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Aeromedical Hangar

Loyola Lifestar, the aeromedical transportation service of Loyola University Medical Center, is housed in a 60-by-60 foot, radiant-heated hangar adjacent to the hospital's Emergency Care Facility. The new hangar was built in 1994 to protect Loyola Lifestar from the elements when not deployed. Additionally, a new in-ground 10,000-gallon fuel system provides the Lifestar crew with a more economical and efficient way to fuel the aircraft.

The "flying emergency room" is available 24-hours each day within a 150-mile radius of the Medical Center. Offering much more than speed, Loyola Lifestar is staffed by a highly trained flight nurse and a flight paramedic who can perform advanced procedures such as hemodynamic monitoring, intra-aortic balloon pump management and electronic fetal monitoring. While trauma cases make up the largest group of Lifestar's transports, cases such as cardiac, medical/pediatrics, high-risk obstetrics, non-trauma related head bleeds, and burns together make up more than two-thirds of Lifestar's patients.