Critical patients are usually taken to rendezvous with a helicopter for transport to a hospital. Sells Indian Hospital, which provides primary, emergency, and in-patient care for members of the Tohono O'odham Nation, is 72 miles from Ajo. O'odham patients are initially taken to this facility. Founded in 1991, Ajo Ambulance has grown from a tiny service with just one BLS ambulance and four employees to a six-unit service with ten paramedics and fourteen basic EMTs in November 1999. It is a non-profit corporation.
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Its office and main crew quarters are located in a wing of the Ajo Community Health Center. This page was created by Gabrielle David . Please send any comments about this page to her by e-mail .