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The Association of Air Medical Services (AAMS) is the leading trade association serving the entire air and critical care ground medical transport community.

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Study - Aeromedical Ultrasound: The Evaluation of Point-of-care Ultrasound During Helicopter Transport
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Congratulations Alpha Star! Alpha Star Air Ambulance receives CAMTS accreditation #CAMTS #AAMS
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Deeply saddened by the news that 3 people on a Survival Flight helicopter were on their way to pick up a patient when their helicopter crashed. Our thoughts and prayers are with the Survival Flight team and their families. #airmed #HEMS
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Giving plasma in helicopters, before hospital, may save trauma patients
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In the past two years Dr Cieran McKiernan has had both legs amputated but is now back to work - as emergency medic on an air ambulance
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"When we arrived the patient had no signs of life – he wasn’t breathing, and we couldn’t feel a pulse, so we knew the patient was in cardiac arrest," Dr Chris Smith said in an interview with the Great North Air Ambulance Service.
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Happy EMS Week! 💙 #EMS #HEMS #HAA #flightcrew #patientcare #medicaltransport @EmergencyDocs @NAEMT_ Click here for 2023 resources for your team to use to celebrate:
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Covenant Children’s Hospital announced the expansion of its pediatric transportation service with the addition of an emergency transport helicopter.
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All-female air ambulance flight was a first in skies of Saskatchewan
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A day in the life of the man who saves children's lives as air ambulance crew
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“We’re proud to invest in our people so that they go on to invest in our patients” congratulations to @AAMS 2019 Program of the Year HealthNet Aeromedical Services sponsored by @Airbus #AMTC19 @HealthnetCCT
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Three of our colleagues were lost last night in a fatal crash near Dewitt, Arkansas. Prayers for those crew members, and for all those whose hearts are hurting...
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Air Ambulance medics become pilot's eyes to bring 'flying operating room' to patients - a big misconception about Air Ambulance NI is that its role is to fly people to hospital, but it's actually to get the critical care team to the scene quickly
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Meet the Air Force's "life-saving" special operations surgical team
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A special thank you to AAMS Member Ornge for the tour of your HQ yesterday. Very impressive setup, especially your sim lab! Thank you for all that you do to serve your communities in Ontario. AAMS is lucky to have you as a member.
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"For flights at night, we use night-vision goggles to enhance the safety & visibility when we are out flying in places with no light... I looked out leaving the city & the #NorthernLights burst across the horizon" #Canada Photo Credit: Phung Chung Chyang
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Incredible team at BC Air Ambulance and Vancouver General Hospital: "Jon’s injuries were extensive: he had a shattered pelvis w/ vascular injury, 7 broken ribs, a splenic injury, c-spine ligamentous injuries, nerve injury to his leg and brain trauma."
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Vanderbilt LifeFlight adds nurse practitioners and physicians to flight med crew
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Prayers for our Japanese colleagues... :-(
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Renfrew paramedics testing cutting-edge ultrasound in the field
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Each week we put the spotlight on an AAMS Board Member. This week it's on Russell MacDonald, Region 7 Director. Russell is the Medical Director for Ornge & a Professor at the University of Toronto. Read about Russell's Spotlight here: #AAMS #International
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#AMTC22 : Ladies & Gentlemen, we present the 2022 SIM CUP Champions, the STARS team of Kevin Easton and Chris Fey from Regina in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Congratulations, Kevin and Chris!
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#AMTC22 : Here's a look at the AAMS booth action yesterday - lookin' good ALL! Thank you for swinging by - it was great to see you 😊
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A hospital, at 130 mph: Behind the operations of Mayo's air fleet
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Join us Nov 4 at #AMTC19 in Atlanta, GA to celebrate the 2019 Program of the Year - @HealthnetCCT from Charleston, West Virginia! See them in action: This award is sponsored by @AirbusHeli Award tickets are included with every AMTC registration!
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New medical helicopter base opens in Moundsville, WV
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Albertan thanks @STARSambulance for saving her life a decade after rural crash
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Last week our new staff had the pleasure of meeting #AAMS members face-to-face in #Texas for the first time. AAMS Chair, Debbie Boudreaux, took us to visit her Metro Aviation client, @CookChildrens Hospital Flight Program.
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Starting next year, the Children’s Hospital of San Antonio will have a fully dedicated medical helicopter for its pediatric patients.
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STARS focused on air rescue for 35 years
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Low acuity inter-facility ambulance transport at 4 a.m., when should it wait for a fresh crew? #visionzero
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Moving 'the worst of the worst': A day with Ornge air ambulance
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🌟 SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT! 🌟 Please join us in welcoming Jana Williams as the new AAMS and MedEvac Foundation President & CEO! Jana will formally assume the role on Monday, April 3, 2023.
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Memories of 'M*A*S*H' by a real-life MASH doctor
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Vancouver hospital using new lifesaving device on bleeding-to-death trauma patients
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The calm voice of a helicopter pilot announcing a Mayday situation moments before he crashed his air ambulance into a grassy field next to Interstate 57 Saturday night sheds light on a quick decision that spared the lives of all four people aboard.
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Our prayers go out to the ARCH Air Medical Services team following a crash near St. Louis Hospital late last night. http://t.co/uJaJjdlbEL
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AirMed Intl San Antonio staging for FEMA evacuations with Air Evac Lifeteam. #airmedinternational #airevaclifeteam #FEMA #EMS #airambulance
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Tragic news coming out of Oklahoma this morning. Our prayers are with the loved ones of those killed in the accident, and with the Air Evac Lifeteam family. 🙏
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What it’s like to work as an air ambulance paramedic - “My main responsibility is to provide urgent and emergency care. Wherever and whenever possible, I bring enhanced pre-hospital care and equipment to people,” explains Ms Rigg.
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BBC: Farm accidents account for 10% of air ambulance callouts - "The invaluable work of the Air Ambulance and our other emergency services saves lives and reduces the impact of the most serious injuries."
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Canadian helicopters are ‘flying emergency rooms’ in Mali peacekeeping mission - “The level of health care that’s occurring in this helicopter is about the same as you’d get in Vancouver, Quebec City or Ottawa.”
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Sole survivor of rare obstetric emergency praises U.'s AirMed team
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Heavy on our minds and in our hearts - all transport providers, and the communities they serve, in the path of Hurricane Ian. We are praying for your safety and recovery from the storm in the days ahead. 💙
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On Tuesday, STARS unveiled its new Airbus H145 helicopter at the Winnipeg base. The new medically equipped aircraft will take to the sky later this fall.
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Join us Nov 4 at #AMTC19 in Atlanta, GA and congratulate the 2019 winner of the Excellence in Transport Leadership Award - Debbie Boudreaux of @CookChildrens This award is sponsored by @BellFlight Award tickets are included with every AMTC registration!
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While air ambulance crew members say they are grateful for the opportunity to serve, many have raised concerns that the nation’s rural healthcare infrastructure is being whittled away, and they’re seeing the effects firsthand.
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CONGRATULATIONS to our inaugural Critical Care Transport Academy (CCTA) Graduating Class! We were thrilled to host all of you in Alexandria, VA to celebrate your achievement. 🎓
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The AAMS Team spreading a little holiday cheer this past Friday - wishing all of you a wonderful holiday season!
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Countess of Wessex becomes patron of air ambulance service that helped save her life #HEMS #royalfamily
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Local flight nurse honored for reaching career milestone - Barbara Sawyer was recognized Thursday for achieving 3,000 flights with the Mountain Area Medical Airlift (MAMA). That's more than any nurse in the history of the program.
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Shorter times to blood transfusion associated with decreased death risk in trauma patients
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Blood and plasma carried on the Great North Air Ambulance Service's aircraft and overnight cars has helped saved hundreds of lives, bosses have said.
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The Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance is the first in the UK to launch this mental health initiative. The 33 staff members are being asked to fill out an anonymous questionnaire every month to encourage discussions about mental health.
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Thrombectomy 6 to 16 Hours After Stroke Onset Still Yields Threefold Rise in Functional Recovery
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Under fire and carrying a badly wounded patient, the #BlackHawk helicopter was just lifting off an Afghan battlefield when the crew chief saw an Army Ranger in the landing zone get shot and drop to the ground. #medevac #rescue
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#AMTC22 : And that's a wrap - another successful Air Medical Transport Conference in the books. A huge thank you to our attendees, exhibitors and sponsors for your support this year in Tampa! Safe travels & we'll see you next October in Columbus, OH - Oct 23-25, 2023! #theAMTC23
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Prince William Lets Air Ambulances Land at Kensington Palace amid Coronavirus
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Welcome to Fort Worth and the 2017 Air Medical Transport Conference!
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Prayers for the Duke Life Flight team...Duke Life Flight crash kills four
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Prayers for the Hawaii Life Flight crew 🙏 The U.S. Coast Guard continued its search this morning for a Hawaii Life Flight aircraft that went off radar while en route to pick up a patient on Hawaii island Thursday night.
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STARS welcomes first of new helicopter fleet to Saskatchewan
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Inside look at Carolinas HealthCare's MedCenter Air helicopter
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Godspeed, Michael Murphy...and prayers for your loved ones and the PennSTAR family.
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#AMTC22 : All exhibit aircraft have arrived and are making their way into the EXPO Hall. Thank you to our Aviation Advisor, Greg Thingvold, for a job well done!
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Happy #RedNoseDay from all of us at the AAMS and MedEvac Foundation national office! @RedNoseDayUS @nbc
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According to the FAA, just 8.4 percent of pilots are women. Megan and Sarah account for 25 percent of Aspirus MedEvac pilots and they relish the opportunity to be role models for anyone interested in aviation.
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🙏 Today, AAMS mourns with ASTNA, the University of Chicago Aeromedical Network (UCAN) and the rest of our community as we learn of the passing of ASTNA President Kelley Holdren. We pray for Kelley's family, friends and colleagues during such a difficult time. 🙏
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The Duke of Cambridge worked for the East Anglian Air Ambulance and says he was "fortunate to work with a team who were encouraged to talk through the things they had seen when they returned to base." #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek #ems #ptsd
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Hundreds of first responders, friends, family, and community members came to the Reno-Sparks Convention Center to honor Care Flight Nurse Ed Pricola, Care Flight Paramedic Ryan Watson, and Guardian Flight Pilot Scott Walton.
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New medical helicopter arrives at University of Chicago Medicine - The Airbus EC145 replaces the University of Chicago Aeromedical Network (UCAN)’s Dauphin N model helicopter, which has been in use since 1990.
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Fauci Thanks EMS, Urges Resiliency
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Bendigo Health helipad a 'significant' time saver: Ambulance Victoria - The new helipad at Bendigo Health has been credited with shaving at least 30 minutes off the process to deliver patients to the required care.
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Douglas Baker, Mercy Flight founder revolutionized medical transportation service in Western New York. "His whole philosophy of life was to make sure people are taken care of."
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UPS will use drones to deliver medical supplies in North Carolina #drones #UPS #healthcare
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“In the past, we used to only give IV fluids in the field,” flight nurse Trent Robinson said. “Now we can use blood and give you a blood transfusion before you get to the hospital.”
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U.S. troops get freeze-dried blood plasma for use on the battlefield
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Vanderbilt LifeFlight Updates Fleet With Two High Performance, More Efficient Helicopters
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The pilot and nurse died in the helicopter crash this morning in Minnesota on their way to pick up a patient. A third crew member was taken to St. Joseph's Medical Center. Our thoughts and prayers are with the @northmemorial Flight team and their families. #NeverForget
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Devastated to learn this news today, A pilot and a nurse died in an early morning helicopter crash Friday at Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport
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Medical helicopters descend on downtown Fort Worth
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Still going strong - Vertical Magazine
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Research: Ketamine for prehospital trauma analgesia in a low-resource rural trauma system
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A baby boy requiring neonatal care has successfully been transferred from Kyiv to Crumlin children’s hospital to receive further medical attention.
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New legislation relieves consumers of air ambulance costs
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The PC-24 Air Ambulance allows operators to take advantage of several unique features on the aircraft.
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Medical helicopter pilot hailed as hero
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Flags at half-staff to honor air ambulance crash victims - Gov. Doug Burgum has directed state government agencies to fly the U.S. and state flags at half-staff in honor of three people killed in an air ambulance crash in Morton County.
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The very first PC-24 with medevac interior has been handed over to the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia.
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Parents now officially allowed on Quebec air ambulance flights
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#AMTC22 : There's a LOT of hard work behind closed doors today to get the EXPO Hall in perfect shape for tomorrow! Doors open at NOON!
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Elevating Care for Ontario Patients - new Powered Aero-Loader stretcher system to be installed in Ornge helicopters
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