The latest issue of Vertical Valor Plus is now available to read online!
Inside this issue:
• Ready to Respond – Care Flight modernizes its fleet with more capable Airbus H125s to enhance care in remote Northern Nevada.
• Flying Colors – Ornge serves Ontario with its distinctive neon-and-white PC-12 NG and AW139 fleet.
• Tapping into Talent – Facing fierce competition for pilots, clinicians, and maintainers, air medical organizations are creating new pathways to attract, develop, and retain talent.
• Beyond Survival – How Krista Haugen transformed personal tragedy into advocacy for safety, survivors and resilience.
• Connected Care – New telemedicine technologies are improving communication, decision-making and patient care in HEMS.
Plus:
• A message from the president of AAMS on how advocacy, collaboration and education are shaping the future of medical transport.
• ECHO leaders discuss how training, safety, peer support and collaboration are preparing aviation professionals for an increasingly complex operating environment.
• Blades of Valor recipients John Garcia and Dr. Nicholas George are helping shape the future of medical transport.
• Pilots Who Ask Why dives into how pilots can determine whether they’re fit to fly.
Ready To Respond
Care Flight modernizes its fleet to enhance care in remote northern Nevada.
By Jen Boyer
Building Stronger Flight Crews
ECHO strengthens flight crews through training, safety, peer support and collaboration.
Tapping Into Talent
Air medical leaders discuss recruiting, hiring and retaining talent in a competitve market.
By Lisa Gordon
Rising Leaders
Recognizing two innovators advancing the future of medical transport through leadership and service.
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Flying Colors
How Ornge’s combined rotary- and fixed-wing fleet brings air ambulance care across the province of Ontario.
By Ben Forrest
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Connected Care
Telemedicine gives HEMS crews instant specialist access, improving communication and patient care.
By Gerrard Cowan
Fit To Fly?
Where do you draw the line when deciding whether you’re fit to fly?
By Jop Dingemans & Janine Lythe
The People We Sometimes Forget
How communications and operations control centers quietly protect air medical flights.
By Michael Benton
