Guardian Flight, a Global Medical Response company, has\npurchased Sunrise Air Ambulance and its four air medical transport bases in\nArizona. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sunrise, headquartered in Show Low, Ariz., has a fixed wing\nand a rotor wing operation there and fixed wing operations in Springerville and\nSafford. The Sunrise acquisition brings Guardian Flight’s total dedicated\nArizona air medical aircraft to nine including bases in Chinle, Kayenta, Window\nRock and Yuma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Now that Sunrise is a part of Guardian Flight’s air medical\noperations, our presence in the state will grow even stronger as we are now\nable to take advantage of its market strength in the region,” said Sunrise\nCEO\/Program Director Dr. Mike Hayes, who continues to lead the Sunrise bases.\n“We continue to deliver the highest quality affordable air medical\ntransportation to the communities we serve.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“We welcome the tremendously experienced and\nprofessionally trained Sunrise team of flight and medical providers to Guardian\nFlight,” said Guardian Flight Senior Vice President of Operations Randy\nLyman. “Adding Sunrise’s eastern Arizona bases strengthens our footprint\nwithin the state as we begin working more closely with Mount Graham Medical\nCenter, Summit Healthcare, and White Mountain Regional Medical Center.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Guardian Flight, an Air Medical Group Holdings (AMGH)\ncompany, operates a fleet of approximately 85 fixed and rotor wing aircraft\ndedicated to air medical flights in the Upper Midwest, Mountain West,\nSouthwest, Alaska, and Hawaii. Guardian Flight has approximately 750\nprofessional staff, including clinical providers, pilots, mechanics, trained\ncommunicators, and support staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Guardian Flight companies include Eagle Air Med, serving\nparts of Arizona, New Mexico, South Dakota, Colorado, and Utah; Hawaii Life\nFlight in Hawaii; and Guardian Flight in Alaska and Wyoming. Companies also\ninclude Gallup Med Flight and MedStar in New Mexico; Valley Med Flight in North\nDakota, Michigan, Montana, and Minnesota; Alaska Regional LifeFlight in Alaska;\nMountainStar AirCare operating in Utah; North Central AirCare in northern Ohio\nand AeroCare Medical Transport serving in Arizona and New Mexico. For\ninformation on Guardian Flight LLC go to www.guardianflight.com.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Guardian Flight’s parent company, AMGH, is an industry leader\nin aviation safety with standards that exceed FAA and other regulatory agency\nminimums for training and aircraft equipment. AMGH is the country’s largest\nprovider of emergent air medical services with more than 100,000 patient\ntransports annually. Across the country, the company has more than 330 air base\nlocations in 38 states with a fleet of more than 400 aircraft. Its team of more\nthan 7,000 professionals is focused on safely transporting and caring for\ncritically ill patients 24\/7\/365.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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