AirMed&Rescue April issue out now

It's been interesting over the past few months to talk to flight medics from different organisation about what they consider to be their most valuable piece of kit, and some fascinating insights are offered up in our feature on essential kit for medical crew.The ability of medics to analyse patients's needs and treat them accordingly continues to develop with the advent of new medical technology - a topic we also cover in this month's Medical Insight article on the transfer of neonatal patients. Best practice in the transfer of the tiniest patients is examind by two UK-based experts, Ian Braithwaite and Dr Cath Harrison.  If you're involved in search and rescue - or considerating adding equipment for it to your fleet - then The right tool for the job is a must read for you, where we've got details of all the latest stretchers, strops and baskets that patients and flight crew would make use of.  Included in this issue: SAR tools – we compare the latest rescue strops, baskets and slings Essential kit for medics – doctors from air ambulance organisations tell us what they rate highest All in a spin – how to prevent spinning while hoisting Air Methods chief pilot Raj Helwig on why simulation training is indispensable Analysis of the USFS/DOI Aviation Helmet Standard Medical insight from Ian Braithwaite and Dr Cath Harrison of EMBRACE on neonatal transfer best practice All this and plenty more from industry experts in the latest issue. Click here to read now About the author Mandy Langfield is the editor of AirMed&Rescue.