Continuing its work to place emergency services in the regions outside Dane County, UW Health has opened a new Med Flight base in Janesville, according to a press release.
Starting this week, a helicopter and critical care ambulance will be in a specially designed, dedicated hanger at the Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport.
The base was opened to improve care for adult, pediatric, and infant critically ill and injured patients during air and ground transport from areas south and east of Madison, according to Dr. Andrew Cathers, medical director, UW Health Med Flight, and assistant professor of emergency medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.
The new base is the third regional base in the Med Flight landscape. The other Med Flight bases are in Mineral Point to serve the west and southwestern parts of the state and Portage, which serves the north, northeast, and north-central regions of Wisconsin.
A second pediatric and neonatal care team and ambulance will remain at University Hospital in Madison.
The Janesville location is located much closer to the UW Health SwedishAmerican Hospital in Rockford, Illinois, which allows faster response times to patients in southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois. This base will also extend the specialized capabilities of UW Health Med Flight to this area.
