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ship with REACH,” said Air Evac Lifeteam President Seth Myers. “By sharing best practices and combining resources, we’ll be able to provide a more efficient health delivery system for our customers. Most importantly, we’ll ensure more access to health care resources for the patients we serve.” Operations management, including


Antonio, the largest provider of health care services in the region. Current bases exist in San Antonio and Pearsall, serving the South Texas region. This new partnership is in response to


REACH Air Medical Services Adds State-of-the-Art Medical Helicopter to Enhance Emergency Service in South Texas


REACH Air Medical Services and Air


Evac Lifeteam announce an integrated partnership venture at a new rotor wing base to be located in Seguin, Texas. REACH Air Medical Services operates


Methodist AirCare in partnership with the Methodist Healthcare System of San


the continuing growth of transports by Methodist AirCare throughout South Texas. In this new integrated model, clinical and customer services, as well as business relations activities, will be inte­ grated and managed by both Methodist AirCare and Air Evac Lifeteam. All typical transport activities will be monitored, addressed and managed by both com­ panies, ensuring an enhanced continu­ um of care for patients in the region. “We’re looking forward to this partner­


Latitude Achieves Transport Canada STC for Flight Data Monitoring on Bell Medium Helicopters


Latitude Technologies continues to


push forward expanding, the compa­ ny's portfolio of IONodeT Flight Data Monitoring (FDM) system STCs, by announcing the addition of a Transport Canada STC for the IONode ION100 advanced data acquisition unit for Bell medium helicopters, including the Bell


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204, 205, 212, 214, and 412 model types. This is the first IONode standalone STC for Part 29 Transport Category rotor­ craft, following on Latitude's earlier success in securing STCs for Part 23, Part 25 and Part 27 aircraft categories for IONode FDM installations done in combination with SkyNode®


trans­


ceivers. Mark Insley, Latitude Technologies


President, expressed great pleasure at achieving the IONode STC for Bell medi­ ums.


"The 212 STC is another important


step in our product certification goals, and it certainly facilitates the growing number of valued fleet customers with Bell medium helicopters that are look­ ing forward to getting comprehensive


aviation, on­board clinical activities and maintenance, will be fulfilled by Air Evac Lifeteam. Methodist AirCare will manage customer relationships and monitoring of key clinical care performance indicators. As an added benefit to this initiative, the membership program and benefits administered by the AirMedCare Network will be reciprocal between both REACH Air Medical and Air Evac Lifeteam. A new Bell 206 LR aircraft will he brought to the Seguin base, the first rotor wing service to be introduced to the markets east of San Antonio. “We are excited to continue to grow


the Methodist AirCare program in this innovative way,” says Sean Russell, President of REACH Air Medical Services. “Serving the patients in the region by partnering with Air Evac Lifeteam, the Methodist Healthcare System of San Antonio, and Guadalupe Regional Medical Center in Seguin is a great opportunity for us and the region.” 


and reliable FDM systems installed on their ships to gather and process flight data for maintenance, flight safety, and other operational requirements." Insley added, "We expect to be announcing IONode certifications for more aircraft types shortly." In conclusion, Insley reinforced


Latitude's position in the FDM and Satcom sector. "Latitude is gaining worldwide recognition as the industry leader in automated, adaptable, and cost­affordable flight data information solutions. Timely retrieval of FDM and ECTM data anytime, for any aircraft type anywhere, including a wide range of reporting and analytics service options is what the IONode system is all about." 


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