Medical emergency response times improve on Reservations


From left: Shawn Henrie, pilot, Andrew Armand, flight paramedic, Susan Stefano, flight nurse, Delores Succo, supervisory clinical nurse at Tuba City Regional Health Care Corporation (TCRHCC), Lynette Bonar, TCRHCC chief operations officer, and TCRHCC CEO Joseph Engelken stand in front of the Angel 7 medical helicopter based in Tuba City. Photo/Flagstaff Medical Center

Response times to medical emergencies on the Navajo and Hopi Reservations have historically been slow because of the long distances from Flagstaff Medical Center or Tuba City's hospital to the scene of an accident.

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