Issue 105 | April 2020

AMR 105 cover

In this issue:

  • Implementing Safety Management Systems in air medical operations
  • Effective helicopter hoist training
  • Avoiding Dynamic Rollover
  • Modern technology revolutionising search and rescue operations
  • Interview: Jean-Claude Siew, Bluedrop Training & Simulation, Inc.
  • Profile: AMREF Flying Doctors
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AirMed&Rescue - April 2020 issue out now

Here's what we have in the April 2020 issue

Our editor, Mandy Langfield, shares her take on the April 2020 issue which is out now! 
30 Mar 2020
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Editorial Team
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The role of technology and simulation in enhancing safety

AirMed&Rescue spoke to Jean-Claude Siew, EVP Technology and Simulation at Bluedrop Training & Simulation Inc., about how innovations in the world of technology are bringing greater safety for aviators around...
30 Mar 2020
Editorial Team
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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...
30 Mar 2020
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Barry Smith
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Provider Profile: AMREF Flying Doctors

AMREF Flying Doctors (AFD) is one of Africa’s leading providers of fixed-wing air ambulance services. Here, Stephen Ombuya, Operations and Network Manager, reflects on its inspiring journey
30 Mar 2020
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Lauren Haigh
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Dynamic rollover – insights and avoidance tactics

David Farman, Aerospace Training System Specialist, Verification and Validation for CAE, shares his insights 
30 Mar 2020
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David Farman
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Industry Voice: Medical training in a hypobaric chamber

Captain David Barber shared the experience of the Royal New Zealand Air Force’s Aviation Medicine Unit (AMU), which decided to use its hypobaric chamber to practise simulated resuscitation in flight...
30 Mar 2020
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Captain David Barber
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Technology is changing SAR missions

Mario Pierobon spoke to operators and innovators to discover how technological change is pushing forward the ability of rescuers to locate and retrieve missing personnel
30 Mar 2020
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Mario Pierobon
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Implementing Safety Management Systems in air medical operations

Mario Pierobon spoke to industry experts and air ambulance providers about the challenges of implementing safety management systems in air medical operations
30 Mar 2020
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Mario Pierobon