The new LifeNet 4 helicopter
(Felicia Allyn/WCIV)
WALTERBORO, S.C. (WCIV) -- After two years of waiting, and working, Colleton County has a new helicopter to call its own.
The LifeNet 4 helicopter was dedicated on Wednesday in Walterboro. It will be based at the Colleton Medical Center.
"We've proved the need exists in Colleton County, " Fire and Rescue Chief Barry McRoy said. "It won't serve just our community, but it will also serve any neighboring counties around."
The helicopter will be staffed by a team of experienced pilots, nurses, paramedics and a dedicated mechanic who will provide highly skilled, rapid air-medical transportation to the citizens of Colleton, Dorchester, Charleston, Hampton, Jasper, and Beaufort counties.
McRoy said the helicopter is expected to transport three to four critical patients a week.
"It will greatly reduce the response times for air-medical service to get patients from the rural area to a trauma center in a larger city."
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