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1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate the owners and employees |
4 | | of the Air Methods Corporation on the occasion of the 25th |
5 | | anniversary of the organization's LIFESTAR Chicago program; |
6 | | and
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7 | | WHEREAS, LIFESTAR Chicago is a critical care transport |
8 | | service owned and operated by the Air Methods Corporation; the |
9 | | service consists of a 24-hour, 7 day a week air medical service |
10 | | established to facilitate the rapid transport of critically ill |
11 | | or injured patients; and
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12 | | WHEREAS, The history of LIFESTAR Chicago began in 1988, |
13 | | when a vendor contract was created to provide aircraft, pilots, |
14 | | and mechanics to Loyola University Medical Center; the program |
15 | | operated as a "Traditional Based" program, flying patients |
16 | | primarily back to Loyola University Medical Center; in 2003, |
17 | | the Air Methods Corporation of Peoria, Colorado took over as |
18 | | the vendor for Loyola University Medical Center; in 2007, the |
19 | | Loyola University Medical Center sold the LIFESTAR program to |
20 | | the Air Methods Corporation, which changed the program from a |
21 | | "Traditional Based" program to a "Community Based" program |
22 | | which flies patients from any hospital to any hospital; that |
23 | | same year, the LIFESTAR Chicago program was relocated to the |