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The latest medical equipment, treatment innovations and techniques for winching patients in SAR scenarios, along with interviews with emergency medics and SAR technicians working onboard helicopters and more!
Latin America

The challenges of operating civilian SAR and HEMS in Latin America

Chris Sharpe shares his experiences on the unique challenges and risks he faced when starting up a civilian search and rescue organisation in Central America
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5 Jan 2021

Chris Sharpe

HIRISE

High-rise helicopter rescues

Barry Smith investigates the unique challenges of helicopter rescues when you’re surrounded by high-rise buildings
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5 Jan 2021

Barry Smith

Helicopter

Covid-19: Great North Air Ambulance Service’s story

Araminta Hartley looks at how Covid-19 has affected the charity’s work so far, and how they see the situation developing over the months to come
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5 Jan 2021

Editorial Team

Eurami

Covid-19 changes EURAMI accreditation audit process

Claudia Schmiedhuber shared how the past year, which has been inevitably shaped and forever changed by Covid-19, has presented an opportunity to change the way accreditation audits have been performed…
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5 Jan 2021

Editorial Team

IV Onshore vs Offshore 1

Hoisting Challenges – Onshore versus Offshore rescues

Rob Munday shares insights from his experiences as a hoist crewman and instructor for both onshore and offshore helicopter operations, identifying the key differentiators between the two environments, and what…
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2 Dec 2020

Rob Munday

Helicopter

Top Challenges for Air Medical Providers - looking backwards and forwards

Businesses all over the world have had to adapt their operations this year, but for the aviation industry in particular, 2020 has been one of the most difficult years on…
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2 Dec 2020

Mandy Langfield

helicopter rescue

High-altitude rescues – considerations and concerns

Barry Smith shares insights from experts taking on the ultimate challenge for rescue crews – rescue at high altitude, where aircraft and crew are pushed to the limit
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2 Dec 2020

Barry Smith

Latest HEMS/SAR news

Air Ambulance Service

Air ambulance services start campaign to improve wellbeing

Air ambulance charities to launch a national wellness campaign during pandemic
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15 Jan 2021

Clara Bullock

Nick Tindal GWAAC

New Head of Operations joins Great Western Air Ambulance Charity

The UK-based Great Western Air Ambulance Charity (GWAAC) has appointed a Head of Operations to enhance leadership at the charity
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15 Jan 2021

Clara Bullock

aams logo

AAMS to train clinicians to enter the air medical industry

The US-based Association of Air Medical Services (AAMS) has launched a free 40-week training program for clinicians
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12 Jan 2021

Clara Bullock

AC67 flex

Bucher’s new rescue equipment gets EASA approval

The newly developed AC67 flex enables customers to convert their H135 helicopters into fully functional rescue helicopters in under 30 minutes
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12 Jan 2021

Robyn Bainbridge

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Safety Culture header

Safety culture and good decisions

Terry Palmer asks why, despite ongoing improvements in safety in helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS), there continue to be preventable accidents
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10 Aug 2020

Terry Palmer

First Officer Carrie Munro

Provider Profile: LifeFlight

The sky’s the limit for LifeFlight, a not-for-profit aeromedical service based in Queensland, Australia, bringing emergency, lifesaving medical treatment to seriously ill and injured people in their time of need
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10 Aug 2020

Editorial Team

Weight training

HEMS fitness – train movements, not muscles

Dan Leary, a retired US Coast Guard helicopter pilot and current HEMS pilot in Astoria, Oregon, shares his insights into the kinds of exercises that can help flight and medical…
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10 Aug 2020

Dan Leary

special missions insurance

The cost of special missions insurance

Helicopters flying emergency medical and police missions are involved in proportionately fewer fatal and non-fatal accidents than other rotorcraft, according to safety experts from the US Helicopter Safety Team. In…
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1 Jul 2020

Robin Gauldie

USCBP1

Aerial assets of US Customs and Border Protection

A border is more than a wall, a fence, a divider or a boundary line. Amy Gallagher found out how the US Customs and Border Protection and Air and Marine…
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1 Jul 2020

Amy Gallagher

Police IV

Sharing experiences in crew resource management

Rick London of the UK’s National Police Air Service (NPAS) discusses the culture of crew resource management (CRM) in police aviation, and the importance of crewmembers sharing experiences with each…
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1 Jul 2020

Rick London

French Air Force EC-725 working with a USAF C-130 to evacuate victims during a training exercise  © Barry Smith

Multi-agency disaster management

Barry Smith discusses how relief organisations can work together effectively after a disaster by designing, creating, and building an effective response system
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1 Jul 2020

Barry Smith

Military SAR a look ahead

Military SAR, a look ahead

Richard Bryson, Program Chief Engineer of Collins Aerospace’s hoist and winch division, shares his view of what the future of SAR might look like
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1 Jun 2020

Richard Bryson

Finding finance 1

Lease or buy - renewing air medical fleets

For fixed-wing air ambulance companies in the private sector, balancing the pros and cons of leasing or outright purchase is key, say operators. But for smaller outfits, raising finance can…
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1 Jun 2020

Robin Gauldie

crash resistant fuel system

Crash-resistant fuel systems - uptake by civil helicopter operators

Amy Gallagher updates readers on the long-awaited Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulation, with its final ruling and reporting analysis of the crash-resistant fuel systems (CRFS), along with the reaction of…
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1 Jun 2020

Amy Gallagher

black hawk helicopter

Doing your safety duty in airborne special missions

How do airborne special missions providers manage and mitigate the risks to their crews? Mario Pierobon spoke to the experts to find out more
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27 Apr 2020

Mario Pierobon

migrant boat mediterranean

Migrant search and rescue

Alex Pollitt, a SAR pilot with Babcock Mission Critical Services España, asks if the migrant crisis in the Mediterranean could result in the final flourish of the manned helicopter as…
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27 Apr 2020

Alex Pollitt

helicopter hoist p1ar

Hoisting infectious patients: Helicopter hoisting in the current Covid-19 environment

Brad Matheson of Priority 1 Air Rescue shared his insights into how to safely hoist patients that present with a respiratory infection, whether it be Covid-19 or anything else, keeping…
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20 Apr 2020

Brad Matheson

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Helicopter rescue hoist training

Barry Smith investigates the ways in which special missions operators can train their teams to be ready for the helicopter hoist rescue scenarios they are going to face, whether from…
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30 Mar 2020

Barry Smith

News

Air Ambulance Service

Air ambulance services start campaign to improve wellbeing

Air ambulance charities to launch a national wellness campaign during pandemic
Read More

15 Jan 2021

Clara Bullock

Nick Tindal GWAAC

New Head of Operations joins Great Western Air Ambulance Charity

The UK-based Great Western Air Ambulance Charity (GWAAC) has appointed a Head of Operations to enhance leadership at the charity
Read More

15 Jan 2021

Clara Bullock

aams logo

AAMS to train clinicians to enter the air medical industry

The US-based Association of Air Medical Services (AAMS) has launched a free 40-week training program for clinicians
Read More

12 Jan 2021

Clara Bullock

AC67 flex

Bucher’s new rescue equipment gets EASA approval

The newly developed AC67 flex enables customers to convert their H135 helicopters into fully functional rescue helicopters in under 30 minutes
Read More

12 Jan 2021

Robyn Bainbridge

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Long Read

Latin America

The challenges of operating civilian SAR and HEMS in Latin America

Chris Sharpe shares his experiences on the unique challenges and risks he faced when starting up a civilian search and rescue organisation in Central America
Read More

5 Jan 2021

Chris Sharpe

HIRISE

High-rise helicopter rescues

Barry Smith investigates the unique challenges of helicopter rescues when you’re surrounded by high-rise buildings
Read More

5 Jan 2021

Barry Smith

Helicopter

Covid-19: Great North Air Ambulance Service’s story

Araminta Hartley looks at how Covid-19 has affected the charity’s work so far, and how they see the situation developing over the months to come
Read More

5 Jan 2021

Editorial Team

Eurami

Covid-19 changes EURAMI accreditation audit process

Claudia Schmiedhuber shared how the past year, which has been inevitably shaped and forever changed by Covid-19, has presented an opportunity to change the way accreditation audits have been performed…
Read More

5 Jan 2021

Editorial Team

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