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AirMed International wins AAMS 2017 Fixed Wing Award of Excellence

AirMed International's team of global critical care transport professionals has been given the distinguished 2017 Fixed Wing Award of Excellence by the Association of Air Medical Services (AAMS).

The AAMS designation, sponsored by LifePort, Inc., recognizes an individual or team that has made an outstanding contribution to a fixed wing transport service in enhancing safety, education, leadership, and patient advocacy by developing or promoting the improvement of patient care in the medical transport community. AirMed's dedicated fixed wing medical transport jet fleet includes Beechjet, Cessna Citation, Hawker, and Learjet aircraft along with more than 20 King Air turboprops, located at approximately 30 bases.

"AirMed International has undergone several important quality improvements to the overall condition of their fixed wing transports, and the organization continually recruits and develops the best and brightest for their team," said AAMS president and CEO Rick Sherlock.

"Importantly, under the leadership of president Denise Treadwell and director of operations Darby Wix, the company added a highly qualified expert who is dedicated solely to all aspects of safety," he added. As the company's safety and security executive officer, Dr. Steven McNeely is responsible for AirMed personnel and flight safety processes, policies, procedures, and Safety Management System and Emergency Response Plan in addition to aircraft and facility security.

"Every day the entire AirMed team demonstrates loyalty, integrity, and empathy as a family, while upholding our enviable reputation as an industry leader," said AirMed president Denise Treadwell. "Our core values of trust, ownership, passion, individual relationships and compassion are displayed daily and are evident in the feedback from those we touch."