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We support STARS Ambulance

Each year the RM of Cupar donates $2 per capita to the STARS Ambulance. WHY?

  • STARS provides a necessary service to Rural Saskatchewan.
  • This morning (June 3) the crew from Regina has flown to Lumsden and Fort Qu’Appelle on missions. (source: http://www.stars.ca/sk/) .
  • Since 2012, STARS has flown three missions to Cupar and eight mission to Southey.
  • This year, STARS celebrates 30 years in the air and over 29,000 missions.

2015-05-14 19.29.52Taken at Regina General on May 14 by me

STARS HISTORY:

In the early 1980s, studies showed about half the deaths due to trauma could have been prevented if patients had received critical care sooner. When Dr. Greg Powell lost a young mother who was being transported from a rural area to Calgary by ground ambulance, he decided something had to change. That’s when he founded STARS.

Less than half the population of Western Canada lives in major urban centres and has access to critical care within minutes. For the other half such access is measured in hours. That can mean the difference between life and death; full recovery or permanent damage.

With STARS, those living in rural communities, working in remote areas, travelling on highways or being transported from community hospitals to major medical centres, receive the very best in critical care in helicopters staffed and outfitted as mobile ICUs.

Why Fly?

  • The more quickly a patient receives treatment, the much better their recovery.
  • Timely treatment of stroke, heart attacks or brain injuries can save more than $1 million per patient.
  • The economic benefits of helicopter ambulance missions are six times higher than the costs.
  • Patients transported by helicopter ambulance are more likely to survive than those transported by ground ambulance, even though they are more severely injured.