Mercy One (Des Moines, IA) will be adding a second helicopter base in Knoxville, IA later this year.

News & Information, Air Medical Crashes, RoadID, and an Interview of Scott Kunkel, a paramedic, flight nurse, and an air medical executive who will be talking about Updates on New Developments in EMS and Their Impact on Air Medical Services

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PHI has closed a helicopter base in Santa Fe, NM.

Patients might face longer wait for medevac copter

Three Coast Guard helicopter crew members were killed in a crash off the coast of Washington State on July 7, 2010.

• 3 Killed In Coast Guard Helicopter Crash Off Washington Coast
• Three dead in Coast Guard helicopter crash near La Push; one survivor hospitalized
• Coast Guard Identifies Helicopter Crash Victims

Air Evac Lifeteam has implemented Night Vision Goggles at all of their HEMS bases.

Air Evac deploys night vision gear
Air Evac Lifeteam completes implementation of Night Vision Technology

• Patient among 5 dead in Texas air ambulance crash
• 2 Midlanders, 3 others die in plane crash near Alpine
• Medical flight crashes

• Texas Plane Crash Kills Five: Air Ambulance Tried To Make Emergency Landing
• Five Killed in Plane Crash Near Alpine
• Five die in western Texas medical plane crash
• 5 Killed in Crash of Air Ambulance

On Sunday, July 4, 2010, three Air Ambulance STAT crew members were killed in a fixed-wing airplane crash near Alpine, Texas. On board the aircraft were Pilot Ted Caffarel, medical crew members Sharon Falkener and Tracy Chambers, as well as a patient and passenger. This site has been blacked out temporarily as a tribute to our fallen colleagues.

A Condolence Book is open for your messages of support.

Hospital Wing (TN) has opened a new base in Selmer, TN.

PHI Kentucky is profiled in this article.

PHI Air Medical, Heroes in the Sky