Med Flight Air Ambulance

01/18/2020

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

01/14/2020

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

Neil Riley

#medflightabq
#criticalcare
#nicu #picu
#freshairisthebestmedicine
#airambulance #airmedicine
#nurseofinstagram #emergencynurse #rn
#criticalcare #medicallife
#newyearnewme #savinglives
#proudnurse #aacnabqchapter

01/10/2020

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

#medflightabq
#criticalcare
#nicu #picu
#freshairisthebestmedicine
#airambulance #airmedicine
#nurseofinstagram #emergencynurse #rn
#criticalcare #medicallife
#newyearnewme #savinglives
#proudnurse #aacnabqchapter

01/10/2020

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

#lawenforcementappreciationday
#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. 🎄🎄✈️✈️🎄🎄

#medflightabq
#balloonpump
#IABP
#criticalcare
#flightnurses
#flightparamedic
#flightnurselife
#airambulance
#airmedicine
#freshairisthebestmedicine

12/22/2019

#crewphotos

No captions needed!!!
@xochith1

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#flightnurselife
#flightnurse
#airambulance
#paramedic

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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#flightnurse
#flightparamedic
#crewphotos
#airambulance
#airmedicine
#flight

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.

#medflightabq
#airambulance
#flightnurse
#flightparamedic
#medicineintheair
#internationaltransport

12/12/2019

#transportthursday
#tbt
#tbthursday

Our crew busy a few months ago transporting a patient with: **ECMO circuit, Impella, vent, multiple gtts.

(Hiding in the back - UNMH ECMO team boss woman Jamie S. and UNMH’s Dr J Marinaro. MFAA Flight Paramedic Alex M, Flight Nurses: Xochith Ibarra and Sara D.). Fully loaded and super packed plane!!

#houstonhermanmemorial
#UNMHTSI
#flightnurse
#flightparamedic
#medflightabq
#ECMO
#Impella
#teamwork

12/11/2019

Our dispatchers are busy!!! Busy morning and it’s not even 0800.

** We have a crew out in Nicaragua since last night.
** Another crew out to Salt Lake
** Another crew out to Mississippi.

#flightcrewlife
#flightnurse
#flightparamedic
#medflightabq
#dispatchersworkinghard
#awesomepilots

12/11/2019

Here we go on Nicaragua adventure!

12/11/2019

Jobs fill your pockets, but adventures fill your soul. We get both. 😀😃

**Mt. Rainier
**Thunderstorm at 40000 ft
**Then Alaska
**Pic of 2 glaciers

#Traveltuesdays
#medflightabq
#airambulance
#crewphotos

Thank you Amy Tixier
for these amazing pictures.

12/08/2019

Med Flight Air Ambulance

12/07/2019

#SpecialtySaturday
#NICUteam
#specialty
#nicu
#nicubaby

MFAA has our very own designated specialty team to take care of our most precious tiny humans. We have designated NICU RN’s, RT’s and Nurse Practitioners who take care of these tiny humans during these flights.

Sometimes the littlest things take up the most room in your heart.
- Winnie the Pooh

#littlepreciousone
#medflightabq
#airmedicine

Jazmine Valencia
Amy Tixier
Neil Riley

12/06/2019

#FeatureFriday

*** EMPLOYEE HIGHLIGHT ***

MFAA's #FeatureFriday is Charlie Alvarenga. Charlie has been a Paramedic since 2010 and has been with MFAA since 2014.

Charlie currently teaches classes for: FP-C (Certified Flight Paramedic), other critical care courses for Fire Departments, and various classes for EMS agencies and conferences. Before joining MFAA Charlie worked as a rural and urban Paramedic in Southern NM and parts of Oregon. Charlie has also been involved in both flight and ground critical care. Charlie is one of the staff members who teaches several courses at MFAA.

Charlie currently holds various certifications, such as: FP-C, CCP-C OGAF, and BS-EMS. Charlie's quote is, "treat very patient like family". MFAA Flight Nurse Xochith Ibarra describes Charlie as, "ridiculously smart!! Charlie can break things down to a cellular level. Charlie is a great teacher and an amazing partner. I love working with Charlie".

Charlie's dedication to MFAA, willingness to give back to the community has made him a great asset to MFAA. Thank you Charlie for your commitment to MFAA and for being a dedicated asset to the MFAA team.

#employeehightlight
#featurefriday
#medflightairabq
#awesomeparamedic
#inspiringstaff
#airmedicine
#paramedics

12/04/2019

Collaborative training with the University of New Mexico ECMO team. The first team in the nation to cannulate an ECMO patient in the field with ABQ Fire Dept. MFAA is specialized to transport Impellas, IABP and patients on ECMO. Joint training with University of New Mexico’s Lifeguard team to see how they run their transports, procedures and protocols on their specialized flights.

Always training. Loading / unloading training is important especially with highly skilled, highly specialized transports with: vents, Impellas, multiple gtts and on ECMO. MFAA is very thankful for the training today from UNMH’s ECMO team and UNMH’s Lifeguard Team.

#ECMO
#UNMHECMO
#UNMHLifeguard
#medflightabq
#jointtraining
#impella
#respiratorytherpist

@ Atlantic Aviation

12/03/2019

Our crews love to teach. Pictured here is our MFAA crew RT’s Jose and Amy with RT students.

And yes, those are THE ACTUAL Thunderbirds. Amy said those were spotted on THE day of the Super Bowl on the way to the BIG game!!!

#teachingtuesday
#traveltuesdays
#crewphotos
#medflightabq
#respiratorytherapist

Pictures submitted MFAA crew member by Amy T. We love #crewphotos
@ Atlantic Aviation

12/02/2019

#medflightabq is
#MedevacAlaskaStrong

Our thoughts and prayers are with the family, friends, coworkers and company during this difficult time.

#medevacalaskastrong
#neverforget

12/02/2019

Medevac Alaska

😢😢

As many of you know Medevac Alaska has suffered a tragedy we appreciate the outpouring of support for our crews and family.

We are still focused on taking care of the Medevac Family and getting our team home.

For all current and former employees there will be a meeting at the base today at 1400 hours grief counseling will be available.

After which our crews have asked us to go back to work because they feel that is the best way to honor our team mates. With that being said the resumption of ground operations will begin at some point soon. Flight operations remain suspend.

We ask that if you interact with our crews in the next couple of days that you understand that as health care providers they get meaning from taking care of people which is why they want to be out there, and secondly that they are still hurting. We are a small company there is not huge divide between the teams, air and ground they are very close to one another.

In Memory Of Team One we will go on.

12/02/2019

Med Flight Air Ambulance

11/29/2019

#FeatureFriday

****EMPLOYEE HIGHLIGHT****

First VERY well deserving #FeatureFriday of MFAA is Xochith Ibarra. Xochith has been a member of MFAA since 2012 (her 8 year anniversary with MFAA is now in January 2020). Xochith has a Bachelors Degree from the University of New Mexico and is currently pursuing her Masters of Science in Nursing. Prior to joining MFAA Xochith worked in the Emergency Department at Presbyterian Hospital. Xochith currently works in the MICU (Medical ICU) at UNMH. Xochith has been involved in the training and recruitment of MFAA staff. Xochith has been consistently nominated numerous times for: NM Excellence Nursing awards, Employee of the month, and various other Critical Care awards. Xochith has been instrumental in training and transitioning flight nurses from bedside hospital critical care to flight critical care and is on the specialty transport team for critically ill patients with IABP’s, Impella’s and/or ECMO.

Xochith has been a nurse since 2010. She is currently approaching her LAST semester of her Family Nurse Practitioner /Masters program at the University of New Mexico and will graduate May 2020! Xochith would really would like to work in the south valley, “because those are my people. I want to be able to give back to my community that has shaped me, puro south valley”.

Xochith’s caring personality, work ethic, contagious laugh, HUGE caring heart, dedication to MFAA, willingness to give back to the community and attention to detail have made her an valuable asset to MFAA. Xochith upholds the highest standards that inspires while strengthening the training and recruitment of qualified staff. Despite her busy schedule she is ALWAYS willing to pick up flights on her day off. Thank you Xochith for your commitment to MFAA and #shoutout to Xochith when you see her for being an AMAZING, dedicated, knowledgeable and inspirational asset to the MFAA team!!!

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#medflightair
#unmh
#nurseswhoinspire
#nurseleader
#rolemodels
#aacn
#medflightabq
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#MFAA

@xochith1 @ Med Flight Air Ambulance

11/28/2019

Last night MFAA approach to ABQ as the snowstorm was moving in!! Best pilots!!

#awesomepilots
#safety
#medflightabq
#airambulance
#crewvideo

Thank you Xochith for the video from last nights landing.

11/28/2019

On this VERY snowy ABQ morning the crew of Med Flight Air Ambulance wishes everyone a Happy Thanksgiving. Hope everyone enjoys their day with friends, family and some of you even co-workers.

#thankfulthursdays
#crewphoto
#thankfulgrateful #medflightabq #airambulance

Thank you to Patrick C. for this BEAUTIFUL crew photo taken before the storm that needs #nofilter

11/27/2019

#crewphotos #lookatallthosedrips
#balloonpumptransport
#highacuitycare
#criticalcare
#itswhatwedo #airambulance
#medflightabq
#flightnursesrule
#flightmedicsrule #MFAA

Thank you Morgan H. for the #crewphotos

@ Med Flight Air Ambulance

11/26/2019

Morning Shift Salute: Med Flight Air Ambulance

https://amp.kob.com/articles/morning-shift-salute-med-flight-air-ambulance-5244712.html

#morningshiftsalute
#stevestucker
#medflightabq

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - In this week's Morning Shift Salute, Steve visited a group that's taken helping people to new heights.

11/26/2019

#airambulance
#savinglives
#medflightabq
#criticalcare
#international
#puertovallarta
#beautifuldaytofly
#airmedicine
#internationalmedicine

@ Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco

11/25/2019

Follow us on Instagram!!!

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It’s a new Instragram!!! Getting it up and running.

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#criticalcare
#nicutransports
#picutransports
#flightcrew

11/25/2019

Timeline Photos

11/25/2019

Med Flight Air Ambulance's cover photo

11/16/2019

This week MFAA Specialty Teams transported a NICU patient from Houston to Boston. This little patient was successfully transported on 9 drips, a ventilator and eventually the 10th gtt had to be added during flight.
- Great job!! Neil R, Alben M and Mike M!!

The adult team was busy with another high acuity patient who was also intubated, ALSO on 9 drips, a ventilator AND an IABP!!!
- Great job Xochith, Morgan and Mike!!

Amazing work from the MFAA Specialty teams!!!!

05/07/2019

Pass the FP-C, CCP-C and CFRN Exams

IA MED is coming to Denver!!!

IA MED's exclusive 4-Day In-Person Flight Medical Provider course coming to Denver, CO on November 14th 2019.

04/04/2019

IA MED

**CLASS STARTS NEXT WEEK**

IA MED is coming to Albuquerque, NM in partnership with Med Flight Air Ambulance with their all-new redesigned Critical Care Prep course.

https://training.iamed.us/courses/flight-paramedic-prep-fp-c
To become a critical care transport provider, flight paramedic or flight nurse, you have to be the best. Since 2011, IA MED has been teaching students critical care and helping them launch careers as flight paramedics, both critical care paramedics and nurses, and certified flight nurses throughout the nation.
This course prepares students to pass the Flight Paramedic Certification (FP-C®), Critical Care Paramedic Certification (CCP-C®) or the Certified Flight Registered Nurse (CFRN®) exams and thrive in either a critical care ground or an air medical career.
The course will also provide students who may be looking to gain a better understanding of critical care and emergency medicine while satisfying their State or National CEH refresher requirements.
This course is the industry-standard for introducing students to critical care transport and medicine and is the longest, most comprehensive FP-C®, CCP-C®, CFRN® course available. The program was designed to present complex medical concepts to paramedics and nurses, regardless of skill or experience.
Purpose: This course is intended for paramedics and nurses that aspire to:
• Pass the FP-C®, CCP-C®, CFRN® Exams
• Perform critical care transport for ground or air medical critical care providers
• Learn the core concepts of critical care and emergency medicine
• Advance their clinical competency
• Improve their pathophysiological knowledge
• Understand the “why” behind complex medical concepts and how to apply them to your patient care
• Earn 45 CEHs of accredited Continuing Education accredited by both CAPCE and the California Board of Registered Nurses
• Satisfy your IBSC or BCEN FP-C®, CCP-C®, CFRN® refresher requirements
• Satisfy their State or National Paramedic or Nurse recertifications

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• IA MED's All-New Industry-leading study guide
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• All-New Daily Quizzes by topic (18 quizzes)
• All-New Comprehensive Post Test (135 Questions)
• Instructor / Student Portal for instant feedback and questions
• Add the online course (coming Feb 2019) and get 12 months of access for just $50 more

They do offer deep discounts for agencies looking to send a group of individuals.

We have payment plans available and offer special discounts for current FP-C®, CCP-C®, TP-C®, CFRN® Active Members and Military Veterans.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the IA MED Support team at [email protected] or (844)464-2633.

IA MED online learning classes

02/26/2019

IA MED

Attending the upcoming Critical Care Transport Medical Conference in Albuquerque, NM?

Stick around for the industry's leading FP-C®, CCP-C®, CFRN® Exam prep and Refresher course in partnership with Med Flight Air Ambulance!

• Pass the FP-C®, CCP-C®, CFRN® Exams
• Perform critical care transport for ground or air medical critical care providers
• Learn the core concepts of critical care and emergency medicine
• Advance their clinical competency
• Improve your pathophysiological knowledge
• Understand the “why” behind complex medical concepts and how to apply them to your patient care
• Earn 45 CEHs of accredited Continuing Education accredited by both CAPCE and the California Board of Registered Nurses
• Satisfy your IBSC or BCEN FP-C®, CCP-C®, CFRN® refresher requirements
• Satisfy your State or National Paramedic or Nurse recertifications

https://training.iamed.us/courses/flight-paramedic-prep-fp-c

12/22/2018

​🎁 Happy Holidays From Jon and Chris At IA MED!

IA Med is coming to Albuquerque!! Register before Christmas and SAVE $100!!

As a token of our appreciation we're taking $100 off all our Critical Care Training courses through December 26th! Just use the promo code: XMAS-100

12/16/2018

IA MED

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