Jack’s Story – AirCARE1’s CFO
A story of Jack, a previous patient of AirCARE1's founder, Denise Waye. Jack became the CFO of AirCARE1 and continues his twelve year and counting involvement with our company.
Public Notice: Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems
The Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems will conduct an accreditation site visit of AirCARE1 on December 1st & 2nd 2014. The purpose of the site visit will be to evaluate the program’s compliance with nationally established medical transport standards. The site visit results will be used to determine whether, and the conditions under which accreditation should be awarded to the program. CAMTS accreditation standards deal with issues of patient care and safety of the transport environment. Anyone believing that he or she has pertinent or valid information about [...]
Six Tips on How to Spot an Air Ambulance Broker
Choosing the services of air ambulance provider especially during a stressful time can be a daunting task. Thankfully, the advent of the internet with its powerful search engines has made this task much easier to ensure you are getting an air ambulance provider. Easy- right? Wrong! Your search may lead you to an air ambulance broker who portrays themselves as an actual air ambulance operator with websites showing images of aircraft and making promises of providing their “own” aircraft, medical staff and flight crew, when in reality they simply broker [...]
AirCARE1 Transports 24 Week Old Baby Home to New York City
A baby born four prematurely in Albuquerque, New Mexico finally flies home to New York City by AirCARE1. You may also watch the 1st video on this subject which was featured on KOB Channel 4 News.
AirCARE1 Receives Blanket Mexican Air Ambulance Permit
AirCARE1 is pleased to announce we have received our Blanket Mexican Air Ambulance permit from the government of Mexico. This blanket permit allows AirCARE1 to conduct “at will” air ambulance operations in and out of Mexico. AirCARE1 has worked diligently to obtain a blanket Mexican Air Ambulance permit in order to provide ease of access to patients needing expeditious medical evacuations out of Mexico. A blanket Mexican Air Ambulance permit allows AirCARE1 the capability of launching flights to Mexico with a two hour call out time while flying to Mexican [...]
AirCARE1 Featured on KOB Channel 4 News
Video of AirCARE1 featured on New Mexico's KOB Channel 4 News for transporting a premature baby home.
Nevada Requires Air Ambulance Companies to Have State Permit
The Nevada State Senate recently passed Senate Bill 285 (SB285). This legislation prohibits Air Ambulance providers from transporting patients in or out of the state of Nevada without first complying with the state's safety, medical, and transportation requirements. Few Air Ambulances providers have complied with this new bill to obtain the necessary permit. AirCARE1 is pleased to announce we are one of the first long range Air Ambulance providers to have been granted the State of Nevada's Emergency Medical System's Air Ambulance Transportation permit. This permit grants AirCARE1 the authority to provide service to the state of Nevada. AirCARE1 is [...]
Focusing On a Good Experience
I do a lot of traveling. Spending many hours in airports. Recently I was in the Toronto airport on my way home after a long week of business travel. Going through customs as well as security typically takes hours (Nexus-here I come). This demands going to the airport extra early in case there are any hiccups. After clearing customs and security, I had quite a few hours before my flight. Hungry and tired, I walked up and down the terminal looking for something to eat. Typical airport food again. Walking [...]
The Story of AirCARE1
My name is Denise Waye, I am a nurse and one of the owners of AirCARE1. I started working as a critical care nurse over 20 years ago. I worked in Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Cardiac Care, ICU as well as ER. As I was working in the ER, I was approached by someone who asked if I would like to interview to become a flight nurse for a company who flew jets all over the country as well as to International locations. I interviewed and was accepted for the [...]
The Story of AirCARE1’s CFO
I first met Jack during some of his darkest days. Jack was CFO for a fortune 50 company and had been recently diagnosed with cancer of the spine. My job as a flight nurse was to transport him safely to Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston for surgery and further treatment. To say the family was devastated by this recent diagnosis was an understatement. His life had been turned upside down. Jack presented to me in significant pain, his wife, was accompanying him on the emergency flight and was worried about [...]