Each year, the Association of Air Medical Services
recognizes excellence and leadership
in emergency medical transport through a variety of notable national
awards.
Community
Awards Nominations are now closed. Please join us on October 20th
at the AAMS Awards Banquet for
the annoucement of the winners!
Questions? AAMS Community Awards
Attn: Melissa Kraft, mkraft@aams.org
526 King Street, Suite 415, Alexandria, VA 22314
VIA FAX: (703) 836-8920
The PROGRAM OF THE YEAR
AWARD recognizes an emergency medical program (national
or international) that has demonstrated a superior level of patient
care, management prowess, quality leadership through visionary and
innovative approaches, customer service, safety consciousness, marketing
ingenuity, community service and/or commitment to the medical transport
community as a whole.
ELIGIBILITY: The program must
have been in operation for at least 5 years in the emergency medical
transport community (rotor wing, fixed wing, and/or critical care
ground), accident free for the last 12 months, and a current Regular
Member of AAMS.
JUDGING
CRITERIA: Number of years in operation, how the program
has worked to be fiscally sound, accident-free for 12 months,
customer-service indicators, QA benchmarks, improvements in
reimbursement criteria/revenue generation, and winner or applicant of
other awards. CAMTS certification is highly recommended, but not
required.
View Children's Mercy Critical Care Transport video!
2007 Program of the Year Children's Mercy Critical Care Transport Kansas City, MO
Sponsored by American Eurocopter
For more than 36 years, Children’s Mercy has
provided top notch, dedicated neonatal and pediatric transport service
to both Missouri and Kansas. They have been CAMTS accredited for 10
years and have experienced an annual growth rate of 17% in the number of
transports completed in the last several years.
The MARRIOTT-CARLSON
AWARD recognizes an individual who has made significant
contributions to the overall enhancement, development, leadership or
promotion of the emergency medical transport community and has been
actively involved or participated in an emergency medical transport
organization.
ELIGIBILITY: Medical, aviation,
communication, management or support personnel (operators, equipment
companies, etc.) who are actively involved in the emergency medical
transport community and are a member of AAMS or employed by an AAMS
Member.
JUDGING CRITERIA: Impact on or
contribution to the industry, involvement in community organizations
including leadership positions, the number of years of membership in
community organizations, encouragement of others to join community
organizations, and encouragement of others to promote the emergency
medical transport community.
View Dr. Rogers' video!
2007 Marriott-Carlson Award Dr. Ralph Rogers, MD Aero Med Spectrum Health
Grand Rapids, MI
Sponsored by Bell Helicopter
Dr. Ralph Rogers had a vision of what he wanted
emergency medical air transportation to look like in western Michigan
and now, 30 years after beginning his career, he continues to cultivate
that vision at AeroMed Spectrum Heath. Under Ralph’s leadership,
AeroMed just celebrated its 20th anniversary as an accident free
program, successfully transporting more than 12,000 patients.
The BARBARA A. HESS
AWARD recognizes an individual who has significantly
contributed to the enhancement, development and/or promotion of
the emergency medical industry through his/her research and/or
educational efforts.
ELIGIBILITY: Medical, aviation or
support personnel who have published, conducted research or provided
quality education or educational expertise which has contributed to the
emergency medical transport community on a local, regional, national or
international level. The candidate must be employed by a member of
AAMS (either Regular, Affiliate or Associate) or be a Personal Member of
AAMS.
JUDGING CRITERIA: Number of
articles, chapters or books published, number of research
abstracts/papers presented, number of lectures given, membership and
participation in industry associations.
2007 Barbara A. Hess Award Christopher Manacci The National Flight Nurse Academy
Cleveland, Ohio
Sponsored by Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation
Chris' commitment to enhancing the educational
experience for flight nurses has been evident not only by the amount of
time that he gives as a teacher and role model, but also by the
substantial funds he has raised for the advancement of the
profession.
View Christopher's video!
The JIM CHARLSON AWARD
recognizes an individual who has made significant contributions to the
overall enhancement, development or promotion of aviation and aviation
safety within the air medical transport community.
ELIGIBILITY: Anyone directly involved in the
medical transport community who has made a contribution which
enhanced the safety of a program, mission, or the medical transport
community as a whole.
JUDGING CRITERIA: Demonstration that "Safety
comes first, aviation expertise, membership and participation
in community associations.
View Ed's video!
2007 Jim Charlson
Award Ed MacDonald
PHI Air Medical Group
Sante Fe, NM
Sponsored by American Eurocopter
To see a tangible testimony of Ed’s commitment to
a safety culture, one need only to drop by the Air Medical Resource
Management classes he teaches to so many transport programs around the
country, or read any of his numerous position papers or nationally
recognized and published recommended practices.
The MEDICAL CREW/CREW
MEMBER OF THE YEAR AWARD recognizes an individual/team
that has made significant contributions to enhance the development or
promote the improvement of patient care in the emergency medical
transport community.
ELIGIBILITY: Medical, aviation,
communication, management or support personnel who are directly involved
with the care and transportation of the sick and/or injured through an
AAMS member program. This may be awarded for an overall patient
care contribution or a particular transport situation/outcome.
JUDGING CRITERIA: Promotion or
enhancement of patient care while maintaining safe and proper transport
procedures (not putting themselves, any other crew members, or the
patient at any risk), clinical expertise, and participation in community
associations.
2007 Medical Crew Member
of the Year Award Paul Mazurek Survival Flight
Ann Arbor, MI
Sponsored by American Eurocopter
Besides being an amazing addition to the education
department, Paul’s clinical expertise set him apart as a highly
valued and compassionate medical team member. Whether called upon
to transport a twenty week old preemie or a ninety year old man, his
team says they can always count on him to deliver excellent care.
In short, Go Blue, Go Paul!
View Paul's video!
The TRANSPORT MECHANIC’S AWARD OF
EXCELLENCE recognizes an individual who has made
significant contributions to the safe operation of medical transport
vehicles or the improvement of safe maintenance procedures of medical
transport vehicles.
ELIGIBILITY: Individuals who are directly
involved with the maintenance operations of vehicles used by members of
AAMS.
JUDGING CRITERIA: Number of years in the
position, how the individual has added value to the program through
education of the crew, what improvements the individual has made, how
the individual relates to the staff and community, and staff
testimonials. This individual must have made a direct impact on
the safety of a transport vehicle or implemented a safety program or
procedure that enhances the welfare of the medical team and patients in
transport.
View Wendell's video!
2007 Transport Mechanic’s
Award of Excellence Wendell Stadig LifeFlight of Maine
Bangor, ME
Sponsored by AgustaWestland
Wendell serves his community with superior leadership and an absolute
commitment to safety in every detail of the day to day operations at
LifeFlight of Maine. As his team will tell you, an aircraft is
only ready to fly if Wendell would be willing to put his children on
board.
The FIXED WING AWARD OF
EXCELLENCE recognizes an individual/team that has made
significant contributions to enhance the development or promote the
improvement of patient care and/or safety, specifically in the fixed
wing component of the air medical transport community.
ELIGIBILITY: Medical, aviation, communication
or support personnel who are involved with the safe and professional
care and transportation of the sick and/or injured as a member or
employee of a member in an AAMS fixed wing program. This may be
awarded for an overall patient care contribution or a particular
transport situation/outcome.
JUDGING CRITERIA: Promotion or enhancement of
patient care by maintaining and or enhancing safe and proper transport
procedures (not putting themselves, any other crew members, or the
patient at any risk), professional expertise, and participation in
industry associations.
2007 Fixed Wing Award of
Excellence Becky Pusateri AeroCare Medical Transport System, Inc.
Sugar Grove, IL
Sponsored by LifePort, Inc.
Becky has a hand in almost every crucial decision regarding growth
and direction for AeroCare. Her professional opinion and business savvy
are highly valued by both the administration she works for and the crew
she works with. Becky is able to offer a unique combination of
insights, using her solid business management experience and meshing it
with a clear understanding of what is medically right for the
patient. As one co-worker explained, “Becky is a true gift
because she has experience and competency on both sides of the
house.”
View Becky's video!
The CRITICAL CARE GROUND
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE recognizes an individual or team
that has made an outstanding contribution in a dedicated Critical Care
Ground program in any of the following areas: enhancing safety,
education, leadership, patient advocacy by developing or promoting
improvement of patient care in the medical transport community.
ELIGIBILITY: Medical, administrative,
communication or support personnel who are involved with the care and
transport of the sick and/or injured through a dedicated Critical Care
Ground program/service. The CCG Award of Excellence may be awarded
for an overall patient care contribution or a particular transport
situation/outcome. Candidates must be AAMS members or be employed by
members of AAMS.
JUDGING CRITERIA: Promotion or enhancement of
safe and proper transport procedures (not putting themselves, any other
crew members, or the patient at any risk) and/or enhancement of overall
conditions under which transport occurs. The improvement of
patient care while maintaining professional expertise, and participation
in industry associations.
View Children's Hospital video!
2007 Critical Care Ground Award of
Excellence Children's Hospital Columbus, OH
Sponsored by MedBill Resources Corp.
Children’s Hospital Neonatal and Pediatric
Transport Team in Columbus, Ohio was established in 1975 to transport
neonates from maternity hospitals to Children’s Hospital with the
help of the Ohio National Guard. Needless to say they’ve grown
exponentially since the initial four patients who were transferred in
that first year! Transporting more than 1700 patients a year,
Children’s now has a comprehensive team of more than 40
individuals with access to 4 mobile ICUs.
The PROGRAM DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR AWARD
recognizes an emergency medical program director who has demonstrated a
superior level of knowledge and management prowess, quality leadership
through visionary and innovative approaches, customer service, safety
consciousness, marketing ingenuity, community service and/or commitment
to the emergency medical community as a whole.
ELIGIBILITY: The program director
must be employed by an AAMS voting member program and must have held
this current position for at least two years.
JUDGING CRITERIA: Number of years in
the position, how the program director has made the program fiscally
sound, how the individual has expanded the role or scope of the program,
what improvements the individual has made, how the individual relates to
the staff and community, and staff testimonials.
2007 Program Director of the Year Award Joe Cook CALSTAR
McClellan, CA
Sponsored by Bell Helicopter
Joe is a rock in an industry that has experienced great
turbulence over the past 2 decades. He has taken CALSTAR from one
vehicle to 12 and has done so while earning the passionate loyalty of
his crew and community.
EXCELLENCE IN COMMUNITY SERVICE
AWARD Sponsored by
Meet the 2008 AAMS Excellence in Community Service Award Winner -
AirMed IT Department for their service www.weatherturndown.com
.
The air medical transport community has known for years that a
centralized source for weather information sharing would be crucial for
improving operational safety. AirMed IT, under the direction of Robert
Carver, Chief Information Officer, created a website,
weatherturndown.com, to meet this need. The website is designed for use
by all air medical programs, including rotor and fixed-wing, and allows
programs to share information regarding delays or cancellations due to
weather. For more information on this free, revolutionary service,
please visit www.weatherturndown.com.
The AAMS Excellence in Community Service Award recognizes an
emergency medical transport individual OR organization(s) demonstrating
broad-based continuing commitment to their referring/receiving agencies
and/or the communities they serve. The award recipient will
exhibit an outstanding history of leadership or substantial
involvement/partnership in customer or community based project(s) that
contribute to the quality of life within the communities they
serve. Although eligibility requires membership with the
Association of Air Medical Services, the recipient is NOT LIMITED to
practices solely in air or ground medicine. This recipient will have
shown professional and personal values that typify the ideals of "giving
of oneself", and "making a difference in/or enhancing the lives of
others.”
The winner of the Excellence in Community Service Award receives
airfare, hotel accommodations, and conference registration to the AAMS
Spring Conference. If an organization(s) wins the award, one individual
will be determined by the winning organization(s) to receive the
airfare, hotel accommodations and Spring Conference
registration.
PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD Sponsored by Air Methods
Corporation Traditionally given at the Congressional Luncheon at the
AAMS Spring Conference, this award recognizes a legislator, government
official, organization, or individual that has made significant
contributions to the health, viability, or interests of the medical
transport community.
Congratulations to 2008 Public Service award winner, Hooper Harris, Manager of the FAA’s
Accident Investigations Division and former manager of the FAA’s
AFS-250 branch.
Hooper’s tireless efforts as the leader of the Helicopter EMS
(HEMS) Safety Task Force have helped the air medical community identify
and address safety issues that have led to a significant decrease in
HEMS accidents. Hooper continues these efforts as the co-chair of the
Joint Helicopter Safety Implementation Team (JHSIT) of the IHST,
expanding his aviation and accident prevention expertise to the entire
Helicopter community, and continuing to address issues in the air
medical community and beyond.
Aviation Safety Award
Congratulations to PHI Air Medical, the
1st ever winner of the American Eurocopter Vision Zero
Award!
What have you done to raise the bar for
safety? Tell us how you have worked to achieve a high level of
safety. If you are the Vision Zero Aviation Safety Award winner,
American Eurocopter will contribute up to $10,000
toward your future efforts of promoting safety within your program.
See you at AMTC 2008
when we will announce another deserving winner!
