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National Donor Day

While February 14th is most known as Valentine’s Day, it’s also the day that we recognize National Donor Day, a day to raise awareness for the life-saving benefits of donation.

Started in 1998, National Donor Day was created by the Saturn Corporation and its partner, the United Auto Workers. It’s supported by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, as well as many health groups. This day is not only about organ donation, but also the need for tissue, marrow, platelet and blood.

According to the Organ Donation Alliance, every 10 minutes, a new name is added to the national transplant waiting list, consisting of more than 113,000 people, while 22 people die everyday waiting for an organ transplant. In addition, one in seven people entering a hospital require a blood transfusion.

Regardless of age or medical history, anyone can be a donor. […]

National Donor Day2025-02-11T10:24:17-05:00

2025 EMS Trend Survey

Share your feedback in this year’s EMS Trend Survey: What Paramedics Want in 2025 and help shape policies, training and resources for the future. This year’s survey will dial into barriers to physical health and wellness, technology adoption and lights and siren usage, as well as emerging trends, like electric vehicles, AI and alternate response models.

The results will culminate in the What Paramedics Want in 2025 state-of-the-industry report, released during the 2025 Pinnacle EMS Leadership Forum in July.

We invite EMS field providers, supervisors, senior leadership and educators from all service types and response areas to participate and share the survey before it closes on Feb. 14.

Produced by EMS1 and Fitch & Associates, the survey continues the 10-year effort to engage providers to share their voices on what EMS trends, threats and opportunities mean to them.

SURVEY: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2025WPW-Fitch

2025 EMS Trend Survey2025-01-28T10:50:14-05:00

STAT MedEvac Airpod – Winter Operations Precautions

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Greg Winkle, STAT MedEvac’s Regional Field Support Maintenance Manager talks about special precautions with operations and maintenance in the winter months.  From salt that can corrode helicopter’s parts, inside and out to precautions when there is snow at the LZ.

STAT MedEvac Airpod – Winter Operations Precautions2025-01-22T00:57:35-05:00

National Blood Donor Month

January is National Blood Donor Month. The first month of the year packs a punch with the impactful reminder of the importance of donating blood. This is normally the time of the year for reduced donations and an increased risk for blood shortages, due to the holidays, cold and flu season, and winter weather.

This national month started more than 50 years ago when President Richard Nixon signed a proclamation declaring January as Blood Donor Month. Donating blood directly saves lives by: 

  • Providing a vital resource for patients needing transfusions in emergencies. 
  • Providing a vital resource during surgeries or for chronic illnesses. 
  • A single donation can potentially help multiple people by being […]
National Blood Donor Month2025-01-08T12:55:35-05:00

STAT MedEvac Helps Santa Visit Children At Children’s Hospital

Last week, STAT MedEvac gave the reindeer the day off and took Santa to visit children at UPMC Children’s Hospital in Harrisburg. It’s a lovely tradition that STAT MedEvac and Santa had started years ago and we hope will continue for many years to come. You can find the full article on Penn Live’s website: Santa arrives by MedEvac helicopter to visit children at UPMC Harrisburg hospital – pennlive.com
Santa and STAT MedEvac also made the trip to the Herman & Walter Samuelson Children’s Hospital earlier this week. You can read the full story about Santa’s journey there on the WMAR website: Santa visits children at Herman & Walter Samuelson Children’s Hospital at Sinai

STAT MedEvac Helps Santa Visit Children At Children’s Hospital2024-12-21T10:32:06-05:00

Shop with a Hero

Shining a light on three standout STAT MedEvac employees this holiday season, we want to say thank you to Jennifer Luxbacher, Elizabeth Myers, and Ciara Rupp, who participated in ‘Shop with a Hero’ this week.   

 

 

Shop with a Hero provides children with the opportunity to be paired up with a hero (law enforcement, fire fighters, EMS, military personnel and/or medical personnel) for a shopping spree with gifts for themselves and/or family members. Once the shopping is done, the hero and children wrap the gifts and enjoy a meal, provided by Walmart. The children who participate in Shop with a Hero are selected by school personnel from socials that are included in the program. School personnel select participants through social media to participate in the shopping excursion.  

Shop with a Hero2024-12-05T12:24:14-05:00

CPAP for EMS and Critical Care Transport – Don’t Be Intimidated By It!

STAT MedEvac Podcast CPAP Bradley Kuch

Bradley A. Kuch, STAT MedEvac’s Director of Medical Operations, discusses the usage of CPAP in the field and transport settings.  It’s a great tool to help the patient and the provider! Brad brings his practical experience as a respiratory therapist and transport clinician to the podcast to help us understand why it’s not something by which to be intimidated.

CPAP for EMS and Critical Care Transport – Don’t Be Intimidated By It!2024-11-21T15:48:46-05:00

Thank you for Helping us Celebrate 40 Years of STAT MedEvac

Looking back on the 40th Anniversary Celebration of STAT MedEvac, we can’t thank everyone enough who shared in this wonderful event. Over 200 former and current staff, physicians, nurses, comm specs and honored guests and their significant others were in attendance at Acrisure Stadium on Friday, November 8th, to celebrate together. While it was lovely to take a walk down memory lane, the night was also about fundraising for the Pittsburgh Emergency Medicine Foundation.

Thanks to everyone who attended, the sponsors and the committee of volunteers who worked on this event over the last few months. Beth Wolfe, Executive Director of PEMF, was filled with gratitude, “We’re very appreciative of the funds that were raised to continue PEMF’s ability to support research in the emergency medicine specialty. STAT MedEvac and PEMF have partnered numerous times over […]

Thank you for Helping us Celebrate 40 Years of STAT MedEvac2024-11-17T14:01:46-05:00

EMS and Emergency Medicine Pioneer, Mentor, and Friend

The Center for Emergency Medicine (CEM) and STAT MedEvac along with the greater Pittsburgh community mourn the loss of Dr. Ronald D. Stewart, our founder and emergency medicine giant. Dr. Stewart, who began his career in Nova Scotia, played a pivotal role in establishing emergency medical systems both locally and nationally. After training in emergency medicine in Los Angeles, he joined the University of Pittsburgh in 1978, where he founded the Center for Emergency Medicine of Western Pennsylvania. His foundation gave us the opportunity to not only advanced emergency care and research but also became instrumental in EMS training and innovation.

Dr. Stewart worked in the health care systems in both Canada and the U.S. for over 50 years. Before arriving in Pittsburgh, he trained in and revolutionized paramedicine services in California as Los Angeles County’s first paramedic director. There, Stewart also served as […]

EMS and Emergency Medicine Pioneer, Mentor, and Friend2024-11-05T15:12:10-05:00
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