The Air Medical Journal Associates (AMJA) has pledged a $10,001 donation to MedEvac Foundation International,TM bringing it into the Foundation’s elite Benefactor circle of $10,000-plus donors. AMJA’s donation will be dedicated exclusively to supporting industry research and to encouraging content submission for the Air Medical Journal, the official publication of the nation’s five leading air-medical transport associations.
“The AMJA group voted overwhelmingly to provide funding to MedEvac Foundation International at our recent Air Medical Transport Conference meeting,” said AMJA Immediate Past President Kevin High, RN, MPH. “The education, research and evidence-based practice initiatives funded by the MedEvac Foundation are vital to the air medical community’s future.”
“We applaud AMJA for its generous donation,” said MedEvac Foundation International Chair Kevin Hutton, MD. “This funding goes a long way toward achieving the Foundation’s research goals, which include disseminating study findings to the global medical-transport and EMS communities through the renowned Air Medical Journal.”
Research and education projects that have received MedEvac Foundation International grant funding in 2009 include an educational webinar on ambulance ground-transfer safety, studies assessing cognitive fatigue in pilots and air-medical crews, and research on the use of ultrasound stroke treatment in helicopter transport.
Air Medical Journal, which focuses on transport medicine, is the official journal of the Air & Surface Transport Nurses Association, Air Medical Physician Association, Association of Air Medical Services (AAMS), National EMS Pilots Association, and International Association of Flight Paramedics. For details, see http://www.airmedicaljournal.com/.
For details or to apply for a grant or donate to MedEvac Foundation International, contact Amber Bullington at 703-836-8732 or abullington@aams.org, or visit www.medevacfoundation.org/.
About MedEvac Foundation International The MedEvac Foundation International is the first organization of its kind to engage, mobilize and empower people and organizations to make a difference in medical transport worldwide. Through research, education, outreach, and charitable services, we seek to improve the safety, quality and delivery of medical transportation for patients everywhere.
About AAMS The Association of Air Medical Services (AAMS) is the trade association serving the entire air and critical care ground medical transport community. AAMS, together with its charitable arm, MedEvac Foundation International, strives to enhance the medical transport industry by promoting the highest level of industry safety; promoting quality patient care; inspiring commitment to the industry’s work, causes, and viability; and providing superior service to its members. For details, see http://www.aams.org/.
