Christiana Care LifeNet BK-117 demonstration landing

This cellphone video was captured during a professional video shoot for an upcoming project. The person seen on the stretcher exiting the helicopter is a mannequin--not a real human being.

Christiana Care LifeNet, an affiliate of Air Methods' LifeNet Medical Transport System, provides round-the-clock critical-care intra-facility and on-scene emergency air transportation in Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Maryland.

Air Methods supplies Christiana Care LifeNet with two MBB/Kawasaki BK-117 aircraft. Each aircraft is 43 feet long, weighs 7,055 pounds and has an approximately 300-mile range. Its main rotor, mounted 10 feet above ground level, has a 36-foot-long diameter and a 6-foot rear-rotor height.

Based from Christiana Hospital and Georgetown Airport in Georgetown, Del., the flight program is recognized and accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Services (CAMTS). Christiana Care also operates a helipad at Wilmington Hospital.

Each Christiana Care LifeNet flight team includes a pilot, flight nurse and flight paramedic. During rapid air transport, this highly skilled flight team provides patients with emergency critical care.

On this demonstration flight, the crew were: Craig Clapper, pilot; Gary Bollinger, flight nurse; and Heather Orkis, flight paramedic.

To learn more about LifeNet, visit http://www.christianacare.org/lifenet.

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