15-Sep-2010Source: Night Flight Concepts
Night Flight Concepts (NFC) completed NVG Maintenance Training to California Shock Trauma Air Rescue “CALSTAR”. Night Flight Concepts is the industry’s premier provider of night vision goggle equipment, training, and maintenance solutions. CALSTAR is a non-profit Air Ambulance organization headquartered in Sacramento California. The company became the first non-hospital-based Air Ambulance Program in the nation,... Read more
13-Sep-2010Source: Occupational Health & Safety
The study, to be published in the October/December issue of Prehospital Emergency Care and now available online, analyzed survey results from 61 EMS agencies in the United States and Canada... Read more
13-Sep-2010Source: White Mountain Independent
Native Air already has a contract with the hospital and has a helicopter stationed at the Springerville airport.... Read more
13-Sep-2010Source: Las Cruces Sun-News
Native Air, with 300 employees based in Arizona, 14 helicopters and three fixed-wing aircraft, absorbed Southwest MedEvac and its 150 employees, 10 helicopters and four fixed-wing aircraft... Read more
10-Sep-2010Source: WXOW
The landing pad, located on the northeast side of the campus, will allow first responders quicker access to the emergency room, when minutes matter for critically injured patients.... Read more
9-Sep-2010Source: HelicopterBuyer
HelicopterBuyer, Inc. has sold an EMS-configured 1981 Bell 412 to a North American buyer. The sale was a result of their exclusive helicopter brokerage services for Med-Trans Corporation. Mark V. Clancy, president and CEO of HelicopterBuyer, stated “We know that capitalized buyers are looking for the best value-for-money and have a wide selection of helicopters... Read more
9-Sep-2010Source: WNEP
Even though it is facing significant debt, Bucktail Medical Center was able to build the new helipad thanks to help from the community.... Read more
9-Sep-2010Source: Gazette Virginian
The North Halifax Volunteer Fire Dept will kick off its annual marathon Saturday having on display its new state-of-the-art helipad. The lighted helipad was made possible through the joint support of Halifax Regional Hospital and Centra Health.... Read more
9-Sep-2010Source: Invermere Valley Echo
Both Interior Health (IH) and the Ministry of Transportation (MoT) have responded to questions after four heliports were shut down in the East Kootenay earlier this summer.... Read more
8-Sep-2010Source: WNAA
On 2nd September 2010 local Air Ambulance Warwickshire & Northamptonshire Air Ambulance (WNAA) attended their 9,000th mission since the service began in 2003. Dominic Tolley, Director of Air Operations commented, “9,000 missions is quite a milestone and illustrates what a vital, well used service WNAA provides. I feel proud that I am part of a... Read more
8-Sep-2010Source: Surrey Herald
Adrian Bell joins the charity in September following a career in the Royal Navy. He leaves his position as Commander British Forces Gibraltar to take up his new role with the air ambulance.... Read more
8-Sep-2010Source: Yorkshire Evening Post
Running on BBC1 throughout September, Helicopter Heroes chronicles the exploits of the two MD Explorers of Yorkshire Air Ambulance... Read more
8-Sep-2010Source: Spectrum Aeromed
Spectrum Aeromed will be collaborating with AgustaWestland in Italy, Agusta Aerospace Corporation in Philadelphia, PA and RSG AeroDesign, LLC in Fort Worth, TX to outfit three Grand New helicopters for Life Flight Intermountain Healthcare (IHC) in Salt Lake City, UT. “This is a wonderful opportunity for Intermountain Life Flight to reach our goal of fleet... Read more
7-Sep-2010Source: The Times-Picayune
In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Tulane Medical Center turned the top level of a hospital parking deck into an evacuation zone. Now they are on the point of opening a more permanent solution at a cost of around $2 million.... Read more
7-Sep-2010Source: Manning River Times
The Bell 412 helicopter, which is being bought from Canada, is on schedule to be delivered in October.... Read more
7-Sep-2010Source: ThisIsLocalLondon
Air ambulance spokesman Jill Playle said despite next month’s decision, the change was unlikely to happen for another three to four years, saying “This is a long process and the planning application is the very first step to doing this”.... Read more
7-Sep-2010Source: WBAL
Maryland State Police said Monday that one of its helicopter crews was recently targeted while trying to land in Ocean City to pick up a trauma patient.... Read more
6-Sep-2010Source: Texas Public Radio
San Antonio AirLife... Read more
5-Sep-2010Source: Police Aviation News
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5-Sep-2010Source: Reuters
Air Medical was previously owned by private equity firms Florida-based Brockway Moran & Partners Inc and Pennsylvania-based MVP Capital Partners. It operates through three subsidiaries: Air Evac Lifeteam, Med-Trans Corporation, and EagleMed... Read more
5-Sep-2010Source: Missouri Governor Jay Nixon
Gov. Jay Nixon today visited Houston to announce the award of $183, 361 in Enhanced Enterprise Zone (EEZ) tax credits to a Missouri company that operates the largest independently owned and operated air medical service provider in the United States. The EEZ incentives will assist Air Evac Lifeteam in significantly expanding its operations in south-central... Read more
4-Sep-2010Source: Alexander Rescue Squad & EMS
The Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center revealed its latest addition to the AirCare fleet on September 3rd for several local emergency services agencies in Alexander County. The recent addition of the EC-130 helicopter to AirCare’s fleet has allowed them to reach out to the communities in their service area and has greatly reduced response... Read more
4-Sep-2010Source: Wisconsin State Journal
The 2008 crash of a UW Hospital Med Flight helicopter that killed three people was due to human error and the lack of an on-flight instrument, said NTSB (see report)... Read more
4-Sep-2010Source: Vancouver Sun
Olaronke Adunal Fakunle, 40, appeared in court Thursday, where she acknowledged she embezzled money while working as accounts-payable clerk for STARS in Alberta and used it for personal expenses between Sept. 7, 2007, and Oct. 9, 2008.... Read more
3-Sep-2010Source: NJ.com
Controversial rules for dispatching medical helicopters to the scene of traumatic accidents were modified today, resolving for now a longstanding dispute between the state service and the private companies seeking to compete with it.... Read more
2-Sep-2010Source: Fox 11 Arizona
The latest crash happened in central Arkansas Tuesday, killing three – the fourth fatal accident this summer, among those, the LifeNet chopper which crashed down in midtown Tucson, also killing three crew members... Read more
1-Sep-2010Source: Norsk Luftambulanse
Syver Leivestad (54) begins September 1 as CEO of Norsk Luftambulanse AS. He will be responsible for managing the business that includes eight ambulance helicopter bases in Norway, and that includes flight operations, rescue, medical and helicopter technical activities. Syver Leivestad has extensive experience in aviation as well as extensive management experience. Today, he served... Read more
1-Sep-2010Source: Virginian-Pilot
For the first time, Sentara is soliciting donations to help pay the bill – at the same time the company continues to pursue new projects worth millions... Read more
1-Sep-2010Source: Mail Tribune
Mercy Flights was taken to task because it used the word “our” as in “our medical helicopter,” and “our helicopter”.... Read more
1-Sep-2010Source: Winston County Journal
The company based in Winona officially began the air medical program in March and recently purchased a brand new helicopter from Eurocopter... Read more
30-Aug-2010Source: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10241/1083560-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml
The FAA was notified after lasers were pointed at two STAT MedEvac that were flying north of the city... Read more
23-Aug-2010Source: Ottawa Citizen
A Sikorsky S76 helicopter belonging to the Ornge transport medicine service was targeted as it was on a flight to the Ottawa Hospital.... Read more
23-Aug-2010Source: NewsChannel9
The rural air ambulance provider has added a new Bell 206L4 to its base at 100 Robinson Street in Etowah, replacing an older L1 model... Read more
20-Aug-2010Source: Omniflight
Omniflight Helicopters, Inc., a leading national provider of air medical services, announced today that one of its flight paramedics, Don Wilson, was named Paramedic of the Year by East Alabama EMS Region II. Wilson has been employed as a base clinical specialist (flight paramedic) with Alabama LifeSaver, an Omniflight company, since May 2007. He works... Read more
20-Aug-2010Source: DigiTriad
The Hospital says the second air ambulance will be referred to as AirCare 2 and will be based in northwest North Carolina to provide a faster response time to that region and adjoining parts of Virginia.... Read more
20-Aug-2010Source: USA Today
The helicopter air ambulance industry is opposing several key safety upgrades sought by federal accident investigators even as a recent surge in crashes has killed 19 people since September.... Read more
19-Aug-2010Source: Irish Times
Internal wrangling within Ireland’s first proposed dedicated air ambulance service has seen the charity’s founding member parting company with the struggling organisation to set up his own operation.... Read more
18-Aug-2010Source: Yorkshire Evening Post
The initiative is designed to encourage more businesses to become brand partners of the YAA. In return, for an annual fee, firms will be allowed to use the network logo for promotional purposes, feature on the YAA website and reinforce their corporate social responsibility by supporting a recognised charity... Read more
18-Aug-2010Source: BBC
Surrey Air Ambulance spokeswoman Jill Playle said: “We are able to offer a very good service during the daytime but we’re unable to fly at night – and serious illness and injury happens 24 hours a day.... Read more
18-Aug-2010Source: Post Crescent
The first flight was in June of 1986 to Oconto Falls to transport a man who was having circulatory problems in his leg to Theda Clark Medical Center. The 10,000th trip was taken to assist a man who was suffering from symptoms that mimicked a heart attack.... Read more
17-Aug-2010Source: Air Evac Lifeteam
Air Evac Lifeteam selected base mechanic Corey Wehmeyer of the Mineral Wells, Texas base as the 2010 Regional Mechanic of the Year for Region 5. The Regional Mechanic of the Year award is presented to the employee who has contributed to the performance of the assigned base/region, and to the overall mission of Air Evac... Read more
17-Aug-2010Source: Modesto Bee
Emanuel Medical Center in Turlock is getting a new helipad on the roof of its three-story tower.... Read more
17-Aug-2010Source: Mid South Newz
Members of Air Evac Lifeteam held a ribbon cutting on Monday, August 16th. The medical services support company expanded to a base of operations in Savannah on July 1st... Read more
17-Aug-2010Source: NewsOn6
A flight nurse for the Air Evac Lifeteam crew in Claremore has been selected as the 2010 Region 4 Nurse of the Year.... Read more
17-Aug-2010Source: EagleMed
After more than thirty years of building and operating the most successful air medical transport company in the Midwest, the founders of EagleMed have announced their planned retirement from the company. Jim and Iva Ballard are set to retire from EagleMed by early September. With this announcement, EagleMed is pleased to name the newest member... Read more
16-Aug-2010Source: News Tribune
The helipad behind Potomac Valley Hospital, which got its first use when 3-year-old Jacob VanPelt was flown out to Morgantown after being mauled by a dog in April, was officially dedicated recently as the Guy Arnold Helipad.... Read more
16-Aug-2010Source: Press-Enterprise
Mercy Air, the private company utilized by local medical emergency responders, has relocated its helicopter to Hemet from Banning.... Read more
16-Aug-2010Source: NewsWest9
“Our helicopter pad will allow us to transport patients quickly, and while there are others in the area, ours is unique in the area that requires service,” Odessa Regional Medical Center’s Levi Stone said... Read more
13-Aug-2010Source: The News & Advance
Centra’s new EC135 replaces the Virginia State Police’s MedFlight III service. Centra opted out of that arrangement following a change in Medicare policy that meant Centra needed an upgraded flight certificate from the FAA... Read more
13-Aug-2010Source: ACCT
-The Association of Critical Care Transport (ACCT) and Satellite Technologies International (STI) are pleased to announce that LifeFlight Eagle in Kansas City, Mo., won the bid for an STI helicopter GPS approach system in an online silent auction. STI donated the system to ACCT for use as an auction item to help raise funds for... Read more
13-Aug-2010Source: AM News
All of the Air Evac Lifeteam pilots who take off from the base at Danville-Boyle County Airport are now equipped with night vision goggles.... Read more
13-Aug-2010Source: St.Vincent Health
August 12, 2010 INDIANAPOLIS – Today, St.Vincent Health officials announced a new integration agreement with PHI Air Medical. The agreement enhances the hospital system’s ONE Call Transfer service and creates a new critical care transport brand – St.Vincent StatFlight. St.Vincent StatFlight has four air ambulances and bases located in Anderson, Danville, North Vernon and West... Read more
12-Aug-2010Source: Osthessen News
The EC135 operated by DRF from Suhli in Germany as “Christoph 60” flew a total of 480 missions in January to June 2010... Read more
12-Aug-2010Source: NZ Herald
The new machine, a new generation BK 117, was unveiled in front of media and sponsors this morning when it and the current helicopter landed on Auckland’s Queens Wharf... Read more
11-Aug-2010Source: Daily Townsman
The heliport serving the East Kootenay Regional Hospital in Cranbrook has got a clean bill of health from Transport Canada, but three other East Kootenay communities haven’t been so lucky.... Read more
10-Aug-2010Source: KHSL
Enloe’s FlightCare is reaching new heights. The service has now been in operation for 25 years!... Read more
10-Aug-2010Source: Democrat & Chronicle
To celebrate its 50th anniversary, the Greece Rotary Club has pledged $50,000 to help construct a helipad at the Unity Park Ridge Campus on Long Pond Road.... Read more
5-Aug-2010Source: Coal Services
Coal Services Pty Limited (CSPL) announced today the donation of $1 million to the Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service. The donation cheque was officially presented this morning by Coal Service’s Chairman Ron Land at the Broadmeadow’s Base Rescue Helicopter Service in Newcastle, during an official ceremony chaired by Richard Jones, General Manager of the Westpac Rescue... Read more
5-Aug-2010Source: Hartford Courant
A former Hartford Hospital heart transplant patient landed in the Life Star helicopter Sunday afternoon on the hospital’s helipad, capping a fundraiser for the Life Star helicopter program... Read more
3-Aug-2010Source: HeliHub.com
From 1 January 2011, non-profit operator ADAC Air Rescue Air Rescue will take over the “Christoph 18” air ambulance base in Ochsenfurt. ADAC believe that the decision in their favour was partly due to to their better training concepts for pilots, paramedics and doctors, something that the Zweckverband für Rettungsdienst und Feuerwehralarmierung (the contracting authority)... Read more
3-Aug-2010Source: Zoll
New Ultra-Rugged Device Designed Tough for Military and Air Medical Operations ZOLL Medical Corporation (Nasdaq GS: ZOLL), a manufacturer of medical devices and related software solutions, announced today that it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to market and begin distribution of the new Propaq® MD Monitor/Defibrillator that was developed... Read more
3-Aug-2010Source: Dialy Echo
Currently Hampshire’s air ambulance has to land on a council playing field two miles away in Lordshill, with patients then taken by ambulance to the site. The new helipad will be built on the top of an existing car park at the Hospital... Read more
2-Aug-2010Source: Washington Post
The attorney for Kenneth Mallard says he deserves compensation for the death of his wife because of the “negligence of Federal Aviation Administration air traffic controllers”... Read more
2-Aug-2010Source: Gazette
Chief executive of the air ambulance Paul Weir said: “We are delighted Eastwood Park has been able to accommodate us and at very charitable rates”... Read more
29-Jul-2010Source: KION
Three new pairs of night vision goggles were bought with money from a private donation. They’re worth $15,000 each.... Read more
26-Jul-2010
On Friday, Health Services Minister Kevin Falcon launched an eight-week pilot project for a dedicated helicopter air ambulance that will transport critically ill or injured patients in the southern Interior. “Whether by ground or air, we want to get patients to the care they need as quickly as possible,†said Falcon. “We are excited about... Read more
23-Jul-2010Source: Turbomeca
The Arrius 2B engines, powering the 27 ÖAMTC’s EC 135T helicopters, clock up today 200,000 flight hours. These twin engine-helicopters’ missions, EMS type, have very important operational constraints. “This is an important milestone for our EC 135T fleet, which 100% of it is equipped with the Arrius 2B engine, as our entire fleet is powered... Read more
23-Jul-2010Source: IslaCanaria.net
A new EMS contract starts in the Canary Islands on 1st August, with two AgustaWestland AW109s based at Reina Sofia on Tenerife and Gando Airport on Gran Canaria... Read more
23-Jul-2010Source: ABC
Queensland Opposition emergency services spokesman Ted Malone says responsibility was shifted from the Emergency Services Department to Queensland Health on July 1, without the operators being told.... Read more
23-Jul-2010Source: Milton Ulladulla Times
The Westpac Lifesaver helicopter will conduct surveillance, shark patrols and search and rescue operations from Mollymook south to the Victorian border. The trial is proposed to begin in December through February and then again for the same period each year until 2013.... Read more
21-Jul-2010Source: Herald Mail
Air Methods, has been in negotiations with West Virginia’s air medical service to provide service out of Martinsburg after commencing service from Hagerstown Regional Airport last fall. No deal has yet been struck... Read more
21-Jul-2010Source: Air Evac Lifeteam
Air Evac Lifeteam is now the largest air medical company to complete implementation of night vision technology at all of its air ambulance bases. Air Evac Lifeteam, the largest independently-owned and operated air medical service in the United States, operates 92 bases in 14 states, including Illinois. Marion and Mount Vernon are among the closest... Read more
20-Jul-2010Source: Aerolite
Aerolite Max Bucher AG and its U.S. subsidiary, Aerolite America LLC, have presented a $40,000 donation to MedEvac Foundation International, as part of the companies’ dual commitment to advancing air-medical safety worldwide through national and international research and education projects and globally focused air-medical-transport-related charity endeavors. “As a leading independent designer and manufacturer of helicopter... Read more
20-Jul-2010Source: Tundra Drums
LifeMed Alaska has acquired ambulance firms with operations in Anchorage and other communities. They becomes the only service in Alaska providing fixed wing, rotor wing, and ground services.... Read more
