ALL PHOTOS BY JEN BOYER
Life Flight Network
Connecting Community with Care
By Jen Boyer This rural HAA service goes beyond mere transport. A 40 ROTOR 2020 Q3
PICTURESQUE RURAL TOWN OF 14,000 in northeastern Oregon, La Grande is nestled in a fertile farming and ranching valley surrounded by snow-tipped moun- tains. Te community is fairly isolated, an
hour’s drive from the next town of similar size, Pendleton, Oregon, and hours away from larger communities. La Grande is the county seat for Union County, which has a total pop- ulation of about 25,700 occupying slightly more than 2,000 square miles. Just west of the popular Hells Canyon National Recreation
Area on the Snake River, the region attracts serious outdoor enthusiasts year-round. Warm in the summer and snowy in
the winter, it’s a haven for those who hike, bike, camp, climb, and operate all-terrain vehicles (ATVs), off-road motorcycles, and snowmobiles. La Grande’s rural, isolated location, paired with its attrac-
tiveness to outdoor recreationists, makes helicopter air ambulance (HAA) service a necessity here. Te ability to quickly respond and transport out of rugged and remote locations to appropriate medical care is fundamental to the community’s health and well-being.
Vital Link to Timely Care Health-care services for La Grande and the surrounding area are provided by Grande Ronde Hospital. A Level IV trauma
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