Today,
Air Evac Lifeteam is part of the Global Medical Response (GMR)
family of companies employing industry leaders in air, ground, and managed medical transportation,
alongside leaders in fire services.
In a medical emergency, a successful recovery often depends on the amount of time it takes to deliver the patient to the trauma center or advanced health care medical center. To save precious minutes, flight crews consisting of a pilot, flight nurse, and flight paramedic are on duty every day to respond to the scene of an emergency or provide transportation between medical facilities. Air Evac Lifeteam works impartially with health care providers and first responders, including more than 2,000 diverse referral sources representing more than 1,000 hospitals and 1,000 EMS agencies. This ensures patients are transported to the closest appropriate medical facility.
Rotorcraft Pro recently interviewed Air Evac Lifeteam helicopter pilots to explore how all these numbers about hospitals and health care add up for an Air Evac Lifeteam pilot in the cockpit. The pilots expressed two main themes. First, their rewarding job is not just about numbers, but about getting everyone in their aircraft — medical crew, patient, and pilot — safely to their important destinations. The second repeated theme was that they really, really love being an Air Evac Lifeteam pilot. “One of the things I love about Air Evac Lifeteam is how they promote the family feel at each base. We spend a lot of time together. The family feel at each base is critical to our success,” says Pilot Tammie Gillette. “My favorite part about working for Air Evac Lifeteam is in the name: we’re a team. We travel, work, and live together. We all have the same goal: to help the patient. Over time, you get to know your team and develop a working rhythm. We work fast, not in a rushed way, but with intent. The team culture really fulfills me.”
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