LifeFlight is a Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) agency that is publically traded on NASDAQ. LifeFlight is located in 8 different states across the country with multiple bases within those states. Each base is a 24-hour base with 24/7 availability. They are staffed with 4 RN’s, 4 Paramedics and 4 Pilots at the minimum. The mission profile is to provide critical care services to the community via air. Each helicopter is staffed with a Flight RN, Flight Paramedic and the Pilot. LifeFlight
September 2013 Emergency Response Pilot When there is a car crash on the highway, everyone slows down to gape at the wreckage. However, few have ever seen a truly horrific, heavily gory accident in which a Medivac helicopter has come to rush victims off to safety. Air-medical transport saves lives every day in a plethora of situations. Being a part of the Hawaii Air Ambulance team allows one to be the best pilot they could be in a field whose purpose is saving lives. To be an Emergency Response helicopter
pursue a career in the emergency services as a Paramedic. Being an Emergency Medical Technician for 12 years, I want to be able to do more for my patients, so I continued my education to the Advanced Paramedic level. I did meet with a large amount of resistance from family and friends, asking why I wanted to be an ambulance driver. After spending one year of extensive training and achieving my goal, it occurred to me that most people had no idea what the emergency medical services entailed. For many
The Development of Civilian Emergency Medical Services in the United States Civilian Emergency Medical Services (EMS) is the most widely used system for emergency services provided in the United States. The United States development of Civilian EMS has evolved and changed since the 19th century. The actual foundation for EMS originated during the Civil War in America and served as the model for future civilian EMS development. During the Civil War Dr. Jonathan Letterman created a system of ambulances
of an emergency medical service, and since then it has evolved into what it is now a complex life-saving system that has saved many more lives. From the origin of medical responders to the creation of paramedics, people have risked their lives for others, and in between is what is known as an Emergency Medical Technician or EMT. What is an EMT? Emergency Medical Technicians are healthcare providers of the emergency medical services system and are trained clinicians who respond to emergency situations
On a mid-September evening in 1994, a LifeLion medevac helicopter landed at Hershey Medical Center, carrying a critically ill infant patient with an abnormal cardiac rhythm. Now, almost 21 years after that flight, that same infant, now a healthy adult working in emergency medical services, has transferred his own critical patients to the care of a medevac crew and flown as an observer aboard the aircraft. That infant was me; this parallel is just one example of how my life experiences with healthcare
One mid-September evening in 1994, a LifeLion medevac helicopter landed at Hershey Medical Center, carrying a critically ill infant patient with an abnormal cardiac rhythm. Now, almost 21 years after that flight, that same infant, now a healthy adult working in emergency medical services, has transferred his own critical patients to the care of a medevac crew and flown as an observer aboard the aircraft. That infant was me; this parallel is just one example of how my life experiences with healthcare
many aspects of our professions. It is human nature to coexist with others in various roles: be it in the military, emergency medicine, football, or even school. The American Heritage Dictionary (n.d.) defines communication as the exchange of thoughts, messages, or information, as by speech, signals, writing, or behavior. While serving in the United States Armed Forces, service members have to learn to take orders from those that are ranked higher than themselves. But it is also critical to
to be added to the already large and ever growing arsenal of drugs paramedics can administer? Ketamine is now being used by critical care paramedics and physicians on board HEMS (Helicopter Emergency Medical Services). T Nutbeam et al., (2013) advise that ketamine should be used by or under the direction of medical practitioners experienced in administering general anaesthetics. There are many features of Ketamine that see to make it an ideal drug for pre hospital use (Wedmore Is et al., 2005);
requires medical attention. The service of an ambulance can be to transport a person in case of an emergency to the nearest hospital or to transfer a sick or injured person between medical care institutions. Routine check-ups for patients who need to be transferred between hospitals can be done using an ambulance. They can also provide basic medical care to an injured person in case of an emergency to ensure that the person is able to cope with the pain or injuries until proper medical care from