NC: UNC to Base Medical Helicopter at SOP

Aug. 4, 2017

During a recent four-day period, Carolina Air Care was was called into Moore County five times to airlift patients — four from traffic accidents and another suffering a traumatic head injury from a fall.

While that frequency may not be the norm, Moore County has the second highest number of calls for the critical care transport agency operated by UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill, according to Christian Lawson, its director of emergency services. So when the agency began looking for a place to relocate a helicopter and three-member crew now based at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center in Fayetteville, Moore County was the logical choice, he said.

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