Delivering care 5,000 feet in the air: How LifeFlight takes the ER sky-high

Delivering care 5,000 feet in the air: How LifeFlight takes the ER sky-high

Combine the stress of a hospital ER with being thousands of feet in the air. That's the everyday job of an EHS LifeFlight critical care nurse.

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Imagine the stress of working in a hospital’s emergency department — now add being thousands of feet in the air. That’s the everyday job of an EHS LifeFlight critical care nurse. Samantha Kennedy earned her wings from years working in the emergency room, but now she divides her time between the Halifax Infirmary and the airport. And when a call comes in, she says the LifeFlight team can be in the sky within 10 minutes. “On the helicopter we’re a…