Issue 108 | July 2020

AMR108 Cover

In this Police Aviation issue:

Provider Profile: San Diego Police Department Air Support Unit

Aerial assets of the US Customs and Border Patrol 

The cost of special missions insurance

Sharing experiences and CRM as a police aviator

Automatic reactions: When technology isn’t an asset

Multi-agency management: Designing, creating and building a response system

Case Study: AirLec Ambulance

Interview: Cameron Curtis, AAMS President and CEO

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In this issue

special missions insurance

The cost of special missions insurance

Helicopters flying emergency medical and police missions are involved in proportionately fewer fatal and non-fatal accidents than other rotorcraft, according to safety experts from the US Helicopter Safety Team. In...
1 Jul 2020
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Robin Gauldie
San Diego Police 1

Provider Profile: San Diego Police Department

The San Diego Police Department (SDPD) Air Support Unit was formed in 1986 when the agency acquired its first Bell helicopter. For the next 20 years, the unit would operate...
1 Jul 2020
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Mandy Langfield
USCBP1

Aerial assets of US Customs and Border Protection

A border is more than a wall, a fence, a divider or a boundary line. Amy Gallagher found out how the US Customs and Border Protection and Air and Marine...
1 Jul 2020
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Amy Gallagher
Police IV

Sharing experiences in crew resource management

Rick London of the UK’s National Police Air Service (NPAS) discusses the culture of crew resource management (CRM) in police aviation, and the importance of crewmembers sharing experiences with each...
1 Jul 2020
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Rick London
Dutch Covid Response 1

Covid-19 pandemic triggers intensive care helicopter transports in the Netherlands

Peter Ten Berg reports on how the Covid-19 pandemic has triggered the use of intensive care helicopter transports in the Netherlands
1 Jul 2020
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Peter Ten Berg
Airlec Jet

Case Study: Emergency defibrillation prior to flight

When a patient is running out of time, it is imperative that the medical team operates as one cohesive unit, even if that team is scattered on the ground far...
1 Jul 2020
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Editorial Team
Cameron with crew

Interview: Cameron Curtis, President and CEO, AAMS

AirMed&Rescue spoke to Association of Air Medical Services (AAMS) President and CEO Cameron Curtis about her plans for the future, and the challenges facing the air medical sector
1 Jul 2020
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Mandy Langfield
dutch covid response petertenberg

IC helicopter flights enter Dutch airspace test feature

Peter Ten Berg reports on how the Covid-19 pandemic has triggered the use of intensive care helicopter transports in the Netherlands
26 Jun 2020