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The University of Tennessee Medical Center announced today that UT LIFESTAR Aeromedical Services plans to open a base in Rockwood, Tennessee later in the summer. The facility will be located at the Rockwood Municipal Airport, 258 Rockwood Airport Dr.
Last month, LIFESTAR reached an agreement with Air Evac EMS, Inc. to assume responsibility for medical operations of Air Evac Lifeteam located in Etowah, Tennessee. LIFESTAR also operates a facility in Sweetwater. The Rockwood base will be staffed by one of the teams from the Etowah/Sweetwater facilities. Services in the Etowah/Sweetwater area remain in operation as usual.
“LIFESTAR is pleased to have the opportunity to move to the Roane County region,” said
Jeff Gregory, Director of LIFESTAR. “Being located in this area will allow us to provide faster aeromedical services to the citizens and visitors in this region.”
LIFESTAR provides the clinical team for medical operations and Med Trans Corporation provides pilots and mechanics for the aeromedical service.
LIFESTAR has five bases of operation throughout the region and is headquartered at The University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville, TN. Serving a 150 mile radius of Knoxville, LIFESTAR provides emergency helicopter transport to East Tennessee, Southeast Kentucky, Southwest Virginia, and Western North Carolina. LIFESTAR utilizes two EC-135 helicopters and two Bell 407 helicopters.
The mission of The University of Tennessee Medical Center, the region’s only hospital to achieve status as a Magnet® recognized organization, is to serve through healing, education and discovery. UT Medical Center, a 581-bed, not-for-profit academic medical center, serves as a referral center for Eastern Tennessee, Southeast Kentucky and Western North Carolina. The medical center, the region’s only Level I Trauma Center, is one of the largest employers in Knoxville. For more information about The University of Tennessee Medical Center, visit online at www.utmedicalcenter.org.
Med-Trans Corporation, headquartered in Dallas, Texas, is a leading provider of air ambulance programs throughout the United States. A proven solution to our partners, Med-Trans offers an array of customized air medical program designs including hybrid models, community based models or traditional hospital-based models. The company’s extensive fleet rapidly delivers teams of highly trained professionals to patients, striving to provide the patient with the best possible outcome. For more information, please visit: www.med-trans.net
