{"id":233198,"date":"2013-01-07T13:14:21","date_gmt":"2013-01-07T19:14:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=233198"},"modified":"2013-01-08T13:12:25","modified_gmt":"2013-01-08T19:12:25","slug":"etmc-unveils-new-helicopters-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=233198","title":{"rendered":"ETMC Unveils New Helicopters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?attachment_id=233216\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-233216\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2013\/01\/ETMC-Chopper3-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"ETMC Chopper3\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-233216\" \/><\/a>TYLER \u2014 The East Texas Medical Center Regional Healthcare System Monday unveiled two new emergency transport helicopters, valued at over $9 million. Officials say they\u2019ll provide patients in East Texas with critical, fast access to the region\u2019s only level 1 trauma center at ETMC Tyler. The Eurocopter, EC135 P2+ helicopters will be stationed at ETMC Tyler and Titus Regional Medical Center in Mount Pleasant. The EC135 that currently is stationed in Tyler is being upgraded and will be positioned at ETMC Athens. Officials say this allows ETMC to provide high quality care and rapid transport to residents within a 150-mile radius around each helicopter base, covering 38 counties in East Texas. <\/p>\n<p>Art Chance, vice president of operations for ETMC, says, \u201cReducing transportation time to ETMC Tyler\u2019s level 1 trauma center, helps severely injured or seriously ill patients arrive within the \u2018golden hour,\u2019 significantly improving their chances for recovery.\u201d Operations coordinator Jim Speier adds, \u201cThe new helicopters have updated safety features, including a terrain avoidance warning system that gives an audible voice alert message if an obstacle appears along the flight path. They also have a traffic collision avoidance system to warn the pilot of another aircraft in close proximity.\u201d Additionally, the helicopters have updated medical equipment, including a new ventilator. Other features include live weather radar, a black box recorder system, and more. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TYLER \u2014 The East Texas Medical Center Regional Healthcare System Monday unveiled two new emergency transport helicopters, valued at over $9 million. Officials say they\u2019ll provide patients in East Texas with critical, fast access to the region\u2019s only level 1 trauma center at ETMC Tyler. The Eurocopter, EC135 P2+ helicopters will be stationed at ETMC &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=233198\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">ETMC Unveils New Helicopters<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-233198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-04 21:38:50","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=233198"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233198\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":233413,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233198\/revisions\/233413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=233198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=233198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=233198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}