Issue 106 | May 2020

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Staff safety – from Duty of Care to Crew Resource Management
Migrant rescue in the Mediterranean – are helicopters and drones the perfect pairing?
Civilian Helmet Standard update
Interview: Dr Tom Hurst, London’s Air Ambulance
Intensive care transport in the prone position – is it possible?

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Mandy Langfield

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Provider Profile: Sarpa Air Ambulance

Jaime Augusto Maya Cuartas, Air Ambulance Manager at Sarpa Air Ambulance, gives AirMed&Rescue a peek behind the curtain at the organisation’s history and operational processes

Dr Jaime Augusto Maya Cuartas

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Doing your safety duty in airborne special missions

How do airborne special missions providers manage and mitigate the risks to their crews? Mario Pierobon spoke to the experts to find out more

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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

Simon Ilger & Helge Haberl

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Aircrew safety: Helmet standards in the US

Amy Gallagher asks if the new Civilian Aviation Helmet Standard has resulted in more questions than answers

Tom Hurst

Interview: Dr Tom Hurst, London’s Air Ambulance

AirMed&Rescue spoke to Dr Tom Hurst, Medical Director for London’s Air Ambulance (LAA), about his latest professional challenge working for the HEMS charity

Mandy Langfield

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Migrant search and rescue

Alex Pollitt, a SAR pilot with Babcock Mission Critical Services España, asks if the migrant crisis in the Mediterranean could result in the final flourish of the manned helicopter as...

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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...