northern Colorado, southern Wyoming, and southeast Nebraska.  Based at North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley, Colorado.
 
1982
  • July 1st, AirLife starts service
  • Holly Pederson, RN is first Chief Flight Nurse
  • Frank Purdie, MD, is the first Medical Director
  • First flight patient is a 10-month-old with burns (flight team of Pam Tolson, RN and Rick Weber, EMT-P)
  • First helicopter is a Bell 206 L1, painted white and blue
  • Flew 133 missions in our first year of service
1986
  • The 1,000th flight occurs for a 1-year-old drowning victim that was resuscitated and made a full recovery (flight team of Mary Mack, RN and Cindy Engle, EMT-P) 
1988
  • AirLife performs 303 flights
1989
  • AirLife upgrades to a Bell 206 LongRanger III, painted white and blue, which later in the year gets a new paint scheme of maroon and silver
  • Lyn Maier, RN becomes Chief Flight Nurse
  • 410 flights are performed; 59 percent scene calls, 41 percent inter-facility transfers
  • Total of over 1,700 patient transports completed
1991
  • Dr. Tim Hutchison becomes AirLife's Medical Director
1992
  • AirLife celebrates 10 years of service
  • More than 3,200 transports completed
1996
  • AirLife obtains CAMTS accreditation; one of only 36 programs nationwide to receive this distinction
  • Receives the Air Medical Safety Award for 5,000 consecutive accident free EMS missions
1997
  • AirLife upgrades to a Bell 407 helicopter, painted red, white, and blue
2001
  • AirLife does our first Intra Aortic Balloon Pump transport  (Jamie Miskol, RN, Bob Walter, EMT-P, and Carl Tafoya, Pilot)
2002
  • AirLife celebrates 20 years of service
  • 10,000th flight celebrated (Kerry Evens, RN, Chip Brownlee, and John Bandy, Pilot)
2003
  • Receives the Air Medical Safety Award for 10,000 consecutive accident free EMS helicopter missions
2004
  • AirLife performs over 700 flights per year in a single Bell 407
  • AirLife has flown more than 1.5 million miles since 1982  
  • Terry York has remained the lead mechanic since 1982

2007

  • AirLife celebrates its 25th year with over 15,000 incident free flights

2008

  • On February 1, AirLife of Greeley becomes North Colorado Med Evac
  • A new partnership with Med-Trans Corporation is formed
North Colorado Medical Center
1801 16th Street
Greeley, CO 80631
(970) 352-4121
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