Med Flight Air Ambulance

06/01/2020

***New faces of Med Flight***

Please welcome Registered Nurse Roxanne Christian.

Roxanne has been a nurse for over 6 years. Roxanne’s previous experience includes: Trauma, Surgical, Cardio Thoracic, Burn ICU at the University of New Mexico. Roxanne took over the Burn program in TSI from 2015-2019. She has a TRIPLE National Certification wounds, ostomies, and continence (CWOCN). (Currently in the Nation there is less than 5,000 CWOCNs in the US and very few in NM). Roxanne recently left TSI and Burn program to finish her MSN - Family Nurse Practitioner degree from the University of New Mexico. Roxanne graduated two weeks ago with her MSN-FNP and is currently studying for her FNP boards. Roxanne is currently working PRN in an outpatient setting in Los Alamos, training to become a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) with Albuquerque SANE, AND now working PRN with Med Flight!!!

Prior to becoming a nurse Roxanne was a phlebotomist and worked for the Air Force as a civilian. She has two bachelor degrees in English (Comparative Literature) and Psychology.

Welcome Roxanne!! We are VERY excited for you to join the Med Flight team!!!

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05/27/2020

**New Faces of Med Flight**

Please welcome Registered Nurse Emily Burns!! Emily has been a nurse from over 5 years and was born in Wisconsin. Prior to joining Med Flight, Emily was a traveling nurse and has worked in various areas such as, PICU and ECMO.

Recently, Emily made the decision to extend her knowledge and transition to work with the adult population. She is currently working in the Trauma Surgical Burn Cardiothoracic ICU unit at University of New Mexico. She is also working PRN with UNMH’s ECMO team and now Med Flight. We are VERY lucky and excited to have her join our team!!

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05/24/2020

EMS week SHOUTOUT to Critical Care Paramedic Danny Chavez!!!

Danny has been with Med Flight for 1.5 years but also has an impressive resume and work history. Danny is also Flight Medic with the National Guard for past 11 years. He also had a tour in Afghanistan and flew about 120 medevac missions. He is currently an EMS instructor at CNM. Danny also previously worked as a Paramedic with Espanola Ambulance.
Danny is retired from the Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office after serving for 20 years as a Deputy Sheriff.

Thank you Danny for your dedication to the community, your service as a retired police officer, your dedication to the National Guard and to Med Flight Air Ambulance.

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05/23/2020

EMS week SHOUTOUT to Critical Care Paramedic Kyle Miller!!!

Kyle has been a Paramedic for 15+ years and has worked with Med Flight for a year. Kyle’s impressive resume includes: being a Ski Patrol Paramedic for 15+ years, and during ski season he continues to work as a Ski Patrol Paramedic at Taos Ski valley. Kyle is also a Search and Rescue Paramedic and a Wild Land (wildfires) Paramedic.

As a Critical Care transport paramedic, Kyle has previously worked for Summit County Ambulance (Summit County Colorado), St Vincent Hospital, and EMS Lake County Colorado.

Thank you Kyle for your dedication to the community and to Med Flight and for being a mentor to Med Flight staff.

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05/22/2020

EMS week SHOUTOUT to Critical Care Paramedic Alex McCash!!!

Alex has been a Paramedic for 8 years. Alex has previously worked for Albuquerque Ambulance and Rust Emergency Room. Alex is currently working at UNMH for the Rapid Response Team and has been a Flight Paramedic with Med Flight for 5 years.

Thank you Alex for your dedication to the community and to Med Flight Air Ambulance.

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05/21/2020

EMS week SHOUTOUT to Critical Care Paramedic Keith Clark.

Keith has been a Paramedic for a total of 27 years. Keith’s impressive and previous experience includes: Fire Marshal for Bernalillo County, Keith is also currently a Paramedic in Española where he has worked for the past 26 years!!! Keith also has prior flight experience with UNMH Lifeguard, Presbyterian Air Ambulance and has been with Med Flight for 6 years.

Thank you Keith for your dedication to the community, and to Med Flight and for being a mentor to Med Flight staff.

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05/20/2020

EMS WEEK SHOUTOUT to Critical Care Paramedic Mike Mendez!!!

Mike been a Paramedic since 2003. Mike started his career with Superior Ambulance, went on to work at Jemez Pueblo then Living Cross. Mike has worked at UNMH in the ER and worked there for 10 years before moving to Rapid Response for the last 4 years. Mike also works at Med Flight Air Ambulance.

Thank you Mike for all you have done for the community, UNMH and Med Flight Air Ambulance.

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05/17/2020

The best way to social distance!!!

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04/08/2020

One of our very own flight nurses @xochith1 testing out our ISO-CHAMBER. We still have to find the fun and humor during these very stressful times 🤣🤣😷😷🤣🤣.

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#blueskiesandtailwinds @ Med Flight Air Ambulance

04/07/2020

Med Flight now has its very own ISO-CHAMBER to safely transport positive COVID-19 patients. During this time of uncertainty we have acquired ISO-CHAMBERS to protect the air medical crews, ground crews and receiving facilities from COVID-19.

Med Flight is happy to be helping our communities transport positive COVID-19 patients to definitive care in the SAFEST way possible.

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@ Med Flight Air Ambulance

03/25/2020

Not our picture but shared from Paramedics on Facebook. Still a cool picture of what our crews also do everyday.

#Repost @alexfreyler
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03/20/2020

We are all living in a time of great uncertainty.

Heroes are made by the paths they choose. We chose to help even in the face of a Global Pandemic. 🏥👩‍⚕️🥼👨‍⚕️We know that our workers past and present are proud to do what we do. We wish you all the best and thank you for what you do.

Tag friends who are heroes, let’s all support each other during this time.

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03/13/2020

The impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak continues to evolve rapidly. Med Flight Air Ambulance is concerned for the safety of our customers and employees and it will always be our top priority. In light of recent events surrounding COVID-19 we have implemented elevated disinfectant and safety standards for our operations.

The nature of this outbreak requires us to be flexible in how we respond, provide service and protect our customers and employees.

Here are some of the ways our owners, management team and crews are taking action: our teams are in daily contact with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the World Health Organization (WHO), state and federal agencies to share the most up-to-the-minute information. As a flight company, we are following this VERY closely.

Med Flight’s Medical Management team and crews are continuously cleaning, disinfecting devices and recently started utilizing UV disinfectant lights after our flights. We are enhancing STRICT sterilization procedures after every mission.

Should you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to our 24 hours dispatch office at 1-800-842-4431.

Med Flight Air Ambulance Management Team

03/07/2020

Our amazing flight team with our amazing Medical Director Dr Hodnick.
PC: @xochith1

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02/21/2020

Today Med Flight ABQ was proud to have a booth at Presbyterian Current Concepts. It was wonderful to run into old and new friends. But it’s always awesome to get a picture of the two most amazing flight nurses / Nurse Practitioners you will ever meet.

Kori - Med Flight ABQ Chief Flight Nurse and PHI’s 51 Flight Nurse My Ha.

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02/18/2020

Thank you to all of you!!! Med Flight ABQ has been transporting critically ill patients since 1979.

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02/11/2020

One of MFAA #International flights this week. ABQ ➡️Mexico ➡️ San Diego ➡️Sacramento ➡️ABQ

PC: @xochith1 @sparklingducklying

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01/27/2020

When your work family is FAMILY!!!

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01/24/2020

#FeatureFriday

****EMPLOYEE HIGHLIGHT****

MFAA is proud to feature Flight Nurse Neil Riley. Neil has been a nurse for 7.5 years and joined the MFAA team in 2018. Prior to joining MFAA Neil worked as an EMT / Firefighter and Field Deputy Medical Investigator with OMI and most recently with NM Donor Services. Neil currently is an instructor and teaches BLS, ACLS, and PALS. In addition to his employment with MFAA Neil works in the Trauma Surgical Burn Cardiothoracic ICU at University of New Mexico. Neil also works at Lovelace in their ICU and also works in NICU with the tiny humans. Neil’s VERY WELL rounded, VERY diverse experience makes him an asset to the MFAA team. Neil is on various specialty teams, such as: NICU, PICU, Impella, ECMO and IABP transport team(s).

Neil’s favorite thing about being is a flight nurse is, “the crew, getting to work with other Critical Care junkies that are impressively smart, talented and funny”.

Neil is an inspiration to his fellow nurses and crew members, he sets standards for new nurses to guide their careers by and is a role model to ALL nurses. Neil is always welcoming, encouraging, inspirational and an “overall funny dude” to be around who always makes people laugh.

Thank you Neil for your commitment to MFAA and the community and #shoutout to Neil when you see him for being an AMAZING dedicated and inspirational asset to the MFAA team!!!!
Neil Riley
@neilpriley
@xochith1

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01/24/2020

Always awesome to see News articles featuring one of our MFAA crew members training EMT student - - Jonathan Bueschel, CNM instructor, Rio Rancho Fire Rescue Captain and MFAA employee!!!

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https://www.abqjournal.com/1386259/rr-facility-offers-real-world-emt-training.html

01/18/2020

https://www.facebook.com/100000114903579/posts/3897357000278092/?d=n

01/14/2020

Every little patient deserves a flight buddy!!! ✈️ 👶 🚑 🏥

Neil Riley

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01/10/2020

These office / work views never get old 😍☀️🌍❄️🚑✈️🛬

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01/10/2020

It’s Law Enforcement Appreciation Day. Thank you so much for keeping our communities safe all year long.

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#thankyou

12/25/2019

This morning MFAA picked up a really awesome IABP patient (who wanted to be in the pictures) and transported on a sleigh to Salt Lake with a few reindeers:

Blitzen (@neilpriley RN),
Donner (Kyle Paramedic),
Cupid (Sara RN), and the leader of the Reindeers Rudolph (@xochith1 RN).

With pilots Hans / Brian acting as 🎅 Santa.

All of us here at Med Flight ABQ wish you a Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah and Happy Holidays to all of you. 🎄🎄✈️✈️🎄🎄

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12/22/2019

#crewphotos

No captions needed!!!
@xochith1

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12/21/2019

Never underestimate the power of the mid mission snack!!! Our crews were busy yesterday with multiple flights. On busy days flight snacks are life🤣🤣!!!! #flightsnackbar
@xochith1
@neilpriley
@aaustad09

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Thank you Xochith, Neil and Annie for the pictures.

12/14/2019

#International

* This week MFAA successfully transported a patient from Nicaragua to California. (Plus, some Customs 🛃 stops in between).

*ABQ-BRO-MNMG then MNMG-LRD-CCR and finally CA.

Thank you to Morgan for these pictures from the Nicaragua transport this week. Great #teamwork to the medical crew, pilots, dispatchers, and management.

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