Air Medical Transport
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Witnesses say a van appeared to have been crushed between two tractor-trailers in a crash that left several people injured
Brownsville EMS providers transported several injured people to hospitals
Crews from several agencies responded to Guadalupe Mountains National Park
EMS providers transported the patient by air ambulance to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
A Marin County FD captain rappelled to the car that was wedged between a broken tree and the hillside, and a paramedic got there on a 200-foot line
The National Transportation Safety Board released its preliminary report, and the investigation continues
The patient was hoisted to a helicopter despite high winds
Rescuers from multiple agencies responded; EMS providers transported a survivor by helicopter
The downed craft was called to evacuate a hiker suffering from breathing problems and chest pains; the hiker was found and transported separately
One Bassett Volunteer Rescue Squad member was flown to a hospital, and two others were transported by ground ambulance
The preliminary report did not include a probable cause for the Nevada crash that killed all five people aboard
“Hemorrhage is responsible for nearly 40% of trauma deaths,” and about half of those occur in the prehospital period, said Leann Briggs, LifeSave 21 Flight Nurse
The Life Force helicopter was severely damaged, and all aboard were transported to hospitals
Responders assessed the teen and packaged him for a short flight while harnessed to a rope attached to a helicopter, which flew him to an ambulance
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The air ambulance apparently broke apart before the crash, according to the NTSB
According to Care Flight, all aboard died, including the pilot, the flight nurse, the flight paramedic, the patient and a member of the patient’s family
The St. Tammany District 7 crewmember sustained multiple fractures, was extricated from the overturned fire truck and airlifted to a medical center
Mercy Flight EMS providers transported the injured child to Oishei Children’s Hospital in Buffalo
Oceanside firefighters found the man lying on the ground between two homes, and EMS providers transported the patient
The airplane’s cockpit voice recorder, cockpit image recorder and other electronic components will be transported to the NTSB laboratory
The three people on board — a pilot, a flight paramedic and a flight nurse — are all presumed dead
It took Reno first responders over 30 minutes to reach Jeremy Renner via snowy roads, Washoe County Sheriff Darin Balaam said
Firefighters used hydraulic rescue tools, a rope system and a helicopter to extricate and move the two children and two adults
The aircraft with three people aboard went missing Thursday night off the coast of Maui
The Hawaii Life Flight fixed-wing plane went off radar last night with 3 crew members aboard
In the June incident, the tail boom separated from the main body of the copter
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