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Business View Magazine
90 Business View – October
Healthcare
Brenda Nelson,
Chief Flight Nurse
I
nmore than 30 years of operation, Airlift Northwest
– a critical-care air transport service connecting to
patients in Washington, Alaska, Idaho and Montana
– has touched countless lives.
Its chief flight nurse, Brenda Nelson, tells myriad
stories involving care provided to premature babies,
stroke and heart attack victims, as well as those with
hidden medical issues who encounter difficulty at
the most inopportune moments – and often in the
hardest-to-reach places.
Airlift Northwest landed its helicopter to get to a
man with a heart defect who’d been stricken while
hiking in rural Washington, and, after two nurses took
turns maintaining CPR and administering medications
for nearly 90 minutes, he was revived.
“That has become a story we talk about a lot,
involving a super nice kid who is doing well today, but
stories like that keep us mindful of our mission,” Nelson
said. “We want to give people a greater opportunity to
A Flying Intensive
Care Unit
Airlift Northwest delivers safe, compassionate care
as an industry leader
Airlift Northwest
