UMass Memorial LifeFlight was New England’s first hospital-based air ambulance. Since its founding in 1982, LifeFlight has transported more than 27,000 patients in a geographic area that extends from Southern Connecticut to New Hampshire and from Boston, Massachusetts to Albany, New York. The LifeFlight program began at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center on September 15th 1982. LifeFlight is staffed by a UMass Memorial Medical Center Flight Nurse and Critical Care Paramedic (CCP). Le

This Nurses Week, and always, we appreciate our nurses for all they do to care for our patients, our community, and each other. In this video, UMass Memorial Medical Center reflects on the incredible challenges these past two years have brought on and the strength of our nurses who have answered those challenges. | UMass Memorial Medical Center