Produced for the Air Medical Operators Association, this 8‑minute presentation explains the essentials of establishing a safe helicopter Landing Zone for patient pickup. 

The video offers practical guidance for law enforcement, firefighters, and other emergency personnel who may be called to assist, covering key safety considerations, communication protocols, and proven best practices. Its goal is to ensure smooth coordination between ground crews and flight teams, helping patient transport operations run safely and efficiently.

Thank you, AMOA!

A joint project by all members of the Nebraska Association of Air Medical Services (NEAAMS), please share this 2-minute video with your teams and your referring facilities. Aircraft shopping refers to the practice of calling, in sequence, various air medical resources until a provider agrees to a flight with the requesting agency providing information that the flight had been turned down by other operators, especially for weather.

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AAMS Safety Day Handbook  
A document designed to help educate transport programs about the planning, financing and implementation of a safety education day. Safety Days are likely to be a significant part of your program’s Safety Management System (SMS).

Air Medical Accident/Incident Preparation, Response and Recovery: Lessons from Crash Survivors
This document features insights of the Survivors Network, survivors of helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) accidents. This resource document aids in industry risk mitigation, accident/incident preparedness, response, and long-term individual and program recovery. While there is no doubt there is great work being done in the air medical industry around the world and there have been significant strides in risk mitigation, incidents and accidents continue to occur. To date there have been 358 crewmembers killed in air medical accidents, but there are over 600 survivors of accidents in HEMS alone since the early 1970s. This document will assist HEMS programs to incorporate survivors into their current Post Accident Incident Plan (PAIP).