Memorial Hermann Life Flight®

Melissa Kendrick, a flight nurse with Life Flight®, was our guest speaker this week.

Memorial Hermann Life Flight is a CAMTS accredited, critical care, air medical transport service based in Houston, Texas. We serve the community within a 150-mile radius of the Texas Medical Center with helicopters and worldwide using fixed-wing transport.

Life Flight is the only hospital-based air ambulance serving Houston and surrounding communities. Founded in 1976 by James "Red" Duke, M.D., who still is medical director, the service operates around the clock – weather permitting – 24-hours a day, 365 days a year. Since its inaugural flight, Memorial Hermann Life Flight has flown more than 120,000 missions.

In 2006 the Campaign for Life Flight was initiated by the Memorial Hermann Foundation to raise $40 million to expand and enhance the fleet through the acquisition of six new state-of-the-art, more fuel efficient helicopters. Previously, Life Flight’s four helicopters were the busiest in the country.

Through the success of the Campaign, four helicopters replaced the existing fleet; the fifth is dedicated to pediatrics and stationed at Memorial

Hermann - Texas Medical Center; and the sixth is stationed at a new base servicing east Houston, including the Port of Houston, the ship channel, and surrounding communities. These helicopters are faster, larger, safer, quieter, better equipped, and have cut response time by as much as 15 minutes - or 33 percent - allowing for an increase in missions flown. The new helicopters took to the skies over Southeast Texas at the completion of The Campaign for Life Flight in 2008.

This critical air ambulance service, which is committed to excellence in aviation safety and clinical care, retrieves critically ill and injured patients in the greater Houston area. Most locations are accessible in less than 15 minutes, within a 150-mile radius of Houston, including Harris County, southeast Texas and part of western Louisiana.

Guests, Visitors & Other Good News

This week we had a very welcome visitor...Tammy Lin, who had been the club's Rotary Exchange Student from Tawian several years ago, came to pay us a visit. She was just as beautiful and friendly as we remember her being.

Also visiting were Judy Harwell from the Bellaire/Southwest Club and Frank Haines from the Oyster Creek Club. Y'all come back...hear?

Tammy Lin and Wayne Staton	Judy Harwell and Jon King
Frank Haines	Jon King recognizes Rory Olsen

Our own Rory Olsen was recognized by the club for 26 years of perfect attendance! Way to go Judge!

Installation Dinner & Celebration

Saturday, June 26, 2010
6:30 PM
Hilton Houston Southwest
Monterrey Room (2nd Floor)

$30.00 per person

Reservations and menu selection due by Tuesday, June 22,2010
Menu information available here

Coming Up At Rotary