For the third consecutive year, Arizona’s aviation students will have the chance to apply for a $3,000 scholarship courtesy of Angel MedFlight’s Scholarship for Excellence in Aviation. The award, established in 2010 by air medical transportation leader Angel MedFlight in partnership with the Arizona Business Aviation Association (AZBAA), is available to students pursuing an undergraduate or post-graduate degree in an aviation-related program at a two- or four-year Arizona college or university.
Applications are being accepted through June 4, 2012, and the scholarship will be awarded in August.
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With two deadly accidents making headlines in the same week, air ambulance safety is under scrutiny. And one international air medical transport company president thinks it should be.The National Transportation and Safety Board recently issued its probable cause report for a July 2010 West Texas incident involving an air ambulance operator. The report concluded that pilot error and possible fatigue caused the Cessna 421 to plunge just minutes after takeoff, killing all five people on board. Just days after the findings were announced, a forced landing of another medical transport company’s twin-engine plane claimed three more lives.
Although neither incident was related to Angel MedFlight, company CEO Jeremy Freer stresses that safety differences do exist and individuals seeking medical flights should know how to identify good – and bad – practices.
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When Angel MedFlight CEO Jeremy Freer received a call from New York Congressman Tim Bishop’s office requesting help for a severely injured woman, Angel MedFlight responded.Kelly Breem had been struck by a car in the U. S. Virgin Islands, sustaining a traumatic brain injury. She now lie comatose and partially paralyzed in a St. Thomas hospital, and required a medical flight to the mainland for specialty treatment. Unsure of their next steps, Breem’s family contacted their local congressman, Timothy Bishop, for help.
Rep. Bishop’s office turned to Angel MedFlight, who performed the air ambulance flight at no charge.
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Angel MedFlight was honored with the Special Achievement in Entrepreneurship Award during the fifteenth annual Spirit of Enterprise Awards presented by the W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University. The awards pay tribute to Arizona businesses that excel in the areas of ethics, energy and entrepreneurship.Attended by hundreds of business and community leaders, the Nov. 8 awards ceremony at Scottsdale’s Westin Kierland Resort & Spa highlighted the achievements of 10 Arizona businesses whose founders have shown remarkable vision and tenacity in the realization of their ideas.
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Arizona Congressman David Schweikert thanked Angel MedFlight President & CEO Jeremy Freer for "making our community a better place."Rep. Schweikert wrote Jeremy a personal letter after reading about the growing air medical transportation company in the Oct. 2011 issue of Scottsdale Airpark News magazine (read the story on page 25)
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Angel MedFlight becomes one of the first organizations in North America to dedicate the mid-size business jet Lear 60 to air ambulance service, setting new comfort and safety benchmarks in air medical transport.
Air medical transportation leader Angel MedFlight is setting a new standard in patient safety, comfort and care with the introduction of a Learjet 60 for dedicated air ambulance service. As Angel MedFlight’s latest innovation, the Lear 60 offers patients a spacious cabin, a smooth, comfortable flight, and expedited travel time from Bedside-to-Bedside™.
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When Shannon Chettri sat at her son’s bedside in an Oregon hospital 2,000 miles away from their home in Texas, she felt helpless. The family was on vacation last April when 3-year-old Logan suddenly developed a rare disorder that attacked his nervous system and left him paralyzed. Unable to fly commercially or endure the long road trip home, Logan faced months in the hospital. Chettri was beside herself.When she heard about an air ambulance service out of Scottsdale that could transport Logan to a medical center in Texas quickly and safely, she contacted the company. Minutes later, Jeremy Freer called her back.
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For the second consecutive year, Angel MedFlight was recognized as one of the fastest growing privately-held companies in Arizona by the Arizona Corporate Excellence Awards.The Phoenix Business Journal, which administers the ACE Awards, deemed Angel MedFlight a “fast-growth fixture” due to its reappearance on the list, and interviewed President & CEO Jeremy Freer about what it takes to maintain growth.
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Angel MedFlight is honored to announce that we have been selected as a finalist for the Spirit of Enterprise awards, administered by the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University. These prestigious awards recognize top Arizona businesses for achievements in growth, adding jobs and boosting the community.
In the past five years, Angel MedFlight has more than quadrupled in number of employees and has introduced innovations that have enhanced the air medical transport industry.
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It’s the first week of fall classes at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Prescott, Ariz., and freshman Matthew Grega has success on his radar. The Aeronautical Engineering student received the 2011 Angel MedFlight Scholarship for Excellence in Aviation, which includes $3,000 toward tuition and a commemorative plaque.A National Honor Society member, Grega graduated from Horizon High School in Scottsdale, Ariz. with a 3.80 grade point average. He is a participant in the U.S. Air Force ROTC program, and his career goals include designing fighter jets.
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Welcome to Caryn Braun, Angel MedFlight’s new Chief Flight Nurse and Director of Clinical Education. Caryn comes to Angel MedFlight with 20 years of critical care nursing, 17 years of emergency nursing, and 10 years of flight nursing, along with management and consulting experience.A tremendous addition to the Angel MedFlight staff, Caryn’s critical care background, proven leadership abilities and interpersonal skills make her the ideal complement to our team of compassionate caregivers.
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The Fredericktown (Ohio) Community Fire District’s fire-suppression fleet just grew by one, courtesy of a surprise gift from Jeremy Freer, a Fredericktown Fire alumnus and President and CEO of international air medical transport leader Angel MedFlight Worldwide Air Ambulance. He surprised the district with a new Polaris Wildfire off-road rescue vehicle, presented during a May 28 pancake breakfast at the firehouse.“Volunteering for Fredericktown Fire was the start of my career in medical services, and I’ll always be proud to belong to such an incredible group,” says Freer. “These men and women put their lives on the line in service to others, and the Wildfire will be another resource to aid in their rescue efforts.”
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Students working toward an aviation degree at an Arizona college or university can now apply for the 2011 Angel MedFlight Scholarship for Excellence in Aviation for the chance to earn $3,000 toward their tuition!Angel MedFlight, in conjunction with the Arizona Business Aviation Association (AZBAA), is once again offering this scholarship opportunity to students working toward a two- or four-year aviation degree at an Arizona college or university. Applications will be accepted through June 30, 2011, and the scholarship will be awarded in August.
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The methods may vary – medical jet, helicopter, ambulance – but the mission is the same: to answer the call to save lives.911: Salvando Vidas (911: Saving Lives), a two-part special which aired on top-five network Univision in February, highlights the life-saving missions of Angel MedFlight and emergency response services.
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Just 13 days after sustaining a gunshot wound to the forehead, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is being transferred from University Medical Center in Tucson, Ariz. to TIRR (The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research) Memorial Hermann in Houston to begin the next phase of her recovery.Matt Greenwell, Chief Flight Nurse at Angel MedFlight, spoke with Phoenix's FOX 10 News about medical flights.
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Angel MedFlight Worldwide Air Ambulance, renowned innovator in air medical transportation, has promoted Rastislav “Rusty” Valko to Chief Operations Officer. In the COO position, Valko will oversee company-wide operations."Rusty is extremely familiar with all aspects of our organization, including the structure, communications, and operations," says Angel MedFlight CEO, president and founder, Jeremy Freer. "His management and organizational skills are inspirational to our team. He holds himself to very high standards, and our patients will benefit from his commitment to excellence."
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