A B.C.-based air ambulance service offering faster and more reliable response times to remote and industrial settings has officially opened its fourth base in Campbell River.
Technical Evacuation Advanced Aero Medical, or TEAAM, is a non-profit comprised of medical professionals, including advanced care and primary care paramedics, nurses, and technical rescue specialists.
“They realized there was a massive need,” Randell said, also noting his team is “quite excited” about the flood of support from northern Vancouver Island communities since the recent opening. Currently, helicopter rescue work on the North Island will still be dispatched from the home base in Squamish. Still, TEAAM isAccording to Randell, the non-profit launched about five years ago and also has bases in Prince George and Fort St. John.Sign up for our newsletter to get breaking news and daily digests sent to your email.“Back in 2014, we lost a friend in the mountains and we realized there was a huge gap in pre-hospital care in B.C.
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