27-01-2025
Air Med 12 air ambulance coming to Leon County
Centerville, Tx (FOX 44) – St. Joseph Health will celebrate the opening of Air Med 12 North, a new air-medical base located in Leon County on Tuesday.
A spokesman for St. Joseph Health said a multi-year joint effort between St. Joseph Health, St. Joseph Health EMS, MedTrans Corporation and Leon County has made it possible to bring enhanced access to critical care for citizens of Leon County.
The Air Med 12 air ambulance program began operations in the Brazos Valley in May of 2005. Leon County was recognized as a challenge for the program due to lengthy response times and lack of available resources for critical patients. The St. Joseph Health System in collaboration with Leon County officials and the MedTrans Corporation partnered in 2023 to form a workgroup aimed at bringing Air Med 12 North to fruition in Centerville.
'We could not be more thrilled to have Air Med 12 and St. Joseph Health EMS in Leon county. Having Centerville as the home of the new Air Med 12 base ensures quick and advanced medical care to the all of our citizens,' said Leon County Judge Byron Ryder.
The base will be home to a Bell 407 GXI helicopter as well as an EMS Tahoe that will respond by ground with an ambulance in the event weather conditions prevent air services.
The base will be staffed full time with a flight nurse and flight paramedic at a local helipad. Modern medical equipment and four units of blood products will be ready at all times.
Area residents are invited to the Grand Opening and Launch Party of the new Air Med 12 North Base on Tuesday, January 28, from 5 to 8 p.m. at 404 W. Frontage Rd S, Centerville, TX.
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