Medevac
Remembering shock pioneer, R Adams Cowley, 30-years after his death
A month after his son initiated CPR for his first SCA, Wayne Kewitsch suffered a second medical emergency while driving
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As the National Guard helicopter was shuttling gifts to children in a rural town, the pilots shifted focus and added two paramedics to the flight to get them to a patient in another nearby town
Burn patients from the blaze in Lahaina have been flown to various hospitals
Fish and Game called a National Guard helicopter to evacuate the 39-year-old woman, who had been hiking Mount Cabot at the time of the emergency
Nationwide, only 8.4% of pilots are women; however, Megan Meier and Sarah Snell make up 25% of Aspirus MedEvac pilots in Wisconsin
Chief Osby described the fallen firefighter from Station 81 as a “brave, committed, loyal” member of the department
Officials said the Canadian man “was alive but unresponsive due to multiple traumatic injuries”
Firefighters extricated two people trapped inside the rig
Intermountain Life Flight Chief Paramedic Rick Black helped to rescue three of the four surviving skiers after a group of eight were caught in the avalanche
The new Life Flight Network helicopter stationed at Astoria Regional Airport will allow for onboard plasma transfusions, among other upgrades
The CityHawk EMS vehicle will be designed to easily navigate and land in busy cities
Officials said the man was showing symptoms of a stroke while out on a fishing boat
Doug Haney read a thank you letter to the fire-rescue and medical flight crews that saved him after the four-vehicle crash
Officials say the man accidentally cut himself in the leg while hiking
The three crewmembers on board survived the crash and were rescued from the frigid Alaskan waters
The incident comes one month after two crewmembers from the same medevac company died in a plane crash
The Maryland State Police copter has been running within limited hours and at times has been out of service during emergencies
The addition of a third aircraft means that Med Flight will soon employ 12 pilots instead of eight
“After a thorough review and analysis of the area, and confirmation that the community needs can be fulfilled by our other area bases and aircraft”
The medevac Black Hawks differ from current models in that they have an external hoist, a forward-looking infrared radar and the ability to carry six patients on litters
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