University of Utah launches new perinatal air ambulance

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Flight nurses Bart Chournos and Sandie Boardman move a transfer isolette as University of Utah Health Care shows off its new perinatal operations. The new perinatal AirMed team will begin transporting newborns from zero to 30 days.

Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune
University of Utah Health Care introduces its perinatal operations. The new perinatal AirMed team will begin transporting newborns from zero to 30 days.

Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune
Flight nurse Bart Chournos, alongside a transfer isolette, talks about University of Utah Health Care's new perinatal operations. The new perinatal AirMed team will begin transporting newborns from zero to 30 days.

Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune
Flight nurses Bart Chournos and Sandie Boardman move a transfer isolette as University of Utah Health Care shows off its new perinatal operations. The new perinatal AirMed team will begin transporting newborns from zero to 30 days.

Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune
Neonatalology physician Mariana Baserga gets a bird's eye view of the Salt Lake Valley as University of Utah Health Care introduces its perinatal operations. The new perinatal AirMed team will begin transporting newborns from zero to 30 days.

Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune
University of Utah Health Care introduces its perinatal operations. The new perinatal AirMed team will begin transporting newborns from zero to 30 days.

Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune
Flight nurse Bart Chournos, alongside a transfer isolette, talks about University of Utah Health Care's new perinatal operations. The new perinatal AirMed team will begin transporting newborns from zero to 30 days.

Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune
University of Utah Health Care introduces its new perinatal operations. The new perinatal AirMed team will begin transporting newborns from zero to 30 days.

Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune
University of Utah Health Care offers a flight demonstration to introduce perinatal operations at AirMed. The new perinatal AirMed team will begin transporting newborns from zero to 30 days.

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Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune Flight nurses Bart Chournos and Sandie Boardman move a transfer isolette as University of Utah Health Care shows off its new perinatal operations. The new perinatal AirMed team will begin transporting newborns from zero to 30 days. Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune University of Utah Health Care introduces its perinatal operations. The new perinatal AirMed team will begin transporting newborns from zero to 30 days. Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune Flight nurse Bart Chournos, alongside a transfer isolette, talks about University of Utah Health Care's new perinatal operations. The new perinatal AirMed team will begin transporting newborns from zero to 30 days. Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune Flight nurses Bart Chournos and Sandie Boardman move a transfer isolette as University of Utah Health Care shows off its new perinatal operations. The new perinatal AirMed team will begin transporting newborns from zero to 30 days. Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune Neonatalology physician Mariana Baserga gets a bird's eye view of the Salt Lake Valley as University of Utah Health Care introduces its perinatal operations. The new perinatal AirMed team will begin transporting newborns from zero to 30 days. Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune University of Utah Health Care introduces its perinatal operations. The new perinatal AirMed team will begin transporting newborns from zero to 30 days. Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune Flight nurse Bart Chournos, alongside a transfer isolette, talks about University of Utah Health Care's new perinatal operations. The new perinatal AirMed team will begin transporting newborns from zero to 30 days. Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune University of Utah Health Care introduces its new perinatal operations. The new perinatal AirMed team will begin transporting newborns from zero to 30 days. Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune University of Utah Health Care offers a flight demonstration to introduce perinatal operations at AirMed. The new perinatal AirMed team will begin transporting newborns from zero to 30 days.

The Salt Lake Tribune

· July 19, 2014 10:45 am

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Utah now has a second team of specialists to fly with infants and mothers in high-risk pregnancies to the hospital.

University of Utah Health Care this month launched its new perinatal AirMed team, which has three crew members: a newborn intensive care nurse, a perinatal respiratory therapist and an obstetrics nurse specializing in newborn care.

Intermountain Healthcare's Lifeflight also has a perinatal team.

Besides serving pregnant women, the team will transport newborns from zero to 30 days old, according to a news release from the U. The team's helicopter has the largest interior of any air ambulance in the state, the U. said.

AirMed brings patients to the University of Utah from throughout Utah and areas of Wyoming, Idaho, Montana, Nevada and Colorado.

See a video at http://bit.ly/WnUbiA.