Rescue by air

As it turns 20, Air Life of Oregon measures its success not in years but in lives saved and sufferings lessened.

August 21, 2005

Twenty years ago, a group of local residents, including a paramedic with the Bend Fire Department and a nurse at St. Charles Medical Center-Bend, decided the community needed a helicopter for medical emergencies.

Because the area around Central Oregon is so rural, said Michael Greene, director....

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