MedStar adds critical care ambulances to operation

Northwest MedStar has added two new critical care ambulances to its fleet of emergency vehicles.

Northwest MedStar primarily uses its fleet of helicopters to transport critically ill and injured patients to Spokane hospitals.

The company, a service of Inland Northwest Health Services, operates three helicopters and three airplanes.

The ambulances will be used to transport critical patients to Spokane hospitals when weather prevents helicopter flights. The extra long frame of the ambulances is designed to handle hard weather conditions.

Through July of this year, MedStar helicopters have transp...