Article: Idaho Air-Rescue System Provides Vital Medical Service in Rural Areas.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Aug. 20 -- Last week a 75-year-old man touring Yellowstone National Park took an unexpected flight to Idaho Falls.

The man, who was visiting from Delaware with his wife and grandchildren, had a history of respiratory problems. When he came to the park's high altitudes, the thinner air aggravated his breathing, which was used to life at sea level, not Yellowstone's 7,000 feet.

Emergency medical personnel at the clinic at Old Faithful called Air Idaho Rescue, the emergency medical helicopter stationed at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls to get the man fast, advanced medical care that wasn't ...

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