(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Dan Lundergan, University of Utah Brent Speirs, talks about the 35 years he has spent as a paramedic with AirMed and 40 years of live saving care provided by the U of U AirMed crew. The University of Utah serves the single biggest geographic area of any academic medical center in the United States. Thursday, May 31, 2018.
AirMed, the University of Utah Hospital’s medical transport program, celebrated its 40th anniversary Thursday.
AirMed began in June 1978 and was the eighth medical helicopter program in the nation, according to the University of Utah. It has transported about 75,000 patients in Utah and Wyoming since being established.