Issue 113 | January / February 2021

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In this issue

High-rise rescues: added stress on aircraft and crew
The new Wild West: civilian SAR and HEMS in Latin America
Electronic flight bags: how far have they come?
Interview with Dr Duncan Bootland, Medical Director, AA Kent, Surrey Sussex
Research into point of care tools for diagnosis
EURAMI accreditation during Covid-19

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AirCARE 1 case study: Covid-19 patient transfer

Denise Waye of AirCARE1 reports on a Covid patient mission in which the patient arrived in a very different condition to what had been expected, forcing the air medical crew...

Mandy Langfield

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Pre-suppression efforts + aerial firefighting technology = winning combination

Brittany Wise, Senior Vice-President of Sales and Marketing for Erickson Incorporated, discusses how aerial firefighting can be made more effective through a combination of new technologies and government intervention of...

Sponsored by Erickson: Leading the way in Innovation

Brittany (Wise) Black

HIRISE

High-rise helicopter rescues

Barry Smith investigates the unique challenges of helicopter rescues when you’re surrounded by high-rise buildings

Point of care diagnosis in critical care transport missions

1st Lieutenant Jamie Eastman of Boston Children’s Hospital and the Defense Committee on Trauma, Committee on Enroute Combat Casualty Care in the US, discusses his experience in using point-of-care diagnostic...

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Covid-19 changes EURAMI accreditation audit process

Claudia Schmiedhuber shared how the past year, which has been inevitably shaped and forever changed by Covid-19, has presented an opportunity to change the way accreditation audits have been performed...

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Covid-19: Great North Air Ambulance Service’s story

Araminta Hartley looks at how Covid-19 has affected the charity’s work so far, and how they see the situation developing over the months to come

Provider Profile: Air Ambulance Worldwide

Lauren Dulin, Chief Operations Officer at Air Ambulance Worldwide, talks about difficult missions, surviving the pandemic and the service’s history

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Interview: Dr Duncan Bootland, Medical Director, Air Ambulance Kent Surrey Sussex

Mandy Langfield spoke to Dr Duncan Bootland, Medical Director of Air Ambulance Kent Surrey Sussex in the UK, about how medical care onboard helicopters has changed for the better, and...

Mandy Langfield