Point of care diagnosis in critical care transport missions

1st Lieutenant Jamie Eastman of Boston Children’s Hospital and the Defense Committee on Trauma, Committee on Enroute Combat Casualty Care in the US, discusses his experience in using point-of-care diagnostic…

Interview: Dr Duncan Bootland, Medical Director, Air Ambulance Kent Surrey Sussex

Mandy Langfield spoke to Dr Duncan Bootland, Medical Director of Air Ambulance Kent Surrey Sussex in the UK, about how medical care onboard helicopters has changed for the better, and…

Progress in the care of burn victims

From the US military to civilian air medical transport, Amy Gallagher explores decades of discoveries and developments in best practices, medical equipment and technological advancements that have shaped medical care…

BCEN offers discount on certain emergency care certifications

The Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing (BCEN) is offering discount on certification fees

Air ambulance charity Doctor awarded MBE in New Year Honours

Critical Care Doctor Phil Cowburn, of the Great Western Air Ambulance Charity (GWAAC), has been awarded an MBE in the Queen’s New Year Honors list for his services to pre-hospital…

Record-breaking ECMO flight repeated

The second successful mission by Central American air ambulance firm Jet Rescue has proved that long-distance extra corporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) transfers can be undertaken safely

ADAC Air Rescue improves patient care with blood products carried onboard

The move by the German rescue organization serves to boost the ability of doctors to save lives of people who are suffering severe blood loss in a pre-hospital setting

Medics News

Interview: Air Ambulance Worldwide

AirMed&Rescue spoke to Lauren Dulin, Chief Operations Officer, and Mike Vallee, Vice-President of Business Development of Air Ambulance Worldwide, about how the company is operating during the global pandemic and…

IA MED – professional medical training online in a brave new world

Chris Smetana shared the background – and future – of IA MED with AirMed&Rescue

Covid-19 pandemic triggers intensive care helicopter transports in the Netherlands

Peter Ten Berg reports on how the Covid-19 pandemic has triggered the use of intensive care helicopter transports in the Netherlands

Case Study: Emergency defibrillation prior to flight

When a patient is running out of time, it is imperative that the medical team operates as one cohesive unit, even if that team is scattered on the ground far…

Medical Insight: The latest tools to ensure successful first-pass intubation

David J. Olvera, NRP, FP-C, CMTE, Director of Clinical Research at Air Methods Corp, describes the latest devices and tools that medics can use to ensure successful first-pass intubation

Capital Air Ambulance medical and flight crew

Case Study: PIU repatriation of fully ventilated patient

Dr Liam Scott of Capital Air Ambulance reports on how the team dealt with a life-threatening emergency during an isolation repatriation mission to the UK from Turkey

Mixed reality – the future of emergency medical training

AirMed&Rescue Magazine spoke to Professor Bob Stone of the University of Birmingham about how technology is enhancing simulated training for military personnel

Dynamics of isolation chamber transports

Sean Bryan, RN, BSN, Assistant Director of Medical Operations for REVA Air Ambulance, shares the company's experiences of transporting Covid-19 patients in an isolation unit

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Prone position in intensive care transport – possible or no-go?

Simon Ilger and Helge Haberl of ADAC Air Rescue describe their experience of transporting a severely ill patient in need of ECMO to an ARDS center

RACQ LifeFlight Rescue: Saving Lives Amidst Covid-19

TracPlus spoke with Queensland-based Air Rescue service, RACQ LifeFlight Rescue, on how they have shifted their business procedures to keep the community safe amid Covid-19.

Hands-on ventilator training for medics

Sean Bryan, Assistant Director of Medical Operations for REVA Inc., discusses a recent ventilator training exercise undertaken by the air ambulance operator’s medical crew, looking specifically at the need for…