9-Jan-2010Source: Med-Trans Corp
When faced with an emergency, Upstate and northeast Georgia residents will now have even faster access to the life-saving care they need. Through a partnership with AnMed Health, Med-Trans Corp. is launching a helicopter program called LifeFlight, which will improve the timeliness of care for heart attack, stroke and trauma patients outside the city of... Read more
6-Jan-2010Source: REGA press release translated and lightly edited.
On Sunday, a crew member of a REGA Swiss Air Ambulance helicopter was sadly killed while performing his job. Rega is extremely sad and condolences to the relatives of the deceased doctor and the relatives of the two who were killed also their heartfelt condolences. Rega had been called to an avalanche in Diemtigtal in... Read more
6-Jan-2010Source: News-Review
After a decade-long absence, emergency medical transport helicopters will began landing again at Mercy Medical Center.... Read more
6-Jan-2010Source: Mornington Peninsula Leader
The Southern Peninsula Rescue Squad has operated and maintained its rescue helicopter from a helipad overlooking the Sorrento pier for the past 33 years.... Read more
6-Jan-2010Source: ABC
The operators of the Southwest Air Ambulance in Victoria are pleased with the cooperation of the emergency services during the helicopter’s first six months.... Read more
30-Dec-2009Source: Helijet
Helijet International will play a critical emergency role in the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games after being awarded a new contract with the BC Ambulance Service to operate two additional Sikorsky S-76 air ambulance helicopters during the Games.... Read more
30-Dec-2009Source: Sydney Morning Herald
Medical services for Torres Strait island communities will receive a boost, with the Queensland government to spend $4.6 million on a helipad at Thursday Island.... Read more
30-Dec-2009Source: Daily Gleaner
Alan Stephen, CEO of Ambulance NB, said the high level of skill required, the stressful nature of the job and a favourable market for nurses is making it difficult to recruit and retain nurses for the provincial air ambulance service.... Read more
29-Dec-2009Source: Press & Journal
A bed-and-breakfast operator wants to build a helipad for the north’s lifeline air ambulances in her front garden.... Read more
29-Dec-2009Source: Clarion Ledger
MedStat EMS will base a medical helicopter in Winona to aid victims of traumatic injuries and critical illnesses, company officials announced... Read more
24-Dec-2009Source: Cook Children's Medical Center
Santa Claus delivered a shiny new $7.1 million present to Cook Children’s Medical Center on Tuesday that had adults and kids scrambling to get a better look.... Read more
24-Dec-2009Source: ABC
A new helipad designed to make the transfer of critically ill patients more efficient is being opened at Gilgandra.... Read more
24-Dec-2009Source: Kent Online
It’s happy birthday to a charity which is literally one of Kent’s lifesavers. The Kent Air Ambulance was founded in November 1989 and exactly 20 years ago – on Wednesday, December 23, 1989 – it made its first life-saving mission.... Read more
23-Dec-2009Source: Omniflight
Omniflight Helicopters, Inc., a leading national provider of air medical services, announced today that John Thomas Read, check airman and flight instructor for the company is the recipient of the W. A. (Dub) Blessing Certified Flight Instructor of the Year Award from The Helicopter Association International (HAI).... Read more
23-Dec-2009Source: Salisbury Journal
THE Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance has flown its 2000th mission, even though it has only been running for two and a half years.... Read more
22-Dec-2009Source: ABC
Union officials say the lives of Hunter Valley residents will be put at risk when new deployment procedures are introduced for the region’s rescue helicopter.... Read more
22-Dec-2009Source: The Spectrum
The Foundation of Dixie Regional Medical Center announced that by the end of this year, it expects to have reached its goal of raising $2.3 million of the $7.5 million needed to bring a Life Flight helicopter to St. George... Read more
22-Dec-2009Source: Arab News
Riyadh Gov. Prince Salman on Sunday launched the air ambulance service of the Saudi Red Crescent Authority (SRCA) and inspected one of the three aircraft that have been put into service in Riyadh province.... Read more
22-Dec-2009Source: KGUN
On December 15th, 2009, at about 6:18 a.m., the DPS Air Rescue Helicopter stationed out of Kingman, Ariz., responded to a medical emergency involving a woman in active labor.... Read more
22-Dec-2009Source: Multiflight
Multiflight has sold one of its charter helicopters, a Eurocopter AS 365N2 Dauphin helicopter, to GNAAS... Read more
21-Dec-2009Source: Ashbury Park Press
The agreement was signed between the Monmouth-Ocean Hospital Service Corp. and the Dallas-based Med-Trans Corporation, said Vincent Robbins, chief executive officer of MONOC.... Read more
21-Dec-2009Source: News Mail
THE long-term unavailability of Bundaberg’s twin-engine rescue helicopter and impending cutbacks to the service’s staff is putting lives at risk, according to a former paramedic.... Read more
18-Dec-2009Source: JEMS
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. has presented a $35,000 donation to MedEvac Foundation International, its third in a series, completing its total $105,000 pledge to the air-medical charitable and research organization and bringing it into the Foundation’s Chairman’s Circle of $100,000-plus donors.... Read more
18-Dec-2009Source: AOPA
Appareo Systems ALERTS (Aircraft Logging and Event Recording for Training and Safety) Vision 1000 is a cockpit imaging and flight data monitoring device.... Read more
17-Dec-2009Source: Wetzel Chronicle
Air Evac will be relocating its local base of operations to Wetzel County Hospital. The Wetzel County Commission and Wetzel County Building Authority executed a lease with the emergency air transportation company Dec. 8... Read more
15-Dec-2009Source: Gazette Virginian
Members of the North Halifax Volunteer Fire Department were joined by representatives from Halifax Regional Health System and Centra Health of Lynchburg to celebrate the department’s new helipad with a groundbreaking ceremony Friday.... Read more
14-Dec-2009Source: Marine Corps Times
During the past year, the U.S. military reduced to 42 minutes from 100 minutes the average time it takes for a badly wounded service member in Afghanistan to reach a hospital, even as the casualty rate tripled, according to military commanders.... Read more
14-Dec-2009Source: News and Star
An air ambulance is currently based in Flimby to deal with emergencies on the south side of the River Derwent.... Read more
14-Dec-2009Source: KTEN
Recently, Lifestar moved from Wilson N. Jones hospital to a new facility off highway 75 near the Sherman-Howe line. Now, they are changing their name to match their parent company’s name... Read more
13-Dec-2009Source: Voxy
The Hawke’s Bay Helicopter Rescue Trust is stepping forward with the arrival of a twin engine BK117 on the 23rd December. Trust Chairman, John Newland announced that the Trustees agreed to go ahead with the biggest change in the history of the Trust since its inception in 1992.... Read more
13-Dec-2009Source: BC Local News
Cowichan District Hospital’s disabled helipad could be open by Monday, pending Transport Canada’s OK on tree safety and other work being finished this weekend, CDH’s site director says.... Read more
10-Dec-2009Source: Civil Society
The board of the London Air Ambulance charity that sacked chief executive David Philpott after he raised concerns about alleged malpractice by some trustees, has reportedly commissioned an independent review into the circumstances surrounding his dismissal.... Read more
10-Dec-2009Source: Summit Daily News
Kathy Mayer, director of Flight For Life Colorado, announced that beginning Jan. 3, Flight For Life helicopter coverage from St. Anthony Summit Medical Center mountain base in Frisco will increase to 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.... Read more
9-Dec-2009Source: Asbury Park Press
Air ambulance services will continue to be provided by the helicopter MONOC 1 as negotiations with a new aircraft operator are finalized, said Vincent Robbins, president and chief operating officer of Monmouth-Ocean Hospital Service Corp.... Read more
9-Dec-2009Source: North Queensland Register
Member for Hinchinbrook, Andrew Cripps, has demanded answers from Health Minister Paul Lucas after concerns were raised the helipad at the Ingham Hospital still does not meet design specifications and Queensland Health will not let helicopters land on it.... Read more
9-Dec-2009Source: Express & Echo
Helena Holt, the chief executive of the Devon Air Ambulance Trust has hit out at the Children’s Air Ambulance Trust, disputing many of its claims and its financial capabilities.... Read more
8-Dec-2009
The union of Erie-based EmergyCare Inc.’s LifeStar program and West Mifflin-based Stat MedEvac program will officially launch on Saturday at 7 a.m., Dan Nakles, manager of business relations and development for Stat MedEvac, said Thursday.... Read more
8-Dec-2009Source: Canada.com
Transport Canada has shut down the helicopter landing facility at Cowichan District Hospital. On Nov. 18 the agency closed the helipad due to concerns about trees on a neighbouring property posing a safety hazard to the air ambulances.... Read more
8-Dec-2009Source: http://www.masoncountynews.com/news/article/23855
Shannon AirMed1 was named the 2009 Air Medical Service by the Texas Department of State Health Services at the recent Texas EMS Conference, marking the fourth year for the service to receive the honor. AirMed1 earned the award previously in 2002, 2003 and 2007. They are the only service in Texas to receive the honor... Read more
8-Dec-2009Source: NZ Herald
Statements filed with the Charities Commission show the Auckland Regional Helicopter Trust received almost $5 million in donations in the year to March 31 – but spent some $2 million raising the cash.... Read more
7-Dec-2009Source: Vertical
Lynn D. Malmstrom, a senior executive with more than 30 years of management experience, has been hired as the Chief Financial Officer of California Shock Trauma Air Rescue (CALSTAR).... Read more
3-Dec-2009Source: Omniflight
Omniflight Helicopters, Inc., a leading national provider of air medical services, announced today that Lynda LaRue, ADN, R.N., CMTE, regional clinical manager for the company’s Southeast region was named to the State of Alabama Board of Nursing.... Read more
2-Dec-2009Source: Watford Observer
The Hertfordshire Air Ambulance, which provides vital pre-hospital care to patients across the county, is celebrating its first birthday.... Read more
1-Dec-2009Source: Herald Mail
The presence of a new air medical transport company in Hagerstown won’t have a major impact on use of Maryland State Police medevac helicopters at accident scenes, according to Dr. Robert Bass, executive director of the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems... Read more
1-Dec-2009Source: Dorset Echo
The Somerset and Dorset Air Ambulance charity is trying to track down as many of the 7,000 people it has helped since its launch in March 2000.... Read more
1-Dec-2009Source: http://www.aams.org/Content/NavigationMenu/MediaRoom/PressReleases/AAMS_ISAS_Agreement_112009.doc
The Association of Air Medical Services (AAMS) and the International Society of Aeromedical Services (Australasia), also known as ISAS, have signed a ground-breaking agreement to collaborate on international initiatives that will enhance the provision of air-medical transport services worldwide.... Read more
30-Nov-2009Source: Telegraph
Mr Philpott was dismissed as chief executive only 12 weeks after he took up the job, just days after he raised concerns about the charity’s financial controls and accountability with its board.... Read more
29-Nov-2009Source: Star Phoenix
The Saskatchewan Party government is grounding its long-cherished idea of a helicopter air ambulance service because of its hefty price tag. A report commissioned by the government and released Thursday shows the initial capital costs would be $42.4 million and annual operating costs would be $9 million for a system based out of both Regina... Read more
28-Nov-2009Source: North West Air Ambulance
KNOWSLEY Council awarded one of its highest honours to North West Air Ambulance board director Jim Keight OBE.... Read more
22-Nov-2009Source: Dallas Morning News
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22-Nov-2009Source: Dallas Morning News
Twenty-nine deaths in 2008 – compared with seven killed in 2007 – spurred calls for regulators to impose new rules for helicopter operators. But some feel that’s not been enough; Congress is now poised to pass a series of new rules governing the nation’s fleet of medical helicopters.... Read more
21-Nov-2009Source: North Platte Telegraph
Kim and Jill Wolfe, owners of Midwest Medical Transport, flew into North Platte on Friday to update local hospital officials on their plans to add a medical transport helicopter to their fleet.... Read more
21-Nov-2009Source: Herald-Mail
An air medical transport company based in Colorado began service out of Hagerstown Regional Airport this week, following a several-week gap after STAT MedEvac ended operations there in mid-October.... Read more
20-Nov-2009Source: Northern Star
WHEN a cardiac patient needed to be transferred to Brisbane yesterday, he became the Westpac Life Saver Rescue Helicopter’s 6000th mission. And just as the rescue helicopter clocked up 6000 trips, new pilot Tom Hulse was aboard on his very first flight with the organisation.... Read more
19-Nov-2009Source: Hampton Roads
Currituck County has agreed to donate $200,000 toward the purchase of a new Nightingale emergency and medical transport helicopter. Operated through Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, Nightingale had requested up to $1 million as part of a fundraising campaign for a $7 million aircraft... Read more
19-Nov-2009Source: Seacor Holdings
SEACOR Holdings Inc. (SEACOR) (NYSE: CKH) announced today that it conducted a joint Search and Rescue (SAR) and Emergency Medical Services demonstration on October 28 in Sabine Pass, Texas... Read more
14-Nov-2009Source: CharterX
The University of Michigan has signed a multi-year agreement with Pentastar Aviation to provide management and support for all emergency medical operations for the Survival Flight program. The Survival Flight fleet includes a Citation Encore jet airplane and three Bell 430 helicopters.... Read more
12-Nov-2009Source: Infos Chalon
Numerous examples have also shown the unavailability of helicopter CHU Dijon and too far removed from that of Auxerre, Lyon and Clermont-Ferrand and thus the Board of Directors of the Center Hospitalier de Chalon sur Saone decided to equip the 71 UAS with a helicopter for all inhabitants of the Saone et Loire.... Read more
12-Nov-2009Source: NBC
The battle over whether San Francisco General Hospital should be equipped with a helipad to save lives could come down to a ritzy fundraiser.... Read more
9-Nov-2009Source: UTV Weekly
REACH and the Bureau of Land Management were showing off a new helipad in Glamis near the Glamis Beach Store... Read more
9-Nov-2009Source: Suinday Sun
The Sunday Sun launches a major campaign to keep hope in the skies by buying the Great North Air Ambulance its own life-saving helicopter.... Read more
5-Nov-2009Source: Devon 24
DEVON Air Ambulance will soon have a purpose-built second airbase at Eaglescott Airfield in North Devon. Having worked from a portable building for the past four years, the crew are looking forward to spending the remainder of the winter in their new warm and dry base, due for completion around Christmas.... Read more
5-Nov-2009Source: Howie Blog
Following months of careful evaluation, Life Link III has been selected to take over air medical transport services for SMDC Health System. The Minneapolis-based organization will replace SMDC’s LifeFlight helicopter service effective January 4, 2010... Read more
5-Nov-2009Source: Vail Valley Medical Center
The Chief Executive Officer of Vail Valley Medical Center has announced their plan to add helicopter transport service to Eagle County and hospitals in surrounding areas. Helicopter service is scheduled to begin in February 2010 and will be based out of Eagle County Regional Airport.... Read more
5-Nov-2009Source: Mineral Daiy News Tribune
Representatives of the Federal Aviation Administration were in Keyser Thursday to inspect the new helipad at Potomac Valley Hospital.... Read more
4-Nov-2009Source: Star Press
That change means patients needing to be airlifted to other hospitals will once again have to wait on a helicopter to arrive from another location. While it will add time to a patient’s wait, it won’t negatively affect patient care, officials said.... Read more
4-Nov-2009Source: AMT
In a first for a dedicated Helicopter Emergency Medical Service provider (HEMS), Arkansas Children’s Hospital (ACH) received FAA approval for their HFDM/FOQA program... Read more
4-Nov-2009Source: Syracuse Post-Standard
Mercy Flight Central claims Onondaga County’s Air One helicopter and the state police helicopter in the area are jumping calls — responding to medical emergencies before Mercy Flight has a chance to go — for emergency transports and putting patients in danger.... Read more
2-Nov-2009Source: STARS
STARS is celebrating 25 years of care in the air next year and is asking Albertans to share their stories on a new STARS Weblog at www.stars.ca... Read more
1-Nov-2009Source: Rotorblatt
Supposedly 15 machines would be enough to ensure nationwide provision in Austria, but no fewer than 38 helicopters are in use... Read more
30-Oct-2009Source: Sutter Medical Center
The Sutter Medical Center Castro Valley project reached another major milestone with the official opening of the newly relocated helicopter landing site today.The site received approval for use following the final state permit inspection earlier this week by the CalTrans Division of Aeronautics.... Read more
