As the Rotor Turns January 2013

January 2013, vol. 4 no. 1January 2013, vol. 4 no. 1

an air evac lifeteam employee publicationan air evac lifeteam employee publication

Features

Safety Stand Down a Success .......................................................... 3

“Angels in the Sky” ......................................................................... 4-5

Sections

Customer Surveys ............................................................................. 6

BRAVOS! .......................................................................................... 7

Photo Op...the New Digs .............................................................. 8-10

Welcome to the Family .................................................................... 11

Flight Wings ............................................................................... 12-16

Crews in the Community ............................................................ 17-25

Benefits Buzz ............................................................................. 26-27

As the Rotor Turns is published monthly by the Public Relations department

of Air Evac Lifeteam. Send submissions and comments to:

[email protected], or call 417-255-1391

Public Relations Manager

Julie Heavrin Public Relations Specialist

Shelly Schneider

Continued on Page 5

Safety Stand Down a Success

The Anderson family, James, Matthew and Patricia, visited the Air Evac base in

Bowling Green, Ky. Paramedic Richard Neighbors is pictured with the family.

Safety Stand Down continued from Page 3

Pictured from left to right is the flight crew that transported

Matthew: pilot Tome Rehders, flight nurse Tara McIntire, and

paramedic Richard Neighbors.

Air Evac Lifeteam crews are encouraged to leave service surveys with the

EMS, hospitals and health systems with which they work. The survey asks about

the recent interaction with our crews and professionals and for improvement

suggestions. This is what our customers say.

What our Customers SayWhat our Customers Say

Bravo! v. bravo To express approval of by shouting “bravo”

The new Communication Center at O’Fallon went into operation this week. AEL will continue

to operate a Communications Center in West Plains as well.

Operational Control

MedLink

Maintenance Control

Communications

Specialists at work

The new distribution center is located just

behind the Air Evac Lifeteam corporate

offices in O’Fallon, Mo. and is now up and

running!

Air Evac Lifeteam is pleased to announce the newest members of the AEL family!

James Wilson, pilot at AE 14 in Albany, Ky.

Jessica Moseley, flight nurse at AE 15 in Cullman Co., Ala.

Bruce Goddard, flight paramedic at AE 18 in Salem, Mo.

Joshua Mifflin, flight paramedic at AE 27 in Springfield, Ill.

Sarah Daniels, flight nurse at AE 33 in Scottsboro, Ala.

Karla Goodwin, flight paramedic at AE 43 in Campbellsville, Ky.

Brett Garretson, pilot at AE 46 in Evansville, Ind.

Cean Charles, flight paramedic at AE 49 in Marble Falls, Texas

David Spence, flight nurse at AE 54 in Big Spring, Texas

Richard Freeman, flight paramedic at AE 55 in Mineral Wells, Texas

Michael Spaulding, pilot at AE 82 in Parkersburg, West Va.

Ashley Bragg, flight nurse at AE 88 in Harlan, Ky.

Shenandoah Whalen, pilot at AE 89 in Brown Co., Ohio

Becky Davis, flight nurse at AE 94 in Savannah, Tenn.

David Miller, pilot at AE 94 in Savannah, Tenn.

Nathan Creekmore, flight paramedic at AE 94 in Savannah, Tenn.

Michael Buford, base pilot supervisor at AE 96 in Brunswick, Ga.

Daniel Hovermale, pilot at AE 98 in Chillicothe, Ohio

Omar Flores, Jr., flight nurse at AE 104 in McAllen, Texas

Robert Graves, flight nurse at AE 107 in Licking Co., Ohio

Lisa Stevens, flight nurse at AE 107 in Licking Co., Ohio

Nelson Medlin, pilot at AE 109 in Manchester, Ky.

Keith Welch, pilot at AE 1 in West Plains, Mo.

Jason Lewis, pilot at AE 15 in Cullman Co., Ala.

Christopher Foster, base clinical lead at AE 20 (fixed wing) in Poplar Bluff, Ark.

Denise Clark, flight nurse at AE 38 in Kirksville, Mo.

Robert Thornhill, flight paramedic at AE 44 in Coffee Co., Tenn.

John Hamilton, flight paramedic at AE 49 in Marble Falls, Texas

Gerald Sherrill, pilot at AE 51 in West, Texas

Donald Carol, flight nurse at AE 53 in Fairfield, Texas

Richard Rush, pilot at AE 59 in Ft. Madison, Iowa

Mike Martinez, flight paramedic at AE 68 in Decatur, Texas

Holly Hamilton, flight nurse at AE 81 in East Liverpool, Ohio

Lonnie Moore, flight paramedic at AE 88 in Harlan, Ky.

Andrew Filson, pilot at AE 89 in Brown Co., Ohio

Arthur Foster, flight paramedic at AE 91 in Vidalia, Ga.

Kimberly Williams, base clinical lead at AE 95 in Statesboro, Ga.

Brandon Caskey, flight paramedic at AE 99 in Natchez, Miss.

Christopher O’Brien, pilot at AE 100 in Rayville, La.

Aaron Bower, flight paramedic at AE 101 in Lancaster, Ohio

Leah Robinson, flight nurse at AE 110 in Lawrenceburg, Tenn.

Zach Lier, flight paramedic at AE 110 in Lawrenceburg, Tenn.

Jerry Phillips, flight paramedic at AE 22 in Paris, Ark.

Michael Ramsey, flight paramedic at AE 43 in Campbellsville, Ky.

Reid MacLauchlin, pilot at AE 43 in Campbellsville, Ky.

Robert Salter, pilot at AE 48 in Kerrville, Texas

John Harrison, base clinical lead at AE 50 in San Marcos, Texas

Laci Stallings, flight nurse at AE 63 in Abilene, Texas

Jennifer Richards, flight nurse at AE 66 in Killeen, Texas

Jacob Stephenson, flight paramedic at AE 69 in Granbury, Texas

Hipolito Mojica III, flight n urse at AE 71 in Carrizo Springs, Texas

Caleb Wilbanks, base clinical lead at AE 75 in Dyersburg, Tenn.

Anthony Trimmer, flight paramedic at AE 78 in Wetzel Co., Ky.

Dominic Iarossi, flight nurse at AE 78 in Wetzel Co., Ky.

Jennifer Francis, flight nurse at AE 78 in Wetzel Co., Ky.

Bruce Champ, area flight nurse at AE 81 in East Liverpool, Ohio

Randy Hill, pilot at AE 83 in Muskogee, Okla.

David Riley, flight paramedic at AE 85 in Logan, West Va.

Royal Harkness, pilot at AE 86 in Cordele, Ga.

Christopher Sturgill, flight nurse at AE 88 in Harlan, Ky.

Kevin Neubert, pilot at AE 95 in Statesboro, Ga.

Timothy Johnson, flight paramedic at AE 97 in Portsmouth, Ohio

Nathaniel Pariseau, base clinical lead at AE 98 in Chillicothe, Ohio

Adam Patrick, flight paramedic at AE 98 in Chilllicothe, Ohio

Robert Umfress, flight paramedic at AE 13 in St. Clair, Mo.

Casey Bussett, pilot at AE 21 in Elk City, Okla.

Samuel Sherman, flight paramedic at AE 33 in Middlesboro, Ky.

Gary Campbell, flight nurse at AE 47 in La Grange, Texas

Lucas Peevyhouse, base pilot supervisor at AE 65 in Sherman, Texas

Brian Watson, base clinical lead at AE 8 in Farmington, Mo.

Dennis Grigsby, base pilot supervisor at AE 9 in Lewisburg, Tenn.

Lori Herrian, flight nurse at AE 25 in Lawton, Okla.

Ronald Young, area pilot at AE 26 in Pauls Valley, Okla.

Kennedy Taylor, pilot at AE 61 in Batesville, Miss.

Not pictured

David Jaggers, pilot at AE 32 in Scottsboro, Ala.

Walter Lear, base pilot supervisor at AE 10 in Hopkinsville, Ky.

Clay Walker, pilot at AE 29 in Claremore, Okla.

David Maver, flight nurse at AE 46 in Evansville, Ind.

Donna Dearmond, flight nurse at AE 10 in Hopkinsville, Ky.

Nancy Davis, flight nurse at AE 10 in Hopkinsville, Ky.

Pictured to the right: Pilot Jim Hargus

receives 1000th flight wings from

Program Director Whitney Miller in

McMinn Co., Tenn.

Above: Flight paramedic Todd Test, left,

receives 1000th flight wings from Program

Director George Hess in Marion, Ill.

Above: Effingham, Ill., flight nurse Missy Rainey

receives her 1000th flight wings from Program

Director Larry Thies.

Boone Co., Ark., flight nurse Lee Bailey, right,

receives his 1500th flight wings from Program

Director Daniel Burke.

Effingham, Ill., paramedic Carlos

Hill, right, receives his 1000th

flight wings from Program

Director Larry Thies.

Below: Decatur, Texas, flight

nurse Jim Gullage recently

received his 1000th flight

wings.

LZ Class

Pre-Hospital Trauma Life

Support

DeQueen, Ark., Crew Delivers Game Ball

Elmore Co., Ala., Crew Delivers Christmas Presents

DeQueen, Ark., Crew Visits Elementary School

Training the Troopers

“Logging” on in Tennessee

Boy Scout Jamboree

Special Delivery

Impacting Lives

Future AEL Employees?

Quick-Start Resolutions for the New Year

Pets provide unconditional love, and

make their owners happy!