Talk about a great way to start out a new month! We’re excited to announce that we have added nine new personnel to STAT MedEvac. Allow us to introduce you to the new hire class of September 2024.
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Brian Huston (PM 17)
Jessica Luce (RN 18)
Jana Beene (RN 16)
Eric Anderson (RN 14)
Jason Miles (PM 12)
Kimberly Snyder (RN 18)
Christopher Hughes (RN 6)
Tiffany Spiroff-Walstrom (PM 9)
Devan Johns (RN CCGU/Hybrid)
One of STAT MedEvac’s new EMS pilots, Amanda Montour, explains her love for aviation and her path to accumulating the flight hours to become a STAT MedEvac EMS Pilot. One key component is dedication and persisitence. Second, “Love learning!”
Today is National Aviation Day, recognizing the pioneers of human flight. This day was originally acknowledged with a presidential proclamation by Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1939. The proclamation of this day was specifically designated for Orville Wright’s birthday.
In case you’re not familiar with the Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur Wright were American aviation pioneers credited with inventing and flying the world’s first successful airplane. Orville’s first flight was made on December 17, 1903. It lasted 12 seconds and 120 feet around the site of the Wright Brothers National Memorial in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
While the brothers were not the first to build and fly experimental aircraft, they were the first to invent aircraft controls. Their breakthrough invention was their creation of a three-axis control system, which enabled the pilot to steer the aircraft effectively and maintain its […]
Christian Martin-Gill, MD, FP-C
Associate Medical Director
Year of Service – 18
Fun Facts
We’re excited to announce on November 8th, 2024, we will be celebrating the 40th Anniversary of STAT MedEvac with a fundraising event for the Pittsburgh Emergency Medicine Foundation. Tickets will be on sale soon, so please be on the lookout in the upcoming weeks for more information on the STAT MedEvac and PEMF social media sites and websites for more details.
Andrew Basile, BSN, RN, PHRN, CFRN, CMTE
Ground and Compliance Manager
STAT MedEvac since 2018
UPMC since 2007
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Since 1981, we’ve proudly provided Medical Command services to EMS agencies, coinciding with the start of our Emergency Medicine Residency Program. Over the years, we’ve achieved many milestones, including the build of our new communication center, and today, we celebrate another significant one!
Ten years after launching the UPMC Medical Command program, we’ve captured our one millionth medical command report! Our UPMC Enterprise Development Services team launched the web-based documentation program on July 1, 2014. It now averages 100,000 reports per year!
We want to give a huge shoutout to all our Communications Specialists for their incredible work and to our EMS partners who support UPMC Medical Command. A special mention goes to Eastern Area Prehospital Services for calling in the milestone EMS report and to Communications Specialist II Haley McClure for documenting […]
Needle Chest Decompression – Is the OG EMS Skill Still Effective and Useful?
This podcast, we talk about the OG EMS skill, needle chest decompression. Many EMS providers learn and practice it in their annual skills review. But how many have done it on an actual patient? Is it still an effective skill? UPMC-Presbyterian trauma surgeon, Joshua Brown, MD MSc overviews the latest research.
It’s grilling season! It’s the best time of the year to get outside and cook some delicious food on the grill, but a recent statistic found that July is the peak month for grill fires. According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, an average of 22,155 patients per year go to the emergency room because of injuries involving grills. It is imperative to take precautions for any type of fire, and to lessen the need for emergency services.
Shane Taylor, FP-C, NREMT-P, EMSI
Sr. Professional Flight Paramedic II
Years of Service with STAT MedEvac – 3
