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CareFlight reports steady call volume and local partnerships; county seeks solutions to hospital transport distances
Summary
CareFlight told the court it responded to 3,389 calls in the quarter, transported 2,102 patients and averaged a 12‑minute response time. Officials said many patients go to hospitals outside the county because local facilities lack some services.
CareFlight representatives gave Johnson County Commissioners a first‑quarter operational report and outlined outreach, membership and air‑transport activity in the county.
Branch Stovall, identified in the meeting as CareFlight's operations chief, said the service responded to 3,389 calls and transported 2,102 patients in the quarter. He reported an overall compliance rate of 97 percent and a transport rate of about 62 percent, figures Stovall said are near national averages. He said the average response time in the county was 12 minutes, 17 seconds.
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