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Editor: James T. Crouse
Profession: Aviation Accident Attorney

Category: Helicopter News

Cook Children's Medical Center is nationally recognized as one of the top children's hospitals in the United States by providing care exclusively for the needs of children. It also has one of the largest pediatric transport programs in the nation, known as Teddy Bear Transport, which transports about 2,000 children a year, most for critical care.

Teddy Bear Transport will now add a state-of-the art American Eurocopter EC145 medical helicopter to its fleet which includes ambulance and fixed wing airplane transport. Teddy Bear's first helicopter came in 2004. The new EC145 not only upgrades Teddy Bear's fleet, it's becoming the choice for a growing number of other EMS operators both in the U.S. and around the world due to its combination of size, performance, and advanced technologies. The size of the cabin means better access to patients and that a parent can ride along with their child - and invaluable benefit.

Cook's Children's Teddy Bear Transport server the Dallas, Fort Worth, and surrounding area and was the first Texas neonatal transport service asked by the State of Texas to assist with Hurricane Rita evacuees in September.