Air Medical Transport
The air medical transport topic contains news and information about air medical transport including education, training and safety for EMS providers.
Through nearly two years of pandemic, the HEMS industry has been hit hard but proven resilient
Hope, Arkansas-based Pafford EMS went the extra mile – 750 of them – to save a young father in desperate need of an ECMO bed
Remembering shock pioneer, R Adams Cowley, 30-years after his death
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
Classic Air Medical, purchased by Intermountain Health hospital, has allowed 2 Burley pilots to return and stay home
11 people have died on planes owned and operated by Guardian Flight
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
The injured patients were transported via Airmed and ground ambulance
At least three people were flown to medical facilities due to their injuries
The Cronomer Valley crewmember was flown to a hospital
A photo from Columbia Fire & Rescue members who responded to the scene showed an ambulance on its side with significant damage
Harold Jaesson Perez is the second Monroe County Fire Rescue Trauma Star program paramedic to be arrested
Southern Marin Fire District crew members used a rope system, and EMS providers flew the patient by helicopter to a hospital
Jackson County Search and Rescue, Ashland Fire & Resue and Brim Aviation worked to get the patient from the ravine to a hospital
Flight For Life established a base of operations in Burlington last year
A Monroe County Fire Rescue paramedic is accused of tampering with evidence and official misconduct
Seven fire trucks, six ambulances and a medical helicopter responded to the incident, and providers transported victims to four area medical centers
Officers began first aid, and EMS providers took over and transported the man to a hospital in an air ambulance