Air Medical Today™: 2010

Sunday, December 19, 2010

Air Medical Today™ Episode 26 - December 18, 2010 EPNetwork

Episode 26 - An Interview of Dr. Mike Abernethy, the Chief Flight Physician with the University of Wisconsin Med Flight Program and an associate professor with the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

Mike Abernethy, MD, FAAEM

Introduction:
Air Medical Today Website
Air Medical Today Facebook Page
Air Medical Today Twitter Page
Eroe Podcast Network Blog

Update and Feedback:
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AAMS History Quiz Still Available:

A Survey Monkey Quiz of AAMS History can be found at this link: AAMS Survey Monkey Quiz. The first four individuals that answer all the questions correctly will receive a gift certificate from RoadID who is sponsoring the quiz. RoadID is trying to get the word out to all EMS Personnel so that we are all aware of cyclists, skiers, runners, and other athletes wearing their identification for which you can obtain very helpful personal and medical information. For information on their many safety related products go to RoadID.com. A big thanks to RoadID for providing the gift certificates for the quiz!

Interview of Dr. Mike Abernethy, the Chief Flight Physician with the University of Wisconsin Med Flight Program and an associate professor with the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

University of Wisconsin Med Flight
Air Medical Physicians Association

Stanley Reeves, Musician and Podcast Theme Music Author
Room Tune Website
Room Tune Twitter Page

Monday, November 15, 2010

Air Medical Today™ Episode 25 - November 14, 2010 EPNetwork

Episode 25 - An Interview of Dr. Bryan Bledsoe, an Emergency Physician, Researcher, and EMS Author

Bryan Bledsoe, DO, FACEP, FAAEM, EMT-P

AAMS History Quiz Still Available:

A Survey Monkey Quiz of AAMS History can be found at this link: AAMS Survey Monkey Quiz. The first four individuals that answer all the questions correctly will receive a gift certificate from RoadID who is sponsoring the quiz. RoadID is trying to get the word out to all EMS Personnel so that we are all aware of cyclists, skiers, runners, and other athletes wearing their identification for which you can obtain very helpful personal and medical information. For information on their many safety related products go to RoadID.com. A big thanks to RoadID for providing the gift certificates for the quiz!

Interview of Dr. Bryan Bledsoe, an emergency physician, researcher, and EMS author.

Bryan E. Bledsoe Website

Stanley Reeves, Musician and Podcast Theme Music Author
Room Tune Website
Room Tune Twitter Page

Saturday, October 30, 2010

Air Medical Today™ Episode 24 - October 30, 2010 EPNetwork

Episode 24 - Voices of the Past Presidents of the Association of Air Medical Services on The Critical Issues, Challenges, and Accomplishments during their Terms as Part of the AAMS 30th Anniversary Celebration

AAMS Past Presidents at the AMTC 2010 - Sunday, October 10, 2010

Back Row: Dan Reich, Jim Smith, Greg Powell, and Tom Judge

Front Row: Ed Eroe, Ford Kyes, Connie Eastlee, Denise Landis,

Sandy Kinkade, and Dan Hankins

Photograph by Mark Mennie

AAMS Past Presidents at the AMTC 2010 - Monday, October 11, 2010

Connie Eastlee, Dan Reich, Denise Landis, Frank Thomas,

Dan Hankins, Jim Smith, Sandy Kinkade, and Ed Eroe

Photograph by Mark Mennie

AAMS History Quiz:

Voices of the Past Presidents of the Association of Air Medical Services on The Critical Issues, Challenges, and Accomplishments during their Terms as Part of the AAMS 30th Anniversary Celebration

The Past Presidents of AAMS that are heard in the podcast include the following in chronological order by the year they were president:

Joe Tye
Karl Gills
Dan Reich
Jim Smith
Frank Thomas
Don Stamper
Ford Kyes
Connie Eastlee
Denise Landis
Greg Powell
Tom Judge
Ed Eroe
Sandy Kinkade
Dan Hankins

Stanley Reeves, Musician and Podcast Theme Music Author
Room Tune Website
Room Tune Twitter Page

Thursday, September 30, 2010

Air Medical Today™ Episode 23 - September 29, 2010 EPNetwork

Episode 23 - An Interview of Doctor David M. Lam, Adjunct Associate Professor at the Center for Trauma and Anesthesiology Research at the University of Maryland School of Medicine who Talks about His 30 Years of Research on the History of Air Medicine. There are also Interviews of Dawn Mancuso and Jonathan Godfrey on the AMTC and Vision Zero in the First Response Section.

David M. Lam, M.D., M.P.H.

Dawn Mancuso

Jonathan Godfrey, R.N.

Association of Air Medical Services
AAMS Vision Zero Website
Vision Zero Facebook Page
Vision Zero Twitter Feed

Interview of Doctor David M. Lam, Adjunct Associate Professor at the Center for Trauma and Anesthesiology Research at the University of Maryland School of Medicine who Talks about His 30 Years of Research on the History of Air Medicine

University of Maryland School of Medicine Center for Trauma and Anesthesiology Research
U.S. Army Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center

Dr. Lam's Publications on the History of Air Medicine:

Aeromedical Evacuation, A Handbook For Physicians, Army Aeromedical Center, Fort Rucker, Alabama; August 1980.

"From Balloon to Black Hawk, Part I: The Origins"; Army Aviation Digest, 27(6): 41-48, June 1981.

"From Balloon to Black Hawk, Part II: World War II"; Army Aviation Digest, 27(7): 44-48, July 1981.

"From Balloon to Black Hawk, Part III: Korea"; Army Aviation Digest, 27(8): 44-48, August 1981.

"From Balloon to Black Hawk, Part IV: Vietnam"; Army Aviation Digest, 27(9): 45-48, September 1981.

"Air Evacuation" In Emergency Medicine Annual, 1982, pp. 163-176.

Alaska MEDEVAC Escort Training Project - on Writing and Editorial Boards for four manuals - 1984.

"To Pop A Balloon -- Air Evacuation During The Siege of Paris, 1870"; Aviation, Space, & Environmental Medicine, 59(10): 988-991, October 1988.

"Wings of Life and Hope--a History of Aeromedical Evacuation"; Problems in Critical Care, 4(4): 477-494, December 1990.

"The Zed Expedition" (Letter to Editor); Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 83 (12): 811, Dec 1990.

"General Armstrong's Monuments" (With Warner D. Farr); Aviation, Space, & Environmental Medicine, 62(11): 1103-1106, Nov 1991.

"Kelly's Hospital Ship"; Aviation, Space, & Environmental Medicine, 63(12): 1115-1117, December 1992.

“Medical Evacuation, History and Development—The Future in the Multinational Environment”, in The Impact of NATO/Multinational Military Missions on Health Care Management (RTO-MP-068, AC/323(HFM-051)TP/35): 19-1 – 19-7, NATO Research and Technology Organisation, Paris, France, May 2001.

"Marie Marvingt and the Development of Aeromedical Evacuation", Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine, 74:863-868, August 2003.

"Aviation Medicine". Chapter in “Military Preventive Medicine: Mobilization and Deployment, Volume I”, part of the U.S. Army "Textbook Of Military Medicine (TMM)" series. Bethesda, Maryland 2003.

“Marie Marvingt et le Développement des Evacuations Aériennes Sanitaires”, Médecine Aéronautique et Spatiale, 45(6):5-11, 2nd Trimestre 2004.

“The Aerochir: The First ‘Flying Hospital’”, Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine, 76:1174-1179, 2005.

Sponsorship

Stanley Reeves, Musician and Podcast Theme Music Author
Room Tune Website
Room Tune Twitter Page

Saturday, July 17, 2010

Air Medical Today™ Episode 22 - July 16, 2010 EPNetwork

Episode 22 - News and Information, Air Medical Crashes, RoadID, and an Interview of Scott Kunkel, a paramedic, flight nurse, and an air medical executive who will be talking about Updates on New Developments in EMS and Their Impact on Air Medical Services

Scott Kunkel

Introduction:
Air Medical Today Website
Air Medical Today Facebook Page
Air Medical Today Twitter Page
Eroe Podcast Network Blog

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News and Information:
Preliminary NTSB Report for the Accident occurred Wednesday, June 02, 2010 in Midlothian, TX
Investigators sift through plane wreckage - ABC Local
Doomed plane heard struggling before crash - ABC Online
Pilot and nurse killed in tragic medical flight - The Australian
Students offered counselling after deadly plane crash - ABC Online
Plane crash victim Kathy Sheppard a dedicated nurse and wonderful mum - Daily Telegraph
Propeller of crashed plane stopped rotating - Sydney Morning Herald
Doomed pilot battled for 15 mins - Herald Sun
5 killed in West Texas air ambulance crash - Forbes
5 killed in West Texas air-ambulance crash - Seattle Times
Five die as medical plane carrying female patient crashes in western Texas - WireUpdate
Medical flight crashes - Odessa American
Patient And Wife Among 5 Dead In EMS Plane Crash Midland Texas - AvStop Aviation News
Air ambulance halts service - Odessa American
Patient among 5 dead in Texas air ambulance crash - msnbc.com
NTSB continues investigation - Odessa American
Pecos EMS Delaying Plane Agreement With O'Hara After Crash in Alpine - NewsWest9.com
Dems block GOP effort to roll back health mandate - The Associated Press
Obama's Health Plan Getting Tested In Court - NPR
Medical helicopter emergency landing investigated - KTIV
Air ambulance makes emergency landing in Fargo - KFGO
FAA investigating CareFlight incident - WDTN
NTSB addresses volunteer pilot decision making - AOPA Pilot
EMS groups join push for D Block - Urgent Communications
GOVERNOR SIGNS SALAS' BILL TO CLARIFY FLIGHT RULES FOR AIR AMBULANCES - East County Magazine
FAA awards final set of major NextGen engineering contracts - Charter
Georgia Tech Signs FAA NextGen Research Agreement - AvStop Aviation News
Rockwell Collins to Work on NextGen Air Traffic System - KCRG
FAA makes $6.5B deal - Dayton Daily News
Clerk stole $307000 from STARS - Calgary Herald
Emergency staff dismissed over flight to Confed match - Mail & Guardian Online
Six senior Health officials sacked EMRS bosses used air ambulances - Daily Dispatch Online
Air ambulance service plans changes following criticism - Press and Journal
Air ambulance up and running in Labrador - Labradorian
Venture launches MedCare Ambulance - Columbus Business First
SEMAAD trial begins today - Hattiesburg American
Group: Lamar owes $136K - Hattiesburg American
Emergency air service awarded $61K in suit - Jackson Clarion Ledger
MedStar begins day-base in Moses Lake - Columbia Basin Herald
Medical helicopter group expands: Air ambulance base to open in Selmer - Jackson Sun
Air Evac Lifeteam Opens Savannah Air Ambulance Base - Midsouthnews
Northwestern Pa. medical helicopters on the move - GoErie.com
Air ambulance service expanding in W. Tenn. - CNBC
Hospital Wing expanding service in West Tennessee - Memphis Commercial Appeal
Lindsay sworn in: Approval of new Logan fire chief goes smoothly - The Herald Journal
NCMC adds helicopter service for pregnancy emergencies - Greeley Tribune
Med Evac adds high-risk obstetrics to services - Greeley Tribune
Mercy Adding Second Air Ambulance - KCCI Des Moines
Mercy to add air ambulance to help serve southern Iowa - DesMoinesRegister.com
Air Methods medical transport negotiating service in W.Va. - The Herald-Mail
Synergy Aviation bases King Air in Malta for dedicated air ambulance work - Travel Daily News International
Dedication of Maine Coast Memorial Hospital Emergency Center - WABI
Medical Company shuts out chunk of N.M. - KRQE
Medical helicopter company closes Santa Fe office - NewsWest9.com
DHEC names Regional One state EMS System of the Year - Spartanburg Herald Journal
Air Force Boeing 757 Develops Ambulance Capability - Scoop.co.nz
London's Air Ambulance appoints charity director - Civil Society Media
Care Flight team that serves Truckee wins Mountain Warfare Training Challenge - Sierra Sun
LifeStar finally lands in Effingham County - Effingham Herald
UW Med Flight gets NASCAR spotlight - Wisconsin Radio Network
Air ambulance celebrates 10 years of emergency help - Taunton People
Air Evac deploys night vision gear - Carmi Times
Local paramedic recognized for 20 years of service - The Review
Charity bags taken by thieves - Sunday Sun
Fraudster who claimed to be raising money for charity is jailed - Daily Mail

First Response Interview of Edward Wimmer and P.J. Rabice the Co-Founder and Director of Marketing Respectively for RoadID

P.J. Rabice & Edward Wimmer

RoadID Website
RoadID Facebook Page

Interview of Scott Kunkel, a paramedic, flight nurse, and an air medical executive who will be talking about Updates on New Developments in EMS and Their Impact on Air Medical Services
Association of Air Medical Services
Medical Transport Leadership Institute
CAMTS
RSQ911 Solutions

Stanley Reeves, Musician and Podcast Theme Music Author
Room Tune Website
Room Tune Twitter Page