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The US Military’s MEDEVAC Unit in Iraq

By Denise Waye|2023-04-10T20:06:51+00:00June 9th, 2010|Categories: Air Ambulance Industry News|

The United States Army’s MEDEVAC unit in Iraq has become an important part of medical service for US troops in Iraq. A recent article describes the life of the air ambulance company serving northern Iraq, which consists of several Black Hawk helicopter pilots, crew chiefs and flight medics. According to the article, this air ambulance company runs a tight ship: “You’re trying to get some sleep, you wake up, run as fast as you can and try to put your gear on,” Egbert said. “Usually the crew chief will go [...]

PUBLIC NOTICE – CAMTS Accreditation Site Visit

By Denise Waye|2022-03-21T14:33:05+00:00June 9th, 2010|Categories: Company News|

PUBLIC NOTICE The Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems will conduct an accreditation site visit of: Critical Air Response Enterprises, LLC On August 9th and 10th 2007 The purpose of the site visit will be to evaluate the programâ€™s compliance with nationally established medical transport standards. The site visit results will be used to determine whether, and the conditions under which accreditation should be awarded to the program. CAMTS accreditation standards deal with issues of patient care and safety of the transport environment. Anyone believing that he or she [...]

American CareSource Holdings Takes to the Skies with AirCARE1 Signing

By Denise Waye|2023-09-22T20:22:02+00:00June 9th, 2010|Categories: Company News, Press Release|

DALLAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–American CareSource Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: ANCI), the nation's leading ancillary health care system, today announced the expansion of its transportation services category with the signing of AirCARE1, a worldwide ambulance service specializing in the airborne intensive care transportation. Transportation is one of our 31 specialty service categories at Ancillary Care Services, said President and CEO David S. Boone. Our new contract with AirCARE1 allows us to broaden the spectrum of services in the transportation category by including not only ground transportation, but in instances of significant distance, air transportation. [...]

It’s Time To Get Specific About Quality: LifePort Patient Care System

By Denise Waye|2023-09-25T13:21:08+00:00June 9th, 2010|Categories: Patient Transport|

December 2005 Quality means different things to different people. Quality is an empty platitude unless you have a quantifiable means to measure it. So, how do you measure quality, especially as it relates to an air ambulance service? AirCARE1™ is focused on quality in two specific areas - quality of patient care and quality of customer service. This is the first article in a series describing how we define and measure quality. Introducing Our LifePort Patient Care System We know almost all patients being transported in an air ambulance are [...]

It’s Time To Get Specific About Quality: AirCARE1’s Loading Ramp

By Denise Waye|2023-09-25T13:26:03+00:00June 9th, 2010|Categories: Patient Transport|

The Loading Ramp Quality means different things to different people. Quality is an empty platitude unless you have a quantifiable means to measure it. So, how do you measure quality, especially as it relates to an air ambulance service? AirCARE1™ is focused on quality in two specific areas—quality of patient care and quality of customer service. This is the second article in a series describing how we define and measure quality. Introducing AirCARE1's Loading Ramp We know one of the most critical times during the transport of a patient is [...]

The AirCARE1 Story

By Denise Waye|2023-09-25T13:26:44+00:00June 9th, 2010|Categories: Patient Transport|

AirCARE1 is a long range jet air ambulance provider founded by a critical care nurse and a pilot with many years of industry experience. After seeing what the industry had to offer, they knew they could provide a better service by doing what is right by the patient at all times. The AirCARE1 Story We appraised the industry and learned from their mistakes. We focused AirCARE1 on what we judged to be the four most important concerns of air ambulance clientele: Quality of patient care Safety Reliability Good Value In [...]