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Saving Lives at 2,000 Feet: Meet a Survival Flight Nurse

03/30/2016

Elaine Philipson was afraid of heights before she became a Survival Flight Nurse at the U-M Health System. Now she works in jets and helicopters daily, helping patients while flying through the air at 160 miles per hour.

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