STAT MedEvac Airpod - Brian Shaw, Deputy Director, EMS West
As an experienced field provider and now a regional adminstrator, Brian Shaw, Deputy Director of the EMS West regional office, has seen the EMS systems and profession from all sides. As Brian prepares to accept the role of Executive Director, what does he see in the future for the profession? Brian is fresh off the 2025 annual EMS educational symposium at 7 Springs with insights.
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STAT MedEvac Airpod - Winter Operations Precautions
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.
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CPAP for EMS and Critical Care Transport - Don't Be Intimidated By It!
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.
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STAT MedEvac AirPod - The Dramatic History of Fire Prevention Week
This episode of the STAT MedEvac AirPod: Phil Little, whose father created the Chicago Fire Museum, talks about the great Chicago fire of 1871 , how it happened, the dispelled rumors of how it started, the creation of fireground procedures since then and, of course, the creation of Fire Prevention Week by President Woodrow Wilson in 1920.
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Navigating the Route to Become and EMS Pilot
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!"
STAT MedEvac is a critical care transport system and is the clinical arm of the CEM. It has evolved into one of the largest single operated and dispatched air-medical transport system in the United States. STAT MedEvac operates eighteen helicopter base sites in Pennsylvania and surrounding states. The Center for Emergency Medicine of Western Pennsylvania, Inc. is a not-for-profit organization directed by a consortium of hospitals; UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, UPMC Hamot, UPMC Altoona, and UPMC Mercy Hospital.
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