Association of Air Medical Services (AAMS)

"Georgia has a lot of rural areas, and the hospitals and EMS in those areas are doing the best that they can to provide care for their patients. But they're easily an hour [or] two hours away from the closest level one trauma center," said Wellstar MCG Health AirCare flight paramedic and nurse, Leanne Carson. https://lnkd.in/eC3kjCC9 Wellstar Health System

Co-Chief Executive Officer Kevin Abel said the health care system is in the process of coordinating A.L.E.R.T. and Billings Clinic’s MedFlight with a goal of creating an “inter-connected Montana-Wyoming rural trauma and emergency transport program.” https://lnkd.in/eFSz4kTy Logan Health Billings Clinic

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AMTC24 SESSION HIGHLIGHT: Join Boston MedFlight's Michael Frakes to talk about the physiology of blood pressure, the limitations of resuscitating to blood pressure, and the tools you have: volume resuscitation and the myriad of drugs that squeeze different things in different ways. Leave with clear recommendations for different shock states, a plan for undifferentiated shock, and some ideas for when things are not working. Visit AMTC24 online for more: https://lnkd.in/e6js26Qy #AMTC24 #patientcare #hypotension #shock #vasopressor #HEMS Air & Surface Transport Nurses Association (ASTNA) International College of Advanced Practice Paramedics American College of Emergency Physicians AACN (American Association of Critical-Care Nurses)

AMTC24 Reminder: Registration rate increasing tomorrow, Sept 14th - REGISTER NOW and SAVE Visit AMTC24 online: https://ow.ly/i0fr50T2ZXN #HEMS #HAA #CCT #CE #patientcare #safety #SLC Air & Surface Transport Nurses Association (ASTNA) International College of Advanced Practice Paramedics International Association of Medical Transport Communication Specialists (IAMTCS) National EMS Pilots Association (NEMSPA) AACN (American Association of Critical-Care Nurses) American College of Emergency Physicians American College of Healthcare Executives

A committee of ambulance providers, patient advocates, insurance experts, and other advisers is recommending Congress adopt a tiered payment system for reimbursing OON ground ambulance rides. https://ow.ly/Meo650Tm9eK

AMTC24 SESSION HIGHLIGHT: Audience directed patient care, facilitated by Danielle and Dr. George from the The University of Vermont Health Network team. Visit AMTC24 online for more: https://lnkd.in/e6js26Qy #AMTC24 #patientcare #hyperkalemia #AFib #intubation #HEMS Air & Surface Transport Nurses Association (ASTNA) International College of Advanced Practice Paramedics American College of Emergency Physicians AACN (American Association of Critical-Care Nurses)

Trey Labrecque, director of ECU Health EastCare, praised Hunter Venters for setting the example for what a flight nurse should be and that his experience and education helps to develop the next generation of flight nurses for eastern North Carolina. https://ow.ly/q6pr50Tm38p

AMTC24 SESSION HIGHLIGHT: For over a decade, pelvic binders have been part of trauma care—but are they really reducing fractures and controlling hemorrhage as intended? ?? Kevin Collopy will explain how this underutilized tool can make all the difference, especially in transport! Visit AMTC24 online for more: https://lnkd.in/e6js26Qy #AMTC24 #trauma #patientcare #pelvicfracture #HEMS Air & Surface Transport Nurses Association (ASTNA) International College of Advanced Practice Paramedics American College of Emergency Physicians AACN (American Association of Critical-Care Nurses)

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