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Providing Care for Hospice Patients
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Providing Care for Hospice Patients

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Providing Care for Hospice Patients

By Nat Arnold|2024-04-17T15:43:42+00:00June 30th, 2022|Categories: Holistic Care, Nursing|

Caring for and assisting hospice patients during their end-of-life medical journey is a challenging yet fulfilling job. Amongst many things, ultimately it is important to support hospice patients by fulfilling their wants and needs to ensure they are comfortable in their last days. This article will help illustrate just how special this patient population is, and how respect and compassion should be the main priority when rendering medical aid. Starting with my first experience with a hospice patient, this story resonates in my mind as clear as day. I remember [...]

Pain Management During Long-Range Air Medical Transports
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Pain Management During Long-Range Air Medical Transports

Holistic Care, Medical Transportation, Patient Transport

Pain Management During Long-Range Air Medical Transports

By Nat Arnold|2024-12-17T20:08:49+00:00April 26th, 2022|Categories: Holistic Care, Medical Transportation, Patient Transport|

Air Ambulance services are required when a patient has a medical injury or illness and needs to be transferred to another location for further medical care. Long-range transports are transfers from state to state, to or from another country outside of the US, or any distance where specialized care is necessary. These transfers are carried out in larger fixed-wing aircraft, versus a rotor aircraft, that are medically configured to act as an airborne ICU and can transport the patient safely, comfortably, and quickly. Long-range Air Ambulance aircraft are professionally staffed [...]

The Positive Impacts of Practicing Holistic Care
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The Positive Impacts of Practicing Holistic Care

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The Positive Impacts of Practicing Holistic Care

By Denise Waye|2024-12-09T17:05:38+00:00August 14th, 2017|Categories: Holistic Care|

The concept of holistic care has increasingly gained traction in the last few years, particularly in nursing. The concept seems simple: treat each person as an individual and treat the whole person. The reality is that holistic care must be solidly grounded in science, but also come from the heart, which makes it more complex than it first seems. Conventional vs. Holistic Patient Care Modern medicine and nursing have become very specialized. Conventional medicine is limited to medications and surgery, while complementary and alternative medicine includes a wide variety of [...]

Holistic Care in the Air
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Holistic Care in the Air

Company News, Holistic Care

Holistic Care in the Air

By Denise Waye|2023-04-10T18:52:16+00:00July 29th, 2015|Categories: Company News, Holistic Care|

Taking an holistic approach to treating patients onboard air ambulance flights is a unique method we use here at AirCARE1 to reduce stress in patients during the flight. Denise Waye, president and owner of AirCARE1, explains in an article she wrote for AirMed&Rescue Magazine, the positive impact holistic care can have on patients. As a critical care nurse and former music major, Denise integrated music into the medical environment of air transport after seeing how music and a holistic approach to patient care dramatically decreased the stress levels in her patients. AirCARE1 [...]

Focusing On a Good Experience

By Denise Waye|2023-09-22T20:16:06+00:00October 9th, 2013|Categories: Holistic Care, Patient Transport|

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 [...]