Sadie Soileau leads an active life. Like many fun-loving 10-year-olds in the Sun Belt, she loves to play sports, especially softball and basketball. And while Sadie’s involvement with these competitive games may seem like no big deal to most people, it represents a major achievement for the little girl,...
With a Fly-U-Home membership you can take control of your care. Because if you’re ever hospitalized far from home, you’ll have the option to be transported to your local hospital—closer to your doctor and loved ones. We take care of everything from hospital A to hospital B and there...
December 9, 2021 is a special day for Charlie Pearman. That evening, the Bristol resident got his wish answered: to meet and say a personal “thank you” to the AirMedCare Network flight crew he says are the reason he’s alive today. “I wanted to express my deepest appreciation for...
GMR Member Network’s AMCN — America’s largest air ambulance membership network — is proud to team up with full-time NASCAR driver Corey LaJoie. Corey is a third-generation racer whose father and grandfather are members of the New England Auto Racing Hall of Fame. He is now the full-time driver...
Joe Mathews, who happily identifies himself as an avid outdoorsman, has always been healthy and athletic. He was a competitive swimmer in high school. He is an experienced backpacker and Alpine skier who spent 10 years as a ski patroller in the Sierras. But now, Joe is looking forward...
Unforgettable. That’s the word 17-year-old William Cassil used to describe his meeting with the flight crew that he credits as one of the main reasons he’s alive today. A dramatic word from a teenager, but not according to William, who cherished every minute of a rare, patient-air emergency crew...
Becky Drake has flown more than 1,000 patients. There are more than 1800 pilots and medical crew members who work for Air Evac Lifeteam, and only a handful achieve the 1,000 patient flights milestone. Becky Drake, flight paramedic for the Greenville, Texas, Air Evac base, recently reached that pinnacle....
Med-Trans Corp., part of the Global Medical Response (GMR) family of companies, announced on October 4th that it has purchased the assets of Hospital Wing, a premier air medical provider in Memphis and the Mid-South. Kim Montgomery, Chief Operating Officer for Med-Trans, said the acquisition was finalized on Friday,...
Hope, against all odds, against conventional wisdom, and even, at times, against all medical consensus, is the great, human motivator to persevere. Often, where there is hope, there is, quite literally, life. On January 9, 2021, it was hope, and the skill of first responders and hospital staff, that...
GMR hosted the Inaugural Ceremony for the National EMS Memorial Service (NEMSMS) and the 2021 National EMS Weekend of Honor Moving Honors procession launch on July 16 at GMR offices in Lewisville, TX. The NEMSMS, the National EMS Memorial Foundation, and the National EMS Memorial Bike Ride paid tribute...
