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Monday, February 08 2010 @ 06:05 PM CST

Three Dead in Southwest Medevac Crash at Fort Bliss

General NewsA Southwest Medevac helicopter based out of Las Cruces, NM crashed on Friday night at Fort Bliss during a training mission. Killed in the crash were the pilot, William Montgomery of Avondale, AZ., and two flight medics, John Sutter of Las Cruces and Anthony Archuleta of El Paso.

Please visit the following links for more information:
- El Paso Times
- NewsChannel 9
- KVIA.com
- El Paso Times

American Eurocopter Delivers EC135 for Fleet Upgrade of Pitt County Memorial Hospital's EastCare Air Medical Service

General NewsGrand Prairie, Texas – North Carolina’s Pitt County Memorial Hospital today received an EC135 from American Eurocopter in the first step of complete helicopter fleet upgrade for its EastCare air medical service.

EastCare has been an operator of Eurocopter rotary-wing aircraft since the mid-1980s, and will base the new EC135 at Rocky Mount-Wilson Regional Airport. This helicopter will be joined in April and May by two EC145s to be delivered by American Eurocopter, which are to be located at Pitt County Memorial Hospital in Greenville, N.C.

Wellmont (TN) to Base Helicopter Service at Bristol Motor Speedway

General NewsBRISTOL – In a move to better serve the healthcare needs of patients across Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia, Wellmont Health System is partnering with Bristol Motor Speedway to base WellmontOne Air Transport at the world’s fastest half mile.

Wellmont has long been the speedway’s official medical provider, staffing the track’s infield care center and fan care centers. By basing WellmontOne at the speedway, the air ambulance service will be centrally located to serve residents across the Mountain Empire.

WellmontOne service at BMS will take flight March 1. Petroleum Helicopters Inc. will provide the WellmontOne helicopter and pilots.

Care Flight Hard Landing in Reno

General NewsCare Flight helicopter experiences a hard landing at Renown Regional Medical Center in Reno, Nevada. Please visit the following link for more information:

- RGJ.com

Med-Trans Partners With AnMed Health

General NewsWhen faced with an emergency, Upstate and northeast Georgia residents will now have even faster access to the life-saving care they need. Through a partnership with AnMed Health, Med-Trans Corp. is launching a helicopter program called LifeFlight, which will improve the timeliness of care for heart attack, stroke and trauma patients outside the city of Anderson.

The biggest benefit comes to hospitals and patients in smaller, outlying communities, said Paul Hubbard, RN, AnMed Health's special projects coordinator. Many hospitals without heart catherization labs already chose to transfer patients to Anderson for treatment. The helicopter protocol simply speeds up that process, Hubbard said.

FAA Releases Preliminary Accident & Incident Data for Air Evac Lifeteam Crash

General NewsIDENTIFICATION
Regis#: 600CE Make/Model: B407 Description: Bell 407
Date: 12/25/2009 Time: 1915

Event Type: Accident Highest Injury: Serious Mid Air: N Missing: N
Damage: Unknown

LOCATION
City: DECATUR State: TX Country: US

DESCRIPTION
N600CE, A BELL 407 ROTORCRAFT, ON TAKEOFF, EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS AND LANDED
HARD ON THE HELICOPTER PAD, DECAUTER, TX

INJURY DATA Total Fatal: 0
# Crew: 2 Fat: 0 Ser: 2 Min: 0 Unk:
# Pass: 0 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
# Grnd: Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:

Air Evac Lifeteam Accident Injures Three

General NewsAn Air Evac Lifeteam helicopter crashed on the pad at Wise Regional Hospital (Texas). The accident resulted in injuries to all three crew members. Please visit the following links for more information:

- Star-Telegram
- NBC DFW

Santa Delivers EC145 to Cook Children's Teddy Bear Transport

General NewsThe Cook Children’s Medical Center in Fort Worth, Texas has received its newly-equipped EC145, which arrived with a very special passenger.

Santa Claus was on board to help deliver this state-of-the-art rotorcraft to Cook Children’s Teddy Bear Transport, one of the nation’s largest pediatric transport programs. The new helicopter will allow Cook Children’s to take advantage of the most modern technology available to assist in transporting children in their time of need.

The EC145 will join ambulance and fixed-wing airlift support services also provided by Teddy Bear Transport. It offers more room than the current helicopter being used by the organization – allowing more room for patient care, as well as the ability for a parent to ride along with the child.

This EC145 was purchased from American Eurocopter, the nation’s leading provider of rotorcraft to the emergency medical services industry. American Eurocopter originally delivered it to Cook Children’s Medical Center in August 2009 – and the rotorcraft returned today from Air Methods, where it was outfitted with the latest equipment and safety features.

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