HEMS

Hygiene is an integral part of rescue and patient care, as is the safety of the patient and the rescuer

Australian aerospace company AMSL Aero and critical care air medical retrieval service CareFlight have used their partnership to fit out Vertiia with a medical cabin

Airbus Helicopters and International SOS join forces to launch a programme to improve next-generation emergency medical systems

Coulson Aviation announced that it is providing aerial firefighting support services to Argentina via a CDN $6.8 million dollar government to government (G2G) contract between the Canadian Commercial Corporation (CCC) and Argentina’s…

In Brovary, eight kilometres from Kiev, a helicopter crashed near a kindergarten, among the dead were children and the leadership of the Ministry of Internal Affairs

Rega, the Swiss Air-Rescue, has ordered a second batch of 12 H145 five-blade helicopters for use at its mountain bases. These will replace the current fleet of AW109SP helicopters

EU Member States are considering the document issued by EASA in September concerning HEMS operations and helicopter rescue in general

Firefighting operations with helicopters: the Kamovs are currently unlicensed due to their Russian origin and are in need of repair

Rescue and Helicopter Rescue in the Lombardy region: Dr. Angelo Giupponi talks to Emergency Live and explains the reasons for choosing the H145 Airbus and W139 helicopters

The psychological and physiological stressors of flight have many effects on both patients and providers. This section will review the primary mental and physical stressors common to flight and provide essential strategies for working…