Airlift Northwest to hold tours of new Juneau base

Airlift Northwest is opening its doors to the general public for a tour of its new hangar in Juneau. Visitors will get to see the aircraft up close, meet Airlift Northwest pilots and nurses, learn CPR and more. Attendees will get a behind-the-scenes look at how Airlift Northwest saves lives every day.

The event will be held from noon-4 p.m. on Sunday, April 10, at 8433 Livingston Way.

Refreshments will be served. For more information, contact Shelly Deering at 723-0168.

Airlift Northwest provides medical treatment and transport for critically ill and injured adults and children in the WWAMI region from its five bases in Washington: Seattle, Bellingham, Arlington, Olympia and Yakima and in Juneau, Alaska.

Since 1982, Airlift Northwest has provided life-saving care for more than 91,000 patients. Airlift Northwest’s Juneau base opened in 1994. It offers Aircare membership, a program that provides air medical service at an affordable cost, to residents of Southeast Alaska. Airlift Northwest is an entity of UW Medicine. For more information visit www.airliftnw.org.

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