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Bedside manner
Forty inches of stitches to Marcia’s head. Another 140 staples. Six hours and 30 minutes to sew up the wounds. A jar of cougar fur. An off-duty STARS nurse was at the landing pad with Marcia’s boyfriend when the helicopter landed and Marcia was rushed inside. Marla Tabler was there for it all and walks us through the care she received in1
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Community leaders raise more than $240,000 for STARS
Edmonton, AB, March 28, 2022 — Four Edmonton business and community leaders raised more than $240,000 at the inaugural Rescue on the River fundraising event for STARS, held on March 24.This year’s brave participants were David Leeworthy, Director, First Truck; Sine Chadi, CEO – Imperial Equities Inc.; Shane Chrapko, Owner – Birds & Bees1
Birchcliff Energy provides generous $1.5 million gift to new STARS fleet serving Grande Prairie and area
GRANDE PRAIRIE, AB, March 22, 2022 – STARS’ fleet renewal capital campaign has received a major boost with a $1.5 million gift from Birchcliff Energy, helping to secure a new H145 helicopter to serve the Grande Prairie region.The Keep the Fight in Flight campaign launched in 2018 across Western Canada to renew STARS’ aging aircraft fleet with new1
Skids up to Nose Mountain
Inside the STARS helicopter enroute to the mountain top, the air medical crew prepares for what they are about to experience on this complex mission: treating a coworker’s loved one who has been mauled by a cougar and sustained a massive head wound. At the chaotic scene, Marcia’s coworkers apply first aid and scramble to prepare a landing zone for1
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Mosaic renews commitment to STARS with $2.5 million for operations, new fleet
REGINA, SK, March 16, 2022 – The ambitious fundraising goal for STARS’ fleet renewal capital campaign in Saskatchewan has now been reached, thanks to a generous $2.5 million commitment from Mosaic, announced today at the STARS base in Regina.The Keep the Fight in Flight campaign was launched in 2018 to renew STARS’ fleet of aging air ambulances1
Raw. Real. Storytelling. STARS launches Mission Ready podcast
WESTERN CANADA, March 15, 2022 – You’ve heard other podcasts. You’ve heard other STARS stories of rescue and recovery. But you haven’t heard any like this. Today STARS launches Mission Ready, presented by WBM Technologies. It’s a podcast that takes listeners deep inside our most harrowing and fascinating missions.We invite you on the journey as1
Mission accepted
Marcia is in urgent need of frontline health-care workers with advanced knowledge, expertise, and skills, but the only way to get them there on this day is by helicopter. We chat with one of the STARS pilots on this mission and find out what the pilots and emergency communications specialists discussed as they considered accepting the mission.
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Mauling on a mountaintop
Marcia Birkigt is a government biologist who has been mauled by a massive cougar while she and her colleagues work in the remote wilderness. Electrical storms in the area are hampering calls to 911 and the roads to rescue her on a mountain top are deemed impassible. How will Marcia get the urgent care she needs to survive?
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