Air Medical Today
70 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 years ago - ★★★★ - 3 ratingsAir Medical Today provides coverage of the air medical industry & community through a daily Twitter feed, regular Facebook posts, and regular podcasts. Air Medical Today is part of the Eroe Podcast Network - Podcasts That Inform by Focusing on Both The News and The People Behind the News ®
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Air Medical Today™ Episode 43 - April 19, 2022
April 19, 2022 17:03 - 2 hours - 168 MBMTLI: Past, Present, and Future. This is a special podcast where I have the pleasure to welcome ten individuals who have been involved with the Medical Transport Leadership Institute, or MTLI, over the years. We are doing this show as part of the 25th Anniversary of the genesis of MTLI and the week before classes begin that will produce the 24th graduating class of Certified Medical Transport Executives or CMTEs. The speakers introduce themselves and will talk about each of the subje...
Air Medical Today™ Episode 42 - February 17, 2022
February 18, 2022 04:03 - 2 hours - 168 MBAn interview of Edward Marasco, the Vice President of Business Development for Quick Med Claims, which provides revenue cycle management and consulting services for medical transport organizations nationwide. Previously, he was a Regional Vice President of Hospital Based Services with Air Methods Corporation after the acquisition of CJ Systems. At CJ System, Ed served as the Vice President for Air Medical Services. He also served thirteen years at the University of Pittsburgh Medical ...
Air Medical Today™ Episode 41 - September 9, 2021
September 10, 2021 12:58 - 2 hours - 210 MBAn interview of Mark Mennie, an International Commercial Photographer who has specialized in photographing Air Medical and Critical Care Transport, including Medical Evacuation Environments. Mr. Mennie is a Canadian citizen, and has been doing work in the United States since 2001. Mark has done work for the Association of Air Medical Services, the Air Medical Transport Conference, the EMS Memorial Service, the Air Medical Memorial Service, several conferences, and fifty air medical programs...
Air Medical Today™ Episode 40 - July 2, 2021
July 02, 2021 23:40 - 1 hour - 146 MBAn interview of Eileen Frazier, the Executive Director of the Commission on the Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems, or CAMTS. Ms. Frazier has a wealth of experience in air medical transport, including being the Chief Flight Nurse at University MedEvac at the Lehigh Valley Hospital in Allentown, Pennsylvania and serving on a number of boards and committees. She has written several articles and is now writing a new book with the working title of Helicopters and Medicine. Eileen was th...
Air Medical Today™ Episode 39 - June 3, 2021
June 04, 2021 02:16 - 2 hours - 218 MBAn Interview of Craig Yale, the President of the Yale Group, LLC. Mr. Yale has over 45 years of experience in the development and management of not-for-profit, for profit private, and public corporate services that have included emergency ground and air medical programs. Craig is a paramedic and has his bachelor’s degree in business with an emphasis in finance from Regis University. Mr. Yale has held a number of positions in air medical transport including Flight for Life in Colorado Sprin...
Air Medical Today™ Episode 38 - April 22, 2021
April 23, 2021 20:20 - 1 hour - 132 MBAn Interview of Robert Tester, the Senior Director of the LIFE FORCE Air Medical Service at Erlanger Health System. Robbie has been with LIFE FORCE since 1998 when he started as a Flight Paramedic. He has held several positions at the program including Program Manager, Administrator, Vice President, and now Senior Director at Erlanger. His current position includes not only LIFE FORCE but system-wide Emergency Management and the Regional Operations Center. Along with being a paramedic, Rob...
Air Medical Today™ Episode 37 - March 17, 2021
March 17, 2021 22:06 - 1 hour - 130 MBAn Interview of Michael Benton, the Founder, Managing Director, and Principal Consultant with VyClimb Consulting, LLC. Mike started VyClimb Consulting, LLC in 2015 and had previously worked at Air Methods and Med-Trans Corporation as an Air Medical Line Pilot, National Relief Pilot, Aviation Compliance Manager, Check Airman, and Regional Aviation Manager. He served in the United States Army from 1993 to 2008 as a Standardization Instructor Pilot, and Instrument Flight Examiner. Mike’s consul...
Air Medical Today™ Episode 36 - February 19, 2021
February 19, 2021 20:05 - 1 hour - 95.2 MBEpisode 36 - An Interview of Roxanne Shanks, the CEO of LifeFlight Eagle and Executive Director of the Association of Critical Care Transport in Kansas City, Missouri. Roxanne has been in her role at LifeFlight Eagle since 2012 and as the Executive Director of ACCT since 2014. She has also been a partner with Fitch & Associates since 2019. Prior to LifeFlight Eagle and ACCT, Roxanne was a Service Leader with Mosaic Health in St. Joseph, Missouri. She holds an MBA from Andrew Jackson U...
Air Medical Today™ Episode 35 - January 27, 2021
January 28, 2021 10:44 - 1 hour - 137 MBAn Interview of Tom Allenstein, the President & CEO of MedFlight of Ohio and MedCare Ambulance headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. Tom has been the CEO since 2015 and served as the Chief Clinical Officer & Chief Operating Officer of MedFlight from 2004. He also became President & CEO of MedCare Ambulaance in 2020, an ALS / BLS ambulance program that had been a joint-venture. Prior to MedFlight and MedCare, Tom had been with Mayo Medical Transport in Rochester, Minnesota starting as a Tra...
Air Medical Today™ Episode 34 - November 3, 2020
November 03, 2020 20:35 - 1 hour - 78 BytesEpisode 34 - An Interview of Michael Christianson, the Senior Executive Director of Sanford Air Transportation headquartered in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. I talk to Mike about the history of Sanford AirMed including previous programs, how their program is organized for both their clinical and aviation services, aircraft and bases, the corporate aviation division, COVID-19, and the Maverick Air Center FBO. Mike has been the directing the program since 2008. He started as a Fixed Wing P...
Air Medical Today™ Episode 33 - August 28, 2020
August 31, 2020 15:21 - 1 hour - 82 BytesAn Interview of Andrea Robertson, the CEO of STARS in Canada. I talk to Andrea about the history of STARS, their program services, air medical services in Canada, and COVID-19. Andrea has been the President & CEO of STARS since March 2012. She served as the Chief Operating Officer from June 2011. Before joining STARS Andrea held the position of Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer of Alberta Health Services. Andrea is a board member of the Calgary Airport Authority and the CP R...
Air Medical Today™ Episode 32 - July 22, 2020
July 22, 2020 18:14 - 1 hour - 69 BytesAn Interview of Maura Hughes, the CEO of Boston MedFlight. In the podcast we talk about the history of Boston MedFlight as a 501(c)3 not-for-profit consortium air medical program, the development of the FAA Part 135 Certificate, the type of aircraft they fly, their critical care ground ambulances, their team configuration, the impact of COVID-19, their philanthropy program, and their memberships in ACCT, AAMS and AMOA. Boston MedFlight is in their 35th year of operation and they rece...
Air Medical Today™ Episode 31 - June 10, 2020
June 10, 2020 23:27 - 55 minutes - 55 BytesAn Interview of Mr. Brian Shaw, the President of the National EMS Memorial Bike Ride. Brian talks about the history of the ride and the special plans for the 20th Anniversary rides in 2020, due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Brian's full-time work is with the Emergency Medical Service Institute as the Deputy Director and they oversea EMS Operations for the Pennsylvania Department of Health in 16 counties. This includes 300 licensed EMS Agencies. He served as a part-time flight paramedic wi...
Air Medical Today™ Episode 30 - May 30, 2020
May 31, 2020 23:28 - 1 hour - 146 MBAn interview of Mr. Jonathan Bundt regarding Post Traumatic Stress with COVID-19 and George Floyd's death at the hands of the Minneapolis Police. Jonathan is an Organizational Consultant and Trainer with his own company called Masa Consulting since 1993. Jonathan has degrees in Child Psychology and Jewish Studies, Counseling and Psychotherapy, and course work in Human Resource Development and Counseling Psychology. He has been an Employee Assistance Program Counselor; Stress Team Member wit...
Air Medical Today™ Episode 29 - March 24, 2020
March 24, 2020 21:45 - 2 hours - 207 MBCOVID-19 and what a number of air medical programs are doing during this very challenging pandemic. The purpose of the podcast is for programs to learn from each other. Fifteen programs were reached out to and interviews with five of them were completed on Monday, March 23, 2020. This was due to many individuals being in the thick of the epidemic and not being able to take the time when they needed to be focused at their programs. An infectious disease specialist was also interviewed to pro...
Air Medical Today™ Episode 28 - February 11, 2020
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Air Medical Today™ Episode 27 - May 7, 2011
December 07, 2019 20:59 - 1 hour - 98 BytesEpisode 27 - An interview of Rex Alexander, a consultant specializing in safety training related to the air medical and helicopter industry and President of the National EMS Pilots Association
Air Medical Today™ Episode 26 - December 18, 2010
December 07, 2019 20:56 - 1 hour - 95 BytesEpisode 26 - An Interview of Dr. Mike Abernethy, the Chief Flight Physician with the University of Wisconsin Med Flight Program and an associate professor with the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Air Medical Today™ Episode 25 - November 14, 2010
December 07, 2019 20:53 - 1 hour - 94 BytesEpisode 25 - An Interview of Dr. Bryan Bledsoe, an Emergency Physician, Researcher, and EMS Author
Air Medical Today™ Episode 24 - October 30, 2010
December 07, 2019 20:50 - 2 hours - 122 BytesEpisode 24 - Voices of the Past Presidents of the Association of Air Medical Services on The Critical Issues, Challenges, and Accomplishments during their Terms as Part of the AAMS 30th Anniversary Celebration
Air Medical Today™ Episode 23 - September 29, 2010
December 07, 2019 20:46 - 1 hour - 106 BytesEpisode 23 - An Interview of Doctor David M. Lam, Adjunct Associate Professor at the Center for Trauma and Anesthesiology Research at the University of Maryland School of Medicine who Talks about His 30 Years of Research on the History of Air Medicine. There are also Interviews of Dawn Mancuso and Jonathan Godfrey on the AMTC and Vision Zero in the First Response Section.
Air Medical Today™ Episode 22 - July 16, 2010
December 07, 2019 20:42 - 1 hour - 112 BytesEpisode 22 - News and 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
Air Medical Today™ Episode 21 - June 14, 2010
December 07, 2019 20:35 - 1 hour - 81 BytesEpisode 21 - News and Information, CareFlite Crash Update, and an Interview of Tammy Chatman, who is the Professional Relations/Marketing Manager and Public Information Officer for the Flight For Life Transport System's McHenry, Illinois base who will be talking about Public Relations and Marketing
Air Medical Today™ Episode 20 - June 4, 2010
December 07, 2019 19:07 - 1 hour - 88 BytesEpisode 20 - News and Information, CareFlite Crash, and an Interview of Steve Johnson, Director of Government Affairs and Industry Relations for PHI Air Medical who will be talking about EMS and Air Medical Education
Air Medical Today™ Episode 19 - May 21, 2010
December 07, 2019 19:03 - 1 hour - 100 BytesEpisode 19 - News and Information and an Interview of Mike Biasatti, the Founder and Webmaster of EMS Flight Crew - a New Web Portal Serving the Air Medical Community
Air Medical Today™ Episode 18 - May 14, 2010
December 07, 2019 18:58 - 1 hour - 90 BytesEpisode 18 - News and Information and an Interview of Dustin Duncan, Chairperson of the Family Grant Fund and Children’s Scholarship Program Committees for the MedEvac Foundation International
Air Medical Today™ Episode 17 - April 30, 2010
December 07, 2019 18:56 - 2 hours - 132 BytesEpisode 17 - News and Information and an Interview of Krista Haugen, Megan Hamilton, and Teresa Pearson who are the co-founders of the Survivor's Network for Air and Surface Medical Transport
Air Medical Today™ Episode 16 - April 23, 2010
December 07, 2019 18:53 - 1 hour - 88 BytesEpisode 16 - News and Information, Iceland Volcano Update, and an Interview of Dr. Kevin Hutton, Chairman of the MedEvac Foundation International
Air Medical Today™ Episode 15 - April 16, 2010
December 07, 2019 18:49 - 1 hour - 80 BytesEpisode 15 - News and Information, Iceland Volcano, and an Interview of Hayden Newton, Chairman of the Association of Air Ambulances in the United Kingdom
Air Medical Today™ Episode 14 - April 9, 2010
December 07, 2019 18:47 - 53 minutes - 53 BytesEpisode 14 - News and Information and an Interview of Rollie Parrish, Founder and Webmaster of FlightWeb.com
Air Medical Today™ Episode 13 - April 2, 2010
December 07, 2019 18:44 - 1 hour - 87 BytesEpisode 13 - News and Information, Hospital Wing Crash Update, and an Interview of Steven Sweeney, Board Chair of the Air Medical Memorial
Air Medical Today™ Episode 12 - March 26, 2010
December 07, 2019 18:40 - 2 hours - 123 BytesEpisode 12 - News and Information, Hospital Wing Crash, an Interview of David Kearns, the Coordinator of the CONCERN Network. I also check in with Tim Pickering, Vice President of the Association of Air Medical Services, regarding the AAMS Spring Conference in the First Response section
Air Medical Today™ Episode 11 - March 12, 2010
December 07, 2019 18:37 - 2 hours - 140 BytesEpisode 11 - News and Information, an Interview of Denise Landis, Chairperson, and Kris Nelson, Co-Director of the Graduate School, with the Medical Transport Leadership Institute in Wheeling, West Virginia. I also check in with Kathy Nichols, former flight nurse with West Michigan Air Care who recently returned from a medical mission to Haiti in the First Response section
Air Medical Today™ Episode 10 - March 3, 2010
December 07, 2019 17:06 - 2 hours - 120 BytesEpisode 10 - News and Information, David Kearns in First Response regarding the Alaris MedSystem III, and an Interview of Dr. Daniel Hankins, Medical Director of Mayo Clinic Medical Transport and current President of the Association of Air Medical Services and Dawn Mancuso, the Executive Director and CEO of AAMS
Air Medical Today™ Episode 9 - February 17, 2010
December 07, 2019 17:02 - 1 hour - 97 BytesEpisode 9 - News and Information and an Interview of Mr. Howard Ragsdale, President, and Mr. Christopher Eastlee, Managing Director, of the Air Medical Operators Association
Air Medical Today™ Episode 8 - February 12, 2010
December 07, 2019 16:58 - 1 hour - 89 BytesEpisode 8 - News and Information, Southwest Med Evac Crash, Rex Alexander on NEMSPA's New Helipad Safety Sign Program in First Response, and an Interview of Drs. Howard Werman and Cathy Jaynes, the Medical Director and Director of Research for the new Center For Medical Transport Research
Air Medical Today™ Episode 7 - February 5, 2010
December 07, 2019 16:55 - 1 hour - 87 BytesEpisode 7 - News and Information, an interview of Tom Judge, Jason Schwebach, and Lisa Tofil, the President, Vice President, and Executive Director of the new Association of Critical Care Transport, formerly the Patient First Air-Ambulance Alliance, and the initial report on the Southwest Medevac crash
Air Medical Today™ Episode 6 - January 28, 2010
December 06, 2019 18:40 - 1 hour - 75 BytesEpisode 6 - News and Information, a "First Response" Interview of Mr. Dave Hardin - Air Evac LifeTeam Director of Safety on his work with the Haitian Air Medical Response, and an interview of Mr. Lee Aase, Manager of Syndication and Social Media for the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota
Air Medical Today™ Episode 5 - January 22, 2010
December 06, 2019 17:32 - 1 hour - 93 BytesEpisode 5 - News and Information including Haitian Air Ambulance Response, a "First Response" Interview of the Survival Flight Crew who transported two Patients from Haiti, and an interview of Mr. Jonathan Godfrey, a flight nurse, air medical crash survivor, and chair of the Vision Zero Initiative for the Association of Air Medical Services
Air Medical Today™ Episode 4 - January 14, 2010
December 06, 2019 15:16 - 2 hours - 148 BytesNews and Information, with Initial Reports on the Air Medical Response to the Haitian Earthquake, and an Interview of Mr. Colin Collins, an Advisor to the Board of Directors of Air Evac LifeTeam and Mr. Seth Myers, the current President and CEO
Air Medical Today™ Episode 3 - January 6, 2010
December 06, 2019 15:03 - 58 minutes - 58 BytesNews and Information including Interview of Louis Lombardo, Auto Safety Researcher, former Physical Scientist with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, and a past board member of the MedEvac Foundation International
Air Medical Today™ Episode 2 - December 17, 2009
December 06, 2019 14:52 - 1 hour - 84 BytesNews and Information including Interview of Dr. Bill Gerard, Chief of Emergency Medicine at Palmetto Health Richland Hospital, Medical Director LifeNet South Carolina and Richland County EMS, and the Founder & CEO of RSQ911 Solutions
Air Medical Today™ Episode 1 - December 9, 2009
December 06, 2019 02:20 - 1 hour - 92 BytesEpisode 1 - News and Information including Interview of Joe Tye, First ASHBEAMS (AAMS) President and CEO of Values Coach
Air Medical Today - Episode 27
May 08, 2011 04:59An interview of Rex Alexander, a consultant specializing in safety training related to the air medical and helicopter industry and President of the National EMS Pilots Association
Air Medical Today - Episode 26
December 19, 2010 06:30An Interview of Dr. Mike Abernethy, the Chief Flight Physician with the University of Wisconsin Med Flight Program and an associate professor with the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Air Medical Today - Episode 25
November 15, 2010 02:14An Interview of Dr. Bryan Bledsoe, an Emergency Physician, Researcher, and EMS Author
Air Medical Today - Episode 24
October 31, 2010 11:00Voices of the Past Presidents of the Association of Air Medical Services on The Critical Issues, Challenges, and Accomplishments during their Terms as Part of the AAMS 30th Anniversary Celebration
Air Medical Today - Episode 23
September 30, 2010 12:10An Interview of Doctor David M. Lam, Adjunct Associate Professor at the Center for Trauma and Anesthesiology Research at the University of Maryland School of Medicine who Talks about His 30 Years of Research on the History of Air Medicine. There are also Interviews of Dawn Mancuso and Jonathan Godfrey on the AMTC and Vision Zero in the First Response Section.
Air Medical Today - Episode 22
July 17, 2010 04:15News & 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
Air Medical Today - Episode 21
June 15, 2010 11:55News & Information, CareFlite Crash Update, and an Interview of Tammy Chatman, who is the Professional Relations/Marketing Manager and Public Information Officer for the Flight For Life Transport System's McHenry, Illinois base who will be talking about Public Relations and Marketing