/air-medical-transport Air Medical Transport en-US Mon, 17 Feb 2025 19:26:00 GMT /ems-products/cpr-resuscitation/articles/the-chain-of-survival-how-a-fire-chief-who-suffered-2-sudden-cardiac-arrests-beat-the-odds-sEBZgntVXGTqApiG/ A month after his son initiated CPR for his first SCA, Wayne Kewitsch suffered a second medical emergency while driving Mon, 17 Feb 2025 19:26:00 GMT /ems-products/cpr-resuscitation/articles/the-chain-of-survival-how-a-fire-chief-who-suffered-2-sudden-cardiac-arrests-beat-the-odds-sEBZgntVXGTqApiG/ /research/research-roundup-what-did-we-learn-in-2024 From an airway management wake-up call to the efficacy of naloxone on out-of-hospital cardiac arrests, these studies will be making waves in 2025 Thu, 09 Jan 2025 15:12:25 GMT /research/research-roundup-what-did-we-learn-in-2024 /ems-products/patient-handling/articles/7-tips-to-access-and-extricate-patients-on-trails-NyMeYl0330A0moeE/ Tips for the unique challenges of accessing and extricating patients from recreational trails Sat, 19 Oct 2024 22:24:28 GMT /ems-products/patient-handling/articles/7-tips-to-access-and-extricate-patients-on-trails-NyMeYl0330A0moeE/ /ems-advocacy/medevac-crew-brings-ems-awareness-to-conn-students Norwich Free Academy students got an up-close lesson on EMS from a Life Star medical helicopter crew Sun, 27 Apr 2025 12:00:00 GMT /ems-advocacy/medevac-crew-brings-ems-awareness-to-conn-students /air-medical-transport/ill-medevac-crew-injured-when-helicopter-crashes-burns-during-training Three members of an ARCH Air Medical Service crew were injured when their medical helicopter crashed while taking off from a Hartford fire station Fri, 25 Apr 2025 14:56:58 GMT /air-medical-transport/ill-medevac-crew-injured-when-helicopter-crashes-burns-during-training /air-medical-transport/la-medical-helicopter-team-focuses-on-care-amid-unorganized-chaos Acadian Air Med’s flight nurses and paramedics bring critical care to the skies, balancing high-tech equipment, calm under pressure and compassion in tight quarters Sat, 05 Apr 2025 12:00:00 GMT /air-medical-transport/la-medical-helicopter-team-focuses-on-care-amid-unorganized-chaos /line-of-duty-death-lodd/miss-governor-orders-flags-at-half-staff-to-honor-fallen-medical-helicopter-crew Governor Tate Reeves ordered flags at half-staff to honor the AirCare crew members killed in a medical helicopter crash in Madison County Tue, 18 Mar 2025 12:37:03 GMT /line-of-duty-death-lodd/miss-governor-orders-flags-at-half-staff-to-honor-fallen-medical-helicopter-crew /line-of-duty-death-lodd/medical-helicopter-crashes-in-miss-killing-all-3-crew-members The AirCare helicopter was returning to its base after delivering a patient when it crashed in a heavily wooded area near the Natchez Trace Parkway Mon, 10 Mar 2025 22:47:58 GMT /line-of-duty-death-lodd/medical-helicopter-crashes-in-miss-killing-all-3-crew-members /air-medical-transport/voice-recorder-in-philadelphia-medical-plane-crash-likely-not-working-for-years The cockpit voice recorder on the medical transport plane that crashed killing seven, had likely been nonfunctional for years, according to a NTSB report Fri, 07 Mar 2025 13:00:00 GMT /air-medical-transport/voice-recorder-in-philadelphia-medical-plane-crash-likely-not-working-for-years /3-flown-from-head-on-collision-on-fla-keys-bridge Three people were airlifted after a head-on crash on the Seven Mile Bridge, where a GMC Denali collided with a BMW SUV Tue, 04 Mar 2025 14:25:17 GMT /3-flown-from-head-on-collision-on-fla-keys-bridge /air-medical-transport/cleveland-hospital-debuts-new-medical-helicopters Cleveland Clinic's new helicopters will expand the ability to transport in bad weather Sun, 02 Mar 2025 13:00:00 GMT /air-medical-transport/cleveland-hospital-debuts-new-medical-helicopters /air-medical-transport/partnership-brings-medical-flights-back-to-n-d-city Air medical services will return to Williston, nearly two years after the city lost its provider, through a new public-private partnership to improve emergency transport Thu, 27 Feb 2025 12:48:29 GMT /air-medical-transport/partnership-brings-medical-flights-back-to-n-d-city /air-medical-transport/pilot-medic-and-nurse-injured-in-n-c-medical-helicopter-crash Novant Health said the medical helicopter went down while returning to its base in Onslow County Wed, 26 Feb 2025 13:37:20 GMT /air-medical-transport/pilot-medic-and-nurse-injured-in-n-c-medical-helicopter-crash /air-medical-transport/3-person-crews-keep-colo-medical-helicopters-operating-around-the-clock Med Evac flight nurses must have three years of ICU experience and advanced certification Sun, 23 Feb 2025 17:00:00 GMT /air-medical-transport/3-person-crews-keep-colo-medical-helicopters-operating-around-the-clock /whole-blood/del-state-police-join-ems-in-carrying-whole-blood Delaware has expanded access to life-saving whole blood transfusions in emergency situations, with every medic agency in the state now carrying it Tue, 18 Feb 2025 15:02:00 GMT /whole-blood/del-state-police-join-ems-in-carrying-whole-blood /ems-products/cpr-resuscitation/articles/the-chain-of-survival-how-a-fire-chief-who-suffered-2-sudden-cardiac-arrests-beat-the-odds-sEBZgntVXGTqApiG/ A month after his son initiated CPR for his first SCA, Wayne Kewitsch suffered a second medical emergency while driving Mon, 17 Feb 2025 19:26:00 GMT /ems-products/cpr-resuscitation/articles/the-chain-of-survival-how-a-fire-chief-who-suffered-2-sudden-cardiac-arrests-beat-the-odds-sEBZgntVXGTqApiG/ /air-medical-transport/boston-medevac-adds-base-in-n-h-to-meet-demand Boston MedFlight is placing a helicopter at Portsmouth International Airport at Pease Sun, 09 Feb 2025 17:00:00 GMT /air-medical-transport/boston-medevac-adds-base-in-n-h-to-meet-demand /fatal-incidents/a-punch-in-the-gut-philadelphia-emts-recall-joking-with-crew-patient-before-fatal-medical-plane-crash What started as a routine transport for two EMTs turned into heartbreak when the medical jet carrying their young patient crashed just minutes after takeoff Thu, 06 Feb 2025 13:46:28 GMT /fatal-incidents/a-punch-in-the-gut-philadelphia-emts-recall-joking-with-crew-patient-before-fatal-medical-plane-crash /air-medical-transport/5-remain-hospitalized-after-fatal-medical-plane-crash-in-philadelphia At least 22 people were injured when the Jet Rescue Air Ambulance plane crashed shortly after takeoff Mon, 03 Feb 2025 14:32:10 GMT /air-medical-transport/5-remain-hospitalized-after-fatal-medical-plane-crash-in-philadelphia /research/research-roundup-what-did-we-learn-in-2024 From an airway management wake-up call to the efficacy of naloxone on out-of-hospital cardiac arrests, these studies will be making waves in 2025 Thu, 09 Jan 2025 15:12:25 GMT /research/research-roundup-what-did-we-learn-in-2024 /air-medical-transport/commission-on-accreditation-of-medical-transport-systems-announces-retirement-of-founder-executive-director Executive Director Eileen Frazer, RN, CEN devoted 35 years to creating and developing CAMTS Wed, 11 Dec 2024 19:06:18 GMT /air-medical-transport/commission-on-accreditation-of-medical-transport-systems-announces-retirement-of-founder-executive-director /ems-training-and-education/ga-college-announces-first-graduates-from-new-critical-care-paramedic-program Albany Technical College's Critical Care Paramedic program focuses on critical care specialties such as helicopter EMS, fixed-wing critical care transport and intensive care units Wed, 11 Dec 2024 11:10:59 GMT /ems-training-and-education/ga-college-announces-first-graduates-from-new-critical-care-paramedic-program /cpr/bystanders-paramedics-save-cardiac-arrest-patient-on-honolulus-koko-crater-stairs The Honolulu Fire Department responded to a call hiker experiencing a medical emergency at Koko Crater Fri, 06 Dec 2024 13:00:40 GMT /cpr/bystanders-paramedics-save-cardiac-arrest-patient-on-honolulus-koko-crater-stairs /air-medical-transport/mystery-drones-block-medevac-from-landing-at-n-j-mvc The FBI has begun investigating the drone sightings over Morris and Somerset counties Wed, 04 Dec 2024 14:16:58 GMT /air-medical-transport/mystery-drones-block-medevac-from-landing-at-n-j-mvc /air-medical-transport/this-kind-of-stuff-shouldnt-happen-medevac-crew-recalls-ga-school-shooting The Air Evac Lifeteam 117 crew recounted their response to Apalachee High School, where they treated a girl who was shot multiple times Mon, 11 Nov 2024 16:41:09 GMT /air-medical-transport/this-kind-of-stuff-shouldnt-happen-medevac-crew-recalls-ga-school-shooting /air-medical-transport/md-first-responders-rescue-hiker-who-fell-off-cliff-onto-top-of-train-tunnel A Maryland State Police medevac crew lifted the injured hiker from a wooded area in Carroll County Wed, 06 Nov 2024 15:11:29 GMT /air-medical-transport/md-first-responders-rescue-hiker-who-fell-off-cliff-onto-top-of-train-tunnel /air-medical-transport/commission-on-accreditation-of-medical-transport-systems-announces-new-executive-director With over 35 years as a flight nurse, clinical director and educator, Jan Eichel was unanimously selected Mon, 04 Nov 2024 21:31:00 GMT /air-medical-transport/commission-on-accreditation-of-medical-transport-systems-announces-new-executive-director /air-medical-transport/calif-medical-helicopter-grounded-after-being-tagged-by-vandals Both sides of the Mercy Air helicopter were covered by silver, orange and green graffiti Wed, 30 Oct 2024 14:19:55 GMT /air-medical-transport/calif-medical-helicopter-grounded-after-being-tagged-by-vandals /air-medical-transport/ntsb-ky-medical-helicopter-hit-wire-on-approach-to-landing-zone The Air Evac Lifeteam Bell 206 helicopter crashed while en route to pick up a patient, killing all three members aboard Mon, 28 Oct 2024 15:08:23 GMT /air-medical-transport/ntsb-ky-medical-helicopter-hit-wire-on-approach-to-landing-zone /line-of-duty-death-lodd/medical-helicopter-crashes-in-miss-killing-all-3-crew-members The AirCare helicopter was returning to its base after delivering a patient when it crashed in a heavily wooded area near the Natchez Trace Parkway Mon, 10 Mar 2025 22:47:58 GMT /line-of-duty-death-lodd/medical-helicopter-crashes-in-miss-killing-all-3-crew-members /line-of-duty-death-lodd/officials-identify-crewmembers-killed-in-ky-medical-helicopter-crash Three members of Air Evac Lifeteam 133 were en route to pick up a patient when their helicopter went down in Owenton Tue, 08 Oct 2024 09:53:11 GMT /line-of-duty-death-lodd/officials-identify-crewmembers-killed-in-ky-medical-helicopter-crash /air-medical-transport/ill-medevac-crew-injured-when-helicopter-crashes-burns-during-training Three members of an ARCH Air Medical Service crew were injured when their medical helicopter crashed while taking off from a Hartford fire station Fri, 25 Apr 2025 14:56:58 GMT /air-medical-transport/ill-medevac-crew-injured-when-helicopter-crashes-burns-during-training /public-health/heat-wave-grips-several-states-causing-deaths-heat-related-illnesses The high temperature prevented a medical helicopter from transporting a patient in Nevada Mon, 08 Jul 2024 13:31:55 GMT /public-health/heat-wave-grips-several-states-causing-deaths-heat-related-illnesses /vehicle-crashes/5-injured-2-seriously-when-tour-bus-struck-tree-in-n-j-crash Two patients were flown to hospitals after a tree branch broke off and entered the passenger compartment during the crash Thu, 06 Jun 2024 14:04:29 GMT /vehicle-crashes/5-injured-2-seriously-when-tour-bus-struck-tree-in-n-j-crash