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Air ambulance and helicopters news are tagged here! Medevac, air medical rescue, alpine rescue, safety and military medical activity on rotary-wing aircraft.

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Airbus Helicopters in Emergency Medical Services

With more than 40 years of experience in Emergency Medical Service (EMS), Airbus Helicopters currently offers the widest and best adapted range of helicopters for EMS missions, leading that segment. Today every 4th EMS helicopter is…
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Extreme Helicopter Riding: Italian Alpine rescue video

Extreme helicopter landing is ever spectacular image. But Italian one is better than others. Reporter Marco Petruzzelli had filmed an exercises for mountain rescue in Belluno. A pilot of the National Forestry Corps demontrate his ability,…
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Sweden SAR, the SMA Helicopter Rescue in action

SOURCE NORDIC ROTORS - As the Swedish Armed Forces decided to close its helicopter activities in Stockholm and Gothenburg the need for a new civil SAR operator became evident. The search and rescue alert was threatened in the regions.…
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Day in the life of a flight paramedic in RSA

Author: Robert McKenzie KZN Emergency Medical Services have a dedicated team of paramedics who are flight paramedics on the services air ambulance. The lifesaving service is responsible for saving hundreds of lives. I recently had the…
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Strange Tattoos: Your Air Ambulance Service on arms

Wales Air Ambulance volunteer Peter Edwards is so dedicated to his favourite charity he’s had a replica helicopter tattooed on his arm. Peter has been volunteering with Wales Air Ambulance for more than three years, where he helps out in…
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Stop the match! HEMS need landing

POGGIBONSI (TUSCANY) - Italian D league, the minor football professionals championship in Italy, lived an unexpected stop during the match Poggibonsi-Pianese in february, the 9th. The Pegaso2 HEMS helicopter needed a landing place to rescue…