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LEVL Leasing closes Sale and Leaseback on six H145s with Avincis

LEVL Leasing closes Sale and Leaseback on six H145s with Avincis

15-Nov-2023Source: LEVL Leasing

LEVL Leasing Limited, a joint venture between Lobo Leasing Limited and EMP Structured Assets GmbH, closed a EUR 50m sale and leaseback transaction of six Airbus H145D2 and D3 helicopters with Avincis, Europe’s largest aerial emergency services operator. All of these helicopters are now being operated on long term Emergency Medical Support (EMS) contracts in... Read more

Yorkshire Air Ambulance orders third Airbus H145

Yorkshire Air Ambulance orders third Airbus H145

15-Nov-2023Source: HeliHub.com

Yorkshire Air Ambulance has placed an order for a third Airbus H145, with delivery expected in Autumn 2024.  This will provide greater coverage during maintenance downtime periods on the two primary aircraft – one of which is seen in the image below. The existing pair were delivered in April and June 2023. In the recently... Read more

Native Air Flight Paramedic Achieves Milestone

Native Air Flight Paramedic Achieves Milestone

15-Nov-2023Source: Air Methods

Native Air 7’s Flight Paramedic and Clinical Base Lead Josh Malia recently surpassed transporting his 1,000th patient. Flying a thousand miles can be quick and easy, but impacting a thousand lives takes hundreds of hours of training, teamwork, and meticulous effort, and Malia achieved this milestone in less than nine years. “I can remember nearly... Read more

MetroHealth, ProMedica Unveil New Helipad on Main Campus

MetroHealth, ProMedica Unveil New Helipad on Main Campus

14-Nov-2023Source: MetroHealth

In November, MetroHealth officials and community partners will celebrate the opening of a new helipad on the health system’s Main Campus. The new helipad, located on the roof of MetroHealth’s Critical Care Pavilion, is the latest piece of MetroHealth’s $1 billion transformation of its Main Campus in Cleveland’s Clark-Fulton neighborhood. To honor the occasion, we... Read more

LifeFlight crew reflects on busiest day of rescues in its history

LifeFlight crew reflects on busiest day of rescues in its history

14-Nov-2023Source: LifeFlight Australia

Tuesday, November 14 is a year since the one-in-5000-year flood almost wiped the small New South Wales town of Eugowra off the map. Two residents died and others who hadn’t seen flood water on their property in decades almost drowned in their backyards. Flying the dedicated emergency response Special Mission helicopter, deployed by New South... Read more

Pennsylvania –  Jefferson Einstein Montgomery Hospital opens new helipad

Pennsylvania –  Jefferson Einstein Montgomery Hospital opens new helipad

13-Nov-2023Source: HeliHub.com

Last week Jefferson Einstein Montgomery Hospital celebrated the official opening of their helipad, made possible by the Friends of Einstein’s 2021 Harvest Ball. The new helipad will enable air ambulance helicopters to quickly transport patients with critical medical needs to and from the hospital. Located on the south side of the main buildings, the new... Read more

HELP Appeal funded helipads reach 26 000 landings

HELP Appeal funded helipads reach 26 000 landings

13-Nov-2023Source: HELP Appeal

The HELP Appeal has announced that there have been 26,000 landings on the 25 new hospital helipads it has funded across the country since its creation in 2009. In addition, this figure does not include the 20 hospital helipads which have also been upgraded thanks to its supporters. Since 2009 the charity: Funded 45 new,... Read more

LifeFlight named ITIJ Air Ambulance Company of the Year

LifeFlight named ITIJ Air Ambulance Company of the Year

13-Nov-2023Source: LifeFlight Australia

LifeFlight Australia’s fixed wing Air Ambulance fleet, aviators, aeromedical crew and support staff have been officially recognised as the best in the world, after being named ITIJ Air Ambulance Company of the Year. It recognises LifeFlight has shown resilience to market pressures, demonstrated innovation in the face of adversity, and risen above expectations to maintain the... Read more

Alpine rescue org ICAR makes DRF Luftrettung permanent member

Alpine rescue org ICAR makes DRF Luftrettung permanent member

8-Nov-2023Source: DRF Luftrettung

In future, DRF Luftrettung will be represented as a permanent member of ICAR (International Commission for Alpine Rescue), the leading international professional organization for alpine rescue. This was recently decided unanimously at the ICAR conference in Toblach, Italy, which brought together around 200 delegates from 41 countries.   The aim of ICAR and its 72 international... Read more

Devon Air Ambulance receives accreditation from Best Companies

Devon Air Ambulance receives accreditation from Best Companies

8-Nov-2023Source: Devon Air Ambulance

The data that Devon Air Ambulance receives from Best Companies will help the charity to further explore what they do well and enable them to identify any areas for change, to ensure the organisation continues to create a great environment to work in. The survey consists of several questions based on how employees are feeling... Read more

Helijet to become first Canadian eVTOL operator with Beta Alia-250 orders

Helijet to become first Canadian eVTOL operator with Beta Alia-250 orders

31-Oct-2023

Helijet International Inc., North America’s largest and longest-standing helicopter airline, today announced plans to become the first Canadian air carrier to provide passenger and cargo services using electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft after placing firm orders for ALIA eVTOL aircraft from BETA Technologies.  Helijet President and CEO Danny Sitnam and BETA Sales Director Skye... Read more

Native Air holds open house to celebrate one year of service

Native Air holds open house to celebrate one year of service

31-Oct-2023Source: Air Methods

As a “thank you” for the amazing support over the past year, Native Air 18 in Show Low, AZ invited first responders, partners, and requestors to an open house event where guests had the opportunity to enjoy camaraderie and partnership with the Native Air 18 crew. When Native Air 18 opened one year ago, the... Read more

Yorkshire Air Ambulance thanks generous donors

Yorkshire Air Ambulance thanks generous donors

30-Oct-2023Source: Yorkshire Air Ambulance

Yorkshire Air Ambulance (YAA) took a unique approach to thank its dedicated supporters during their first ‘Ta Very Much’ day, which was part of the charity’s 23rd anniversary celebrations. This heartwarming event, hosted at the Nostell Air Base in Wakefield, was designed to show gratitude to donors for their generous contributions. The name ‘Ta Very... Read more

EuroTec Vertical Flight Solutions delivers Airbus H125 to Teton County SAR

EuroTec Vertical Flight Solutions delivers Airbus H125 to Teton County SAR

26-Oct-2023Source: EuroTec

EuroTec Vertical Flight Solutions, a leading helicopter sales and service center, delivers brand new custom completed aircraft to Teton County Search and Rescue (TCSAR) based in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Since it was founded in 1993, Teton County Search and Rescue has never had its own year-round SAR-dedicated helicopter. For many years, the team contracted a... Read more

European Medical Drone signs for 11 Aero2 uncrewed tilt-wing aircraft from Dufour

European Medical Drone signs for 11 Aero2 uncrewed tilt-wing aircraft from Dufour

26-Oct-2023Source: European Medical Drone

European Medical Drone, the Swedish drone operator focusing on connecting hospitals by means of drone transportation, and Dufour Aerospace, the Swiss eVTOL innovator, signed a development cooperation and purchase agreement for 11 Aero2 uncrewed tilt-wing aircraft. The agreement includes the delivery of one Aero2 X2.3 prototype aircraft in 2024 and 10 serial Aero2 aircraft with... Read more

Wales Air Ambulance unveils the newest additions to fleet

Wales Air Ambulance unveils the newest additions to fleet

26-Oct-2023Source: Wales Air Ambulance

The Wales Air Ambulance Charity has unveiled its new aircraft, which has been named by the people of Wales, and its new Rapid Response Vehicles. The lifesaving service, funded through charitable donations, funds a fleet of rapid response vehicles and aircraft. They are equipped with some of the most advanced medical equipment in the world... Read more

Gympie Council pledges $160K to LifeFlight

Gympie Council pledges $160K to LifeFlight

26-Oct-2023Source: RACQ LifeFlight Rescue

Gympie Regional Council has further strengthened its commitment to aeromedical service RACQ LifeFlight Rescue with a new $160,000 agreement. The partnership will see LifeFlight receive $40,000 each year, for the next four years, from Council. The agreement recognises the significance of the work done by the service in Gympie and beyond. “LifeFlight play such an... Read more

Teton County Search & Rescue receives new Airbus H125

Teton County Search & Rescue receives new Airbus H125

25-Oct-2023Source: Teton County SAR

Teton County Search & Rescue is excited to announce that it has received its year-round rescue helicopter, completing the capital campaign to provide an on-call rescue ship to Teton County and surrounding areas. The helicopter—a single-engine H125 aircraft built by the France-based Airbus and then customized as a rescue ship by Kansas-based EuroTec—officially arrived on... Read more

Air Methods confirms “pre-pack” Chapter 11 bankruptcy process

Air Methods confirms “pre-pack” Chapter 11 bankruptcy process

24-Oct-2023

Air Methods Corporation (“Air Methods” or the “Company”), the leading air medical service provider in the U.S., announced today that it has entered into a Restructuring Support Agreement (“RSA”) with (i) majorities of its first lien lenders and bondholders and (ii) its equity sponsor under which such key stakeholders have agreed to support an expedited... Read more

Irish EMS operation re-brands its EC135s

Irish EMS operation re-brands its EC135s

23-Oct-2023

Online announcements by Aero Tech Paint of Thruxton UK show that the Irish EMS operation of two Airbus EC135s is going through a change of branding. Previously using a red scheme fully based on the scheme of Thames Valley Air Ambulance (from where one of the two 135s was acquired), the scheme is now yellow... Read more

Leonardo confirms Monroe County order for three AW139s

Leonardo confirms Monroe County order for three AW139s

23-Oct-2023Source: Leonardo

HeliHub.com editor note – this order was originally announced on HeliHub.com over six months ago when Monroe County had made their decision.  The press release below is merely Leonardo confirming that the contract is signed Leonardo announced an order today for three AW139 medium twin-engine helicopters by Monroe Country in Florida. These aircraft will be operated... Read more

Dorset County Hospital – plans approved for new ED and Helipad

Dorset County Hospital – plans approved for new ED and Helipad

23-Oct-2023Source: Dorset County Hospital

Plans to develop the Dorset County Hospital (DCH) site, including building a brand-new Emergency Department and Critical Care Unit, have been given the green light by local planners. The Trust’s Your Future Hospital programme sets out plans to expand facilities on the site in Dorchester and help meet increasing demand. These include building a new... Read more

AirLife celebrates 20 years of partnership with Carle Health

AirLife celebrates 20 years of partnership with Carle Health

23-Oct-2023Source: Carle Health

On Oct. 7, the Carle Health AirLife team gathered at Frasca Field to celebrate the 20th anniversary of AirLife’s partnership with Carle Health. Since 2003, AirLife has transported critically ill or injured patients to the highest level of care while providing care in the air. AirLife is a flying emergency room where personnel can provide... Read more

Green light for Tweed Valley Hospital Helipad in NSW

Green light for Tweed Valley Hospital Helipad in NSW

23-Oct-2023Source: NSW Government

The first helicopter test flight has been completed at the new rooftop helipad as part of the $723.3 million Tweed Valley Hospital development, with a helicopter rescue team undertaking a successful landing and takeoff. The helipad testing exercise, carried out by the Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service, is part of the operational commissioning activities being undertaken... Read more

Air Methods CEO wins 2023 Women In Tech Trailblazer Award

Air Methods CEO wins 2023 Women In Tech Trailblazer Award

23-Oct-2023Source: Air Methods

The Women Tech Council (WTC), a national organization focused on the economic impact of women in the technology sector, selected Air Methods CEO JaeLynn Williams as the winner of the 2023 Women In Tech Trailblazer Award. The winners were announced on Oct. 11 at an awards luncheon at the Grand America Hotel in Salt Lake City. “I... Read more

Spotlight on Air Methods – heading for Chapter 11 protection?

Spotlight on Air Methods – heading for Chapter 11 protection?

20-Oct-2023Source: HeliHub.com

Bloomberg is currently reporting that Air Methods are facing financial challenges to the level of giving serious review of filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Quoting unnamed sources, they say that the process could be started as early as the end of October, and is partly driven by a missed loan interest payment earlier this... Read more

Great Western Air Ambulance Charity appoints new Operations Officer

Great Western Air Ambulance Charity appoints new Operations Officer

20-Oct-2023Source: Great Western Air Ambulance

On 2 October 2023, Great Western Air Ambulance Charity (GWAAC) appointed Tim Ross-Smith to a brand-new role that was created in collaboration with South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWASfT). As GWAAC’s Operations Officer, Tim is line-managing the Advanced Practitioners and Specialist Paramedics in Critical Care. He will be leading on the operational, rather... Read more

HELP Appeal sponsors weather station at Bristol Royal Infirmary

HELP Appeal sponsors weather station at Bristol Royal Infirmary

19-Oct-2023Source: HELP Appeal

Thanks to a £37,000 donation from the HELP Appeal, Bristol Royal Infirmary has become the second major trauma centre in the UK to benefit from a weather station which provides certainty and real time information for emergency helicopter pilots about weather conditions, ensuring that its patients are seen quicker and with more efficiency. The weather... Read more

Remote rescue recognized as winner of 2022 Cormorant Trophy

Remote rescue recognized as winner of 2022 Cormorant Trophy

18-Oct-2023Source: Leonardo

Leonardo is pleased to announce the winners of the 2022 Cormorant Trophy which has been awarded to Rescue 439, a CH-149 Griffon helicopter crew that pushed the aircraft to its limits in challenging conditions in an evolving remote rescue scenario in Quebec. On October 12, 2022 at 11:00 hrs, Rescue 439, a CH-149 Griffon helicopter... Read more

South Australia commits to Police and EMS helicopters

South Australia commits to Police and EMS helicopters

17-Oct-2023Source: Government of South Australia

Two new helicopters will be added to South Australia’s police and ambulance services to boost response time and operational capacity, in a major Malinauskas Government investment. A state government commitment of $150 million will see two new State Rescue Helicopter Service (SRHS) helicopters online before the end of 2024, four new dedicated pilots and an... Read more

United Rotorcraft and DART Aerospace partners to develop an aerial firefighting system

United Rotorcraft and DART Aerospace partners to develop an aerial firefighting system

17-Oct-2023Source: Air Methods

United Rotorcraft, a global leader in critical mission systems for nearly 30 years, and DART Aerospace, a Canadian aerospace company specialized in designing, manufacturing, and supporting helicopter and fixed-wing aircraft components and systems for nearly 43 years, announced today their partnership agreement to develop an aerial firefighting system for the Airbus Super Puma family of... Read more

The Air Ambulance Service celebrates its years of lifesaving services

The Air Ambulance Service celebrates its years of lifesaving services

16-Oct-2023Source: The Air Ambulance Service

The Air Ambulance Service (TAAS) is at a very exciting chapter in its history as it celebrates 10, 15, 20 years of dedication across its lifesaving services with the charity’s full fleet coming together. Your local air ambulance sees the Warwickshire & Northamptonshire Air Ambulance (WNAA) celebrating 20 years of lifesaving service and Derbyshire, Leicestershire... Read more

AAMS Announces Finalists for the 2023 Community Awards

AAMS Announces Finalists for the 2023 Community Awards

13-Oct-2023Source: AAMS

Each year, the Association of Air Medical Services (AAMS) recognizes excellence and leadership in emergency medical transport through a variety of notable national awards. AAMS is pleased to announce the following finalists for each of the 2023 Community Awards to be presented during the Air Medical Conference (AMTC) in Columbus, Ohio. Program of the Year, sponsored by Airbus Recognizes... Read more

London’s Air Ambulance Charity appoints new Chief Pilot

London’s Air Ambulance Charity appoints new Chief Pilot

13-Oct-2023Source: LAA

London’s Air Ambulance Charity is pleased to announce the appointment of Captain Sam Tompkins as Chief Pilot. Captain Tompkins, who has been flying with the service since 2022, will assume his new role in December 2023. In an aviation career spanning 20 years, Captain Sam Tompkins began flying in helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) in... Read more

Waikato Region welcomes arrival of H145

Waikato Region welcomes arrival of H145

11-Oct-2023Source: Waikato Westpac Rescue Helicopter

The Waikato, King Country and Coromandel region receive the newest addition to its Waikato Westpac Rescue Helicopter operations family, the new Airbus H145 twin-engine helicopter. The Waikato Westpac Rescue Helicopter service has long been a two rescue helicopter base and with this new H145 rescue helicopter, it will remain a two rescue helicopter base, ensuring... Read more

Air Evac Lifeteam opens base in Macon County

Air Evac Lifeteam opens base in Macon County

11-Oct-2023Source: Air Evac Lifeteam

Air Evac Lifeteam (Air Evac) announced its newest emergency air medical transport base in Illinois is in service. Located in the city of Decatur, the base features a Bell 206 aircraft and is staffed around the clock with an Air Evac pilot, flight nurse and flight paramedic. The highly trained and experienced crew will be... Read more

London Oxford Airport gets green light for R&D Science Park

London Oxford Airport gets green light for R&D Science Park

11-Oct-2023Source: London Oxford Airport

London Oxford Airport is looking forward to breaking ground on its all new, self-funded R&D Science Park in January 2024. This follows the successful planning application of the £48 million development, which was approved last summer.  Demolition of the original buildings has already started, paving the way for the new 200,000 sq.ft. facility, which the airport... Read more

Skyryse takes delivery of Airbus H130 from Air Methods

Skyryse takes delivery of Airbus H130 from Air Methods

11-Oct-2023Source: Skyryse

Skyryse, the provider of an intuitive integrated flight operating system, today announced a pivotal partnership milestone with the delivery of an Airbus H130 helicopter from Air Methods. The aircraft is primed for cutting-edge integration with Skyryse’s game-changing technology, an integrated flight operating system (formerly referred to as FlightOS) that promises to revolutionize aviation technology. The... Read more

LifeNet of New York Flight Nurse Achieves 1,000 patient Milestone

LifeNet of New York Flight Nurse Achieves 1,000 patient Milestone

10-Oct-2023Source: LifeNet of New York

For one flight clinician to serve 1,000 patients in a little over a decade is no easy feat. It takes time, dedication, grit, and mental fortitude to provide the highest level of care and ensure the safety of each patient with every transport. Recently, Flight Nurse Rod Kester transported his 1,000th patient after a little over... Read more

Madison Fire Department selects Air Methods Ascend’s online Critical Care Review program

Madison Fire Department selects Air Methods Ascend’s online Critical Care Review program

10-Oct-2023Source: Air Methods

Air Methods, the nation’s leading air medical service provider, announced that Madison Fire Department has selected Air Methods Ascend’s online Critical Care Review program to provide additional training for their paramedics. With stations in the City of Rexburg, Townsite of Archer, and Sugar City, Madison Fire responds to an ever-increasing number of fire and ambulance... Read more

Emergent Air selects Air Methods Ascend’s critical care in-person and online education programs

Emergent Air selects Air Methods Ascend’s critical care in-person and online education programs

3-Oct-2023Source: Air Methods

 Air Methods, the nation’s leading air medical service provider, announced today that Emergent Air has selected Air Methods Ascend’s critical care in-person and online education programs to provide additional advanced training for their flight nurses, respiratory therapists, and paramedics. Emergent Air started as a ground ambulance provider in El Paso nearly 20 years ago but... Read more

GNAAS have busiest summer on record

GNAAS have busiest summer on record

3-Oct-2023Source: Great North Air Ambulance

The charity’s critical care teams, which include a doctor and a specialist advanced trauma paramedic, are based in Eaglescliffe in the North East, and Penrith in Cumbria, and cover an area of more than 8,000 square miles. From 21 June to 23 September they were activated to more than 600 incidents in the North East,... Read more

Air Ambulance Kent Surrey Sussex celebrates 10 years of night flights

Air Ambulance Kent Surrey Sussex celebrates 10 years of night flights

2-Oct-2023Source: Air Ambulance Kent Surrey Sussex

Air Ambulance Kent Surrey Sussex are proud to be marking ten years of becoming the first Air Ambulance charity in the country to fly 24/7, 365 days a year, enabling us to reach more patients and save more lives. On 29th September 2013 we became the first Air Ambulance in the country to provide a 24/7... Read more

Taranaki Offshore Partnership named as Rescue Helicopter Winch sponsors

Taranaki Offshore Partnership named as Rescue Helicopter Winch sponsors

29-Sep-2023Source: Taranaki Rescue Helicopter

Taranaki Rescue Helicopter is delighted to welcome Taranaki Offshore Partnership (TOP) to our family of sponsors to support the vital emergency response service for the region and our communities. TOP’s sponsorship is specifically for the Rescue Winch, which is critical during missions where the helicopter cannot land. An important piece of equipment, the winch ensures... Read more

Westpac Lifesaver Rescue Helicopter Service turns 50

Westpac Lifesaver Rescue Helicopter Service turns 50

29-Sep-2023Source: Westpac Lifesaver Rescue

The Westpac Lifesaver Rescue Helicopter Service is today celebrating 50 years of service since its first day of operations on 29 September 1973. In partnership with Surf Life Saving Australia, Westpac (then Bank of New South Wales) has been proudly supporting the Service since it began, making it one of the longest community partnerships in... Read more

Black Hills Life Flight will carry whole blood onboard

Black Hills Life Flight will carry whole blood onboard

27-Sep-2023Source: Black Hills Life Flight

All four Black Hills Life Flight aircraft, located in Rapid City and Hot Springs, SD, are proud to announce that they now carry and can administer whole blood onboard every air medical transport. Black Hills Life Flight is the first and only community-based air ambulance service in the state with this capability. Having whole blood... Read more

AirLife Utah 3 will now carry whole blood on board

AirLife Utah 3 will now carry whole blood on board

27-Sep-2023Source: Air Methods

AirLife Utah 3 is proud to announce that it now carries and can administer whole blood on board every air medical transport. Having whole blood aboard their AS350 helicopter allows their industry-leading trauma clinicians to provide additional life-saving care in emergency situations when every minute counts. “Whole blood is the gold standard for blood delivery,”... Read more

Yorkshire Air Ambulance crew injured in laser attack

Yorkshire Air Ambulance crew injured in laser attack

26-Sep-2023Source: Yorkshire Air Ambulance

Yorkshire Air Ambulance (YAA), a lifeline for communities in Yorkshire, has recently seen a disturbing rapid escalation in laser attacks. Over the course of a single week, YAA has been subjected to three separate and deliberate laser assaults, with the latest attack resulting in an injury to one of their crew members. On Friday evening... Read more

Pinal County Sheriff’s Office Enhances Search and Rescue Operations with TrakkaBeam TLXc

Pinal County Sheriff’s Office Enhances Search and Rescue Operations with TrakkaBeam TLXc

26-Sep-2023Source: Trakka Systems

Trakka Systems, a prominent provider of Critical Vision Technologies, is excited to announce an ongoing partnership with the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office located in Arizona, USA. The most recent collaboration is the acquisition by the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office of Trakka’s cutting-edge TrakkaBeam TLXc, which expands the range of Trakka C4ISR equipment utilized by the... Read more

Air Idaho Rescue transports 1000th patients

Air Idaho Rescue transports 1000th patients

25-Sep-2023Source: Air Methods

Whether local residents or guests to Yellowstone National Park from around the world, people facing medical emergencies in the West Yellowstone area are in good hands thanks to Air Idaho Rescue. On Saturday, Sept. 16, the air medical crew transported its 1,000th patient. The team of four pilots, one mechanic, three flight nurses, and three flight... Read more

Health Care District of Palm Beach County receives first AW169

Health Care District of Palm Beach County receives first AW169

21-Sep-2023Source: Health Care District of Palm Beach County

The Health Care District announces the delivery last week of the first of two Leonardo AW169 helicopters. The AW169 helicopters were selected for Trauma Hawk following more than a decade of planning and due diligence. It’s anticipated the second helicopter will also be delivered this month. “This marks a new era in the Health Care District’s... Read more

Vita Inclinata Expands SAR Solutions with Global Distribution Partnership

Vita Inclinata Expands SAR Solutions with Global Distribution Partnership

21-Sep-2023Source: Vita Inclinata

Vita Inclinata recently completed an agreement that authorizes the company to be a global distributor of Lifesaving Systems, LLC equipment. This exciting partnership allows Vita Inclinata’s Aerospace division to provide an even wider range of life-saving equipment and gear to the Search and Rescue community. “With our expanded capabilities, we are committed to being the complete provider for the... Read more

Tulsa Life Flight wins C.T. Thompson Award for Excellence in Trauma Care

Tulsa Life Flight wins C.T. Thompson Award for Excellence in Trauma Care

20-Sep-2023Source: Air Methods

The Tulsa Life Flight teams in Okmulgee and Pryor, OK were honored to receive the C.T. Thompson Award for Excellence in Trauma Care by St. Francis Hospital. This was a special honor for the team because their program was the vision of the late Dr. C.T. Thompson, along with Dr. Jerry Gustafson. The annual award... Read more

Kankakee Community College selects Air Methods Ascend’s online EMS Review program

Kankakee Community College selects Air Methods Ascend’s online EMS Review program

19-Sep-2023Source: Air Methods

Air Methods, the nation’s leading air medical service provider, announced today that Kankakee Community College (KCC) has selected Air Methods Ascend’s online EMS Review program to integrate into the curriculum for students in the paramedic program. A two-year college, KCC serves the 130,000 residents of Community College District 520, which includes all of Kankakee and... Read more

Specialist Aviation Services appoints restructuring specialist

Specialist Aviation Services appoints restructuring specialist

18-Sep-2023Source: HeliHub.com

Specialist Aviation Services have appointed Nick Pike (pictured) as a director of both Specialist Aviation Services Ltd (“SAS”) and Specialist Aviation Services Group Ltd (“SAS Group”), effective 6th September – according to public filings for SAS and SAS Group with Companies House, the executive agency of the British Government that maintains the register of companies. In... Read more

Two Utah EMS programs celebrate anniversaries

Two Utah EMS programs celebrate anniversaries

18-Sep-2023Source: Intermountain Life Flight

Two of the nation’s premier air medical transport and rescue programs are celebrating major anniversaries, each one marking multiple decades of life-saving service to thousands of patients. Intermountain Life Flight is celebrating its 45th anniversary, while Classic Air Medical is commemorating its 35th anniversary. Both are part of the Intermountain Health system and serve patients... Read more

Native Air receives Healthcare Impact Award

Native Air receives Healthcare Impact Award

15-Sep-2023Source: Air Methods

In a special ceremony for the Greater Las Cruces Chamber of Commerce 2023 Annual Healthcare Awards, Native Air’s White Sands Area team was proud to receive the Healthcare Impact Award on behalf of the entire program. The award recognizes a healthcare professional or organization that made a direct impact on an individual’s care. The awards... Read more

Princess Royal opens new Magpas Air Ambulance base

Princess Royal opens new Magpas Air Ambulance base

15-Sep-2023Source: Magpas Air Ambulance

On Tuesday, 12th September Magpas Air Ambulance staff, clinicians, former patients and supporters witnessed an important milestone in the charity’s history as HRH The Princess Royal opened the new charity airbase . The lifesaving charity has been working to build its new home for the past six years: a purpose-built airbase, headquarters and training centre in Alconbury Weald,... Read more

Penn State Health honored for its support of military employees

Penn State Health honored for its support of military employees

15-Sep-2023Source: Penn State Health

Penn State Health CEO Steve Massini received the national-level Above and Beyond Award on behalf of the health system. It honored Penn State Health for actively promoting the hiring of military members, recognizing their valuable experience and dedication. It also acknowledged Penn State Health’s ongoing support for both active service members and veterans. This award specifically recognizes... Read more

ADAC takes delivery of 1500th EC135/H135

ADAC takes delivery of 1500th EC135/H135

4-Sep-2023Source: ADAC

[electronic translation] The ADAC air rescue has the 1,500. H135 helicopters acquired from Airbus Helicopters. The helicopter manufacturer handed over the anniversary model to the non-profit company in Donauwörth today. At the ceremony, the managing director of ADAC Luftrettung gGmbH Frédéric Bruder emphasized: “With the investment in the latest version of the H135, we are once again... Read more

Devon Air Ambulance to celebrate Air Ambulance week

Devon Air Ambulance to celebrate Air Ambulance week

1-Sep-2023Source: Devon Air Ambulance

Devon Air Ambulance (DAA) are calling for the people of Devon to join them and the nation in celebrating Air Ambulance Week from 4 – 10 September 2023. This annual campaign, organised by Air Ambulances UK (AAUK), aims to raise awareness of the lifesaving work of the UK’s air ambulance charities. Air Ambulance Week serves as a... Read more

v2track selected as Dealer and Certified Integration Partner for AFDAU-T1

v2track selected as Dealer and Certified Integration Partner for AFDAU-T1

30-Aug-2023Source: v2track

v2track has partnered with Sydney-based engineering firm Airborne Mission System (AMS) to resell and support their AFDAU-T1 unit. The AFDAU-T1 has transformed the way aerial firefighters collect and report operational data and it offers unique benefits for rotary and fixed-wing operators. The AFDAU-T1 meets the requirements of the National Aerial Firefighting Centre of Australia (NAFC)... Read more

Army Reserve-led Mountain Medic soars to new heights

Army Reserve-led Mountain Medic soars to new heights

30-Aug-2023Source: US Army

The rotor blades of the MEDEVAC helicopters never stopped spinning as the Army Reserve Aviation Command’s UH/HH-60 Black Hawks climbed to new heights and led the third iteration of the fast-paced joint operation known as Mountain Medic 2023 last week. Soaring against the backdrop of the Rocky Mountains, the exercise aimed at improving and reenforcing... Read more

Wales Air Ambulance asks supporters to name newest aircraft

Wales Air Ambulance asks supporters to name newest aircraft

29-Aug-2023Source: Wales Air Ambulance

The Wales Air Ambulance Charity is calling for its supporters to have their say and vote for the aircraft registration of its newest addition to the fleet. In February this year, Wales Air Ambulance announced that Gama Aviation had successfully bid for the seven-year contract to provide aviation services to the air ambulance in Wales,... Read more

St. Joseph Health partners with Med-Trans

St. Joseph Health partners with Med-Trans

29-Aug-2023Source: St. Joseph Health

St. Joseph Health announced it has entered into a partnership with Med-Trans Corporation (Med-Trans) to continue air medical services in the Brazos Valley under the name St. Joseph Health AirMed 12. The AirMed12 base operates round-the-clock and leverages the expertise of both organizations. St. Joseph Health provides the highly trained and experienced flight nurses and... Read more

US Army Reserve-led Mountain Medic soars to new heights

US Army Reserve-led Mountain Medic soars to new heights

29-Aug-2023Source: US Army

The rotor blades of the MEDEVAC helicopters never stopped spinning as the Army Reserve Aviation Command’s UH/HH-60 Black Hawks climbed to new heights and led the third iteration of the fast-paced joint operation known as Mountain Medic 2023 last week. Soaring against the backdrop of the Rocky Mountains, the exercise aimed at improving and reenforcing... Read more

Bell holds customer symposium in Kenya

Bell holds customer symposium in Kenya

25-Aug-2023Source: Bell

On 28 June, industry professionals gathered at the Tamarind Tree Hotel in Nairobi, Kenya to collaborate and share best practices relating to Helicopter Emergency Medical Services, Customer Support and Services, Training and Bell’s number one priority, Safety. Led by Lynette Loosen, Bell’s regional sales manager, Africa & Middle East, the Symposium included Bell customers, advocates... Read more

PAC upgrades Airbus EC135P2+ for Life Fight Network

PAC upgrades Airbus EC135P2+ for Life Fight Network

23-Aug-2023Source: PAC International

Paradigm Aerospace Corporation (PAC) International recently delivered an upgraded Airbus EC135P2+ for Life Fight Network. PAC removed the aircraft’s corporate VIP interior and factory avionics and installed a complete Metro Aviation medical interior and Garmin GTN 650/750 Single Pilot IFR Avionics suite. The interior and exterior of the aircraft were also completely repainted to match... Read more

Australia – LifeFlight doctors fly through first year in WBB

Australia – LifeFlight doctors fly through first year in WBB

23-Aug-2023Source: RACQ LifeFlight Rescue

RACQ LifeFlight Rescue Critical Care Doctors have flown through their first year on board the Bundaberg-based rescue helicopter, performing more than 189 missions since they joined the service. Critical Care Doctors were rostered onto the local chopper for the first time in August last year with the first mission tasked on the 21st of August.... Read more

RAC Rescue celebrates 20 years of life saving missions

RAC Rescue celebrates 20 years of life saving missions

22-Aug-2023Source: RAC Rescue

On the 11th August 2023 RAC Rescue will celebrate 20 years of service to the WA community. Since the inception of the service back in 2003 the helicopters have completed over 9,500 rescue missions and flown more than 2 million kilometres across WA. In this video we reflect on how the service has evolved in... Read more

EASA Annual Safety Review 2023

EASA Annual Safety Review 2023

22-Aug-2023Source: EASA

The EASA 2023 Annual Safety Review (ASR) is now online. The 2023 edition looks at the safety performance of the European aviation system in 2022. This, and other analyses carried out by EASA in collaboration with the National Aviation Authorities (NAAs) and industry is used to support the decision-making that is reflected in the European Plan for Aviation Safety (EPAS).... Read more

DRF upgrades Christoph 53 in Mannheim to 5-blade H145

DRF upgrades Christoph 53 in Mannheim to 5-blade H145

22-Aug-2023Source: DRF Luftrettung

There was a change for the DRF Luftrettung station in Mannheim on August 13, 2023: A helicopter of the type H145 with five-blade rotor from Airbus Helicopters is now flying as Christoph 53. Immediately after replacing the previous machine with the new one at the station, the new Christoph 53 had a double assignment. For helicopter... Read more

Hot Springs Ambulance selects Air Method’s EMS Review

Hot Springs Ambulance selects Air Method’s EMS Review

10-Aug-2023Source: Air Methods

Air Methods, the nation’s leading air medical service provider, announced that Hot Springs Ambulance has selected Air Methods Ascend’s online EMS review to provide continuing education for their paramedics, AEMTs (advanced emergency medical technicians), and EMTs (emergency medical technicians). Established in 1985, Hot Springs Ambulance Service provides Basic Life Support (BLS) services and Advanced Life... Read more

Wyoming Life Flight celebrates 40 years of service

Wyoming Life Flight celebrates 40 years of service

8-Aug-2023Source: Air Methods

Providing 40 years of emergency air medical care is something worth celebrating, so Wyoming Life Flight held a special gathering to mark the notable anniversary. Crew members past and present, community leaders, and former patients came together at the Wyoming Life Flight hangar at Casper-Natrona County International Airport, on Friday, Jul. 21 for the festivities.... Read more

New South Wales adds firefighing Chinook to fleet

New South Wales adds firefighing Chinook to fleet

4-Aug-2023Source: New South Wales Government

Rural Fire Service (RFS) aerial firefighting capabilities received a significant boost today with the arrival of a $9 million high-capacity waterbombing helicopter at Richmond. The new helicopter will allow for aerial firefighting at night and expand on existing air capabilities. Minister for Emergency Services Jihad Dib was joined by Commonwealth Member for Macquarie Susan Templeman... Read more

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