On Tuesday, Aug 31 at about 4am, three Air Evac Lifeteam crew members were killed in a helicopter crash near Clinton, AR. On board were pilot Kenneth Robertson, flight paramedic Gayla Gregory, and flight nurse Kenneth Meyer, Jr. This site has been blacked out temporarily as a tribute to our fallen colleagues.

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New Jersey officials have changed the state-wide protocols for dispatching air ambulances to 911 requests. The nearest aircraft will now be called first, where in the past, the state-operated aircraft had priority.

• N.J. approves controversial change to dispatching medical helicopters
• Air ambulance dispatching rules modified

A former STARS (Alberta, CA) employee has pleaded guilty to charges that she embezzled over $200,000 over a 13 month period. The organization now has internal controls to detect such theft.

• Vilonia community holds vigil for crash victims
• Candlelight vigil held for helicopter crew
• NTSB prober: 'Copter apparently came apart in air
• Crash Investigation Underway
• Family and Friends of Helicopter Crash Victims Mourn Their Loss
• 3 dead; reports tally 269 such accidents since ’72
• EMS air safety eyed after Arkansas accident

• Names of Chopper Crash Victims Released
• UPDATE Three killed in air ambulance crash
• Drive for rules after fatal Ark. medevac crash
• West Plains, MO, Company Behind AR Helicopter Crash in Mourning
• 3 die in medical helicopter crash in Arkansas
• Fatal crash in central Arkansas is latest one for Air Evac in last few years
• NTSB Holds Press Conference on Crash
• Air Evac crew was part of close-knit group
• Victims Identified in Helicopter Crash

AAMS President Daniel Hankins, MD has written a response to the recent USA Today article claiming that the air medical industry is resisting efforts to upgrade safety.

An unnamed fixed-wing air ambulance remained on JFK's longest runway for 14 hours after two tires blew. The patient was transported to a local hospital instead due to the delay.

• Medical helicopter went down near Scotland in Van Buren Co.
• 3 dead in medical helicopter crash
• Medical chopper responding to wreck, crashes killing 3

Overall patient transport times to Edmonton, Alberta may be affected if officials close the instrument approach at City Centre Airport, which is closer to major hospitals in the area. Plans are to develop an air ambulance transfer hub at the nearby International Airport.

Medevac flight delays in dispute - Report outlines changes in travel times if downtown airport closes

Bain Capital (Boston) is expected to purchase Air Medical Holdings (parent company that operates through Air Evac Lifeteam, Med-Trans Corporation and EagleMed.) for almsot $1 billion dollars.

• Bain agrees to buy Air Medical
• Bain to lead recapitalization of air ambulance service
• Bain Capital expected to close $1bn Air Medical dea