Alaska, with a population of only about 730,000 people, is remote, spread out and often has extreme weather, forcing everyone to team up to conduct life-saving missions. A total of 41 people worked on the recent rescue mission on the small island.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Alaska Air National Guard this week traveled nearly 660 miles to rescue a pregnant woman on a small island 2 miles from Russia, reflecting the challenges patients face in the nation's largest state where the most remote areas have no roads and hospitals can be hundreds of miles away.
“It’s very different here in Alaska because we don’t have the infrastructure that they have down in the lower 48,” said Alaska National Guard spokesperson Alan Brown. “You’re looking at the civilian agencies have a more robust capability; there are more of them.” A civilian medical crew was on standby in Nome, but they were unable to fly their helicopter because of the poor weather conditions, so the National Guard aircraft launched from Anchorage. The plane would fly ahead after fueling the helicopter to perform weather reconnaissance, leading the helicopter away from storms, through several passes of the Alaska Range and to Diomede. Warren and others at the base monitored all of it in real time.
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660-mile rescue flight highlights Alaska's unique challengesThe Alaska Air National Guard this week traveled nearly 660 miles to rescue a pregnant woman on a small island 2 miles from Russia. The trip reflects the challenges patients face in the nation's largest state, where there may be no roads and hospitals can be hundreds of miles away. A search and rescue helicopter from near Anchorage flew 5 hours to the tiny Bering Strait island. A cargo plane guided the helicopter through mountain passes and refueled it in the air several times. These types of extreme rescues by both the guard and other agencies are common in the state. This was the 14th such air rescue in Alaska this year.
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660-mile rescue flight to reach pregnant woman on Little Diomede highlights Alaska’s unique challengesThe Alaska Air National Guard this week rescued a pregnant woman on a small island 2 miles from Russia, reflecting the challenges patients face in Alaska, where the most remote areas have no roads and hospitals can be hundreds of miles away.
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