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noma, that was entwined around her liver. Bynon, who says Ashley is lucky to have made it to the operating table alive, says the young woman should now make a complete recovery.


and this service are available.


"I can't imagine how many lives they touch, how many people they save every day."


About UAB's Critical Care Transport


Critical Care Transport is a hospital based, inter-facility transport program for patients in the United States and world- wide that require transport from one med- ical facility to another via jet or critical care ground ambulance.


About the UAB Health System


A few weeks after her discharge from UAB, Ashley came back and met the team at the CCT hanger at the Birming- ham airport. She chatted with Regena and Chana as they recounted the trip, and got a tour of the jet she doesn't remember with pilots Justin Koenig and Jeff Cotton. Her mom Joyce took some photos, and thanked each member of the team who'd played a part in saving her daughter.


The UAB Health System includes all of the University of Alabama at Birming- ham's patient care activities, including UAB Hospital, the Callahan Eye Founda- tion Hospital and The Kirklin Clinic. UAB is the state of Alabama's largest employer and an internationally renowned research university and academic health center whose professional schools and specialty


Bob Shepard is a media specialist in the Office of Media Relations at UAB (the University of Alabama at Birmingham). His primary area of focus is the UAB Health System,


including the system's


hospitals, clinics


and biomedical research activities. He joined UAB in 1995 after a 14-year career in television news, serving as a photographer, field producer and documentary producer at stations in Lexington, Ky, Norfolk, Va., and Birmingham, Al.


patient care programs are consistently ranked as among the nation's top 50; find more information at www.uab.edu and www.uabmedicine.org. EMS


The Critical Care Transport program is now 27 years old, and UAB is one of the few hospitals in the country that have a medical transport jet in addition to ground transportation. UAB has transported more than 37,000 patients and flown or driven more than 27 million miles over the years. Team members don't get many chances to meet a patient again; it's a rare and appre- ciated opportunity.


"If you asked me why we have a Criti- cal Care Transport program, I'd say be- cause of cases like this one right here," said Kevin Barlotta, M.D., the medical di- rector for CCT. "People like Ashley Ha- good are the reason that CCT exists." "How do you say 'thank you' to some- body who saved your life?" asked Ashley. " If it hadn't been for them I wouldn't be here. I'm so appreciative that these people


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