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AMR Activates National Command Center and Deploys Emergency Response Teams for Hurricane Florence

- (9/12/2018)

AMR, its sister companies at AMGH and network providers are deploying crews and medical transportation ground and air assets to assist affected communities.

Airbus Signs Orders for Six EMS Helicopters

- (12/13/2018)

REACH Air Medical Services will add three H125s and two H130s to its current fleet. 

AMR and REACH Air Medical Services Help with Emergency County Ambulance Transition

- (3/1/2019)

American Medical Response (AMR) and REACH Air Medical Services announced today that the companies have successfully helped transition emergency ambulance services.

New Medevac Chopper Blessed

- (4/3/2019)

The ceremony was for REACH Air Medical Services and its helicopter, which began its official medevac work as new subcontractors for American Medical Response last week.

Global Medical Response Announces Organizational Change

- (4/25/2019)

Company aligns air, ground, membership and fire operations.

California Dispatcher Honored by IAED

- (4/26/2019)

Dispatcher of the Year Award recognizes Katerine McNulty for service during 2017 wildfires.

CAMTS Awards Full Accreditation to Air Evac Lifeteam

- (7/18/2019)

Seth Myers, president of Air Evac Lifeteam, said Air Evac was first accredited by CAMTS in 2008, and has earned continuous reaccreditation ever since.

New Study Shows Americans Believe Air Ambulance Services Are a Critical Healthcare Service

- (7/29/2019)

The results of a new national survey of 1,240 American adults, revealing almost 90% consider air ambulances a critical service in healthcare, with 95% agreeing that these services help save lives.

Air Evac Lifeteam

- (8/9/2019)

Seth Myers, President of Air Evac Lifeteam, discusses air ambulance services.

Hometown Tours - Air Evac 1

- (8/23/2019)

Learn more about the lifesaving transportation provided by Air Evac Lifeteam Base 116.

Global Medical Response Announces Chief Human Resources Officer

- (10/7/2019)

Lisa Jacoba joins GMR's senior leadership team as company plans to integrate air and ground operations during 2020.

Deaconess Health and AMR First in Nation to Integrate EMR and Comprehensive Transport Solutions

- (2/20/2020)

GMR Develops Medical Transport Ordering App to Interface with Industry-Leading EHR

- (2/26/2020)

Innovative Technology and Skilled Compassionate Personnel Deliver Access to Care in a Crisis

- (5/18/2020)

Global Medical Response deployed a transportation management platform to handle COVID patients in America’s hardest hit areas. 6,000 online medical transport requests for New York in 30 days.

Sierra Lifeflight Employee Receives Award of Excellence from the Association of Air Medical Services

- (9/14/2020)

Lisa Davis, Clinical Base Manager for Sierra Lifeflight, has been recognized with the Association of Air Medical Services 2020 Fixed Wing Award of Excellence.

Air Evac Lifeteam Completes Move to Natchitoches

- (11/17/2020)

Air Evac Lifeteam has a new home at the Natchitoches Regional Airport.

New Signs Signify Positive Change in West Plains

- (12/14/2020)

Air Medical Group Holdings’ sign is replaced with Global Medical Response.

Med-Trans Corporation Announces In-Network Agreement With Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama

- (4/1/2021)

BCBS members in Alabama will not receive balance bills when transported by Med-Trans

Insurance Agency Purchases Air Evac Lifeteam Membership for School Athletes

- (4/29/2021)

AirMedCare Network provides financial peace of mind for patients and their families.

Air Evac Lifeteam Celebrates 20 Years of Service to the Texas Hill Country

- (4/29/2021)

Marble Falls crews thank partners in care with barbecue celebrations in four communities.

Flight Nurse for Air Evac Lifeteam Honored During NTT INDYCAR GMR Grand Prix Race

- (5/21/2021)

In honor of EMS Week, GMR, along with NTT INDYCAR and Indianapolis Motor Speedway, invited Air Evac Lifeteam Flight Nurse, Carmen Hicks, to participate in special race day events.

Air Evac Lifeteam Pilot Celebrates Career Milestone

- (7/27/2021)

Bradley Childress has flown more than 2,000 patients

Arizona Governor Ducey Orders Flags At Half-Staff To Honor EMT Jacob Dindinger

- (7/30/2021)

Governor Doug Ducey today ordered flags at all state buildings be lowered to half-staff from sunrise to sunset tomorrow, July 31, 2021, to honor Tucson Emergency Medical Technician Jacob Dindinger, who last night died from his injuries from a shooting earlier this month as he was responding to a house fire.

Flags to Half-staff Friday to Honor Officer Blaize Madrid-Evans

- (9/24/2021)

Gov. Mike Parson has ordered flags in Jackson County to half-staff on Friday in honor of Independence police officer Blaize Madrid-Evans, who was killed last week in the line of duty.

Stars of Life

Every year, GMR honors EMS professionals who demonstrate the next level of patient care. Take a look at GMR's previous Stars of Life honorees.

Anna Blair

Navy Veteran Anna Blair was inspired to join the Navy by her grandmother, who served in the U.S. Navy Nurse Corps during WWII.

Duane Kuhlow

Duane is a dedicated caregiver and started his EMS career back when AMR was Hartson in 1989.

Erin Johansen

Air Force and National Guard Veteran Erin Johansen's passion for aviation stems from her upbringing around aircrafts.

Jeremey Shumaker

After serving in the Army and Army Reserves, Jeremey is able to serve his hometown with AMR.

Kenneth Denk

Kenneth credits the military for preparing him for his role at GMR.

Mark Campbell

The belief in service to one’s country runs deeply in Mark Campbell’s family.

Peter Broda

Broda's experience in the Coast Guard prepared him for leadership in aviation.

Robert Galvin

Air Evac Lifeteam's Robert Galvin used his experice in the Army to prepare him for COVID-19 deployment in New York City.

Robert Keen

Air Force Veteran Robert Keen credits the military for his strong work ethic and discipline needed for success.

Ronnie Fleming

Ronnie Fleming continues serving on the home front after 26 years flying in the U.S. Navy.

Scott Kerchner

After 26 years in the U.S. Marine Corps, Scott Kerchner calls REACH home.

Tiffiny Mallett-Daniel

Whether active duty in the military or a veteran, Mallett-Daniel has always focused on one thing – making a difference.

Tim Jenkins

Tim knew transitioning from military to civilian life might be challenging, but he was able to rise to the occasion.

News

Find out what people are saying about GMR in the news and what the company itself has curated for immediate media release.

Membership

Be protected when you join GMR's air and ground membership networks. Unparalleled medical care and bedside-to-bedside transportation available.

Air Medical Transportation FAQs

Healthcare Innovation

Build innovative healthcare solutions for your operation with Global Medical Response’s latest developments, including 911 Nurse Navigation, Transport.net and RapidCall.

Mobile Healthcare

Global Medical Response is dedicated to offering the best in mobile healthcare, getting our patients to the next level of care via medical transportation with ease.

Past Emergency Responses

Know where GMR responded on a large-scale. Past emergency activations include hurricanes, wildfires, mass shootings and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Air Evac Lifeteam

Air Evac Lifeteam is the nation's leading provider of helicopter air ambulance services.

REACH Air Medical Services

REACH Air Medical Services provides critical care air and ground transport service to communities throughout California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon and Wyoming. 

Patient Resources

Lindsey Duff

AMR Air Ambulance Englewood, Colorado Lindsey has gone above and beyond her expected duties by volunteering for missions during her off-time. Some of these missions take her a<b>wa</b>y from home for multiple days or weeks at a time. One of the missions Lindsey volunteered to complete <b>wa</b>s a very complex bariatric transport to the Middle East. No other c...

Randy Nichols

American Medical Response LaGrange, Georgia Randy has been a member of AMR in LaGrange, Georgia, for four years. He started as an EMT but quickly progressed to paramedic. He has also taken on additional duties including FTO/Shift Supervisor, Disaster Response Team member, Director of Education and part-time fleet mechanic@all while making sure th...

Air Evac Lifeteam Flight Paramedic Celebrates Career Milestone 2

- (11/30/2021)

AELs Tom Allen has flown more than 250 patients.

AMR Awards Electric Ambulance Order to REV Group Company

- (12/1/2021)

The company ordered 5 state-of-the-art electric vehicles with the option to purchase 25 more.

Design System

Stefanie Everts

As part of a flight team on a H135 air ambulance helicopter, Everts draws from her military experience in her successful and vital civilian career.

Kyle Pitcock

From U.S. Air Force to AMR, Pitcock used his military experience to serve others in critical need.

Washington County Flight Nurse Honored

- (3/29/2022)

Eric Selby has flown for Air Evac Lifeteam for seven years.

Flight Nurse Recognized in First Responder in Quarter Program

- (4/26/2022)

Air Evac Lifeteam flight nurse Keva Wright was honored for her selfless acts and being willing to help in any way she can regardless of the situation.

Guardian Flight Alaska Launches Innovative Online Ordering Solution for Air Medical Transports

- (9/19/2022)

Healthcare providers at select facilities can now request air medical transports with the click of a button.

REACH in Imperial County Now Carrying Blood on Every Flight

- (10/27/2022)

The air medical provider partners with Imperial County hospital system in California to provide blood to trauma patients.

Request a Medical Aircraft by the Touch of a Button; Guardian Flight Launches Innovative New Service in Alaska

- (11/2/2022)

The RapidCall Voice Activation Button allows healthcare providers to initiate flight requests with the touch of a button.

Air Evac Lifeteam Pilot Honored as Pilot of the Year by National EMS Pilots Association

- (11/8/2022)

Pilot Richard Wyckoff, based out of Licking County, Ohio, was nominated for the award by his coworkers for his dedication and spirit of excellence in his service.

Jason Talbott

From being sworn in the Air Force on 9/11 to serving as an AMR Supervisor in St. Louis, Missouri, learn how Jason Talbot’s military experience helped pave the way for an enduring career in EMS.

Pilot Identified in December Life Flight Plane Crash Off Maui

- (1/5/2023)

The pilot was among the crew of the air ambulance that went down on Dec. 15, 2022.

Guardian Flight Alaska Adds Heated, Humidified Oxygen Capabilities to All Aircraft

- (1/18/2023)

The new high-flow oxygen capabilities will greatly benefit patients with respiratory illnesses, critical during the busy flu season and beyond.

Effingham County Chamber Welcomes New Member, Air Evac Lifeteam

- (2/16/2023)

The Air Evac Lifeteam base in the Illinois county was welcomed by the chamber with a special plaque honoring their induction.

AeroCare Medical Director Celebrates 30-Year Work Anniversary 

- (3/31/2023)

Dr. Craig Rhyne is celebrating three decades of service with the Texas and New Mexico based provider.

Air Medical Providers File Lawsuit Against Cigna Health and Life Insurance Company

- (4/17/2023)

Cigna violated federal law by failing to pay awards issued under Federal No Surprises Act.

Air Evac Lifeteam Hosts AEL Access Challenge During Employee Appreciation Weekend

- (10/19/2023)

The Access Challenge is aimed at creating an environment that fosters team bonding while simultaneously assessing continuing education needs for AEL crews.

AEL Celebrates 25 Years of Service in Jackson, Tennessee

- (10/26/2023)

Air Evac Lifeteam started in 1985 and this was the seventh aircraft in the company and the first one in Tennessee.

AirMed International Celebrates Two Decades of Service

- (11/1/2023)

Headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, AirMed International was founded in 2003 by Jeffrey Tolbert, who understood the need for international air ambulance services.

Patient Thanks First Responders for Saving His Life

- (11/1/2023)

Josh Fowler of Lubbock, Texas believes he's alive today because of the medical care he received by AeroCare.

Harnessing Innovation for Patient-Oriented Medical Interiors

- (2/29/2024)

GMR leaders, Josh Brannon, vice president of aircraft maintenance and Dr. Edward Racht, chief medical officer, share requirements when reconfiguring an aircraft for medical use.

Donnie Wharton

A military Veteran reflects how the U.S. Armed Forces provided him with the skills and knowledge he uses today to grow innovative solutions at one of the leading emergent care services in the nation.

Rob Spencer

When the time to provide care at a moment@s notice came on a day in April 2022, Rob Spencer sprang into action. The call involved a young child, who had been riding on a mower when he <b>wa</b>s run over by the very vehicle he had been riding. Rob arrived to find this child still under the mower with horrific injuries. The injuries were so severe that Rob...

Kelly Hamill

Kelly Hamill is being praised for her unique ability to pivot the focus of her care and successfully utilize her training on a new life-saving technology for infants. This ability <b>wa</b>s demonstrated on a day when she and her partner were dispatched to a rural hospital for what they thought <b>wa</b>s a call for a mobile EMS response for an adult-female tra...

Ian Carroll

Ian Carroll is being celebrated for his bravery and skill in two separate situations @ one involving a patient whose vehicle went off into a river and another, involving a patient injured in a mining truck accident.@ The first incident happened when Ian <b>wa</b>s off duty, sitting in his car at an intersection. That@s when he saw another vehicle run thr...

Danny Workman

When Category 5 Hurricane Ian hit the Atlantic coast, Danny Workman <b>wa</b>s one of the first to volunteer for deployment as part of a four-person neonatal team. Previously deployed three times, Danny knew what a valuable service this team would provide. The neonatal teams@ mission <b>wa</b>s to provide rotor-wing emergency mobile service to neonates in the hu...

Dakota Shadwell

When a premature baby, born at 27 weeks@ gestation, <b>wa</b>s in respiratory distress, Dakota Shadwell@s expertise and training on the Bubble CPAP helped save the infant@s life. It happened when Dakota and his partner, Kelly Hamill, were called to help a patient who had been taken to a local emergency department in a rural area that didn@t specialize in ...

Brad Sparks

Brad Sparks@ commitment to safety is being credited for averting a possible unfavorable situation. During what <b>wa</b>s supposed to be a routine flight returning to base, Brad alerted the pilot that he <b>wa</b>s well below the established minimums for the instrument approach, which resulted in the pilot performing a go- around procedure and climbing out of th...

Bryanna Johnson

Bryanna Johnson is being honored for her role in extinguishing a fire in an aircraft, pre-flight. Although she suffered burns to her hands because of the fire, her heroic act helped save a patient and a paramedic. The incident happened as the aircraft <b>wa</b>s preparing to lift from a hospital. That@s when Bryanna realized her partner@s flight suit had ...

Air Evac Lifeteam First Responders Place in National Competition

- (4/26/2024)

Flight Nurses Kelly Hamill and Christina Philpott competed against 16 crews at the Critical Care Transport Conference.

AMR and Erlanger Expand Partnership 

- (8/28/2024)

AMR will provide ground ambulance services and a fully integrated dispatch system to serve the Tennessee-based Erlanger's patients and staff.

Traci DeVillier

A former U.S. Coast Guard administrator is using the skills she learned in the military to manage complex projects as the top assistant with a GMR-affiliated ambulance service.

Johan Alvarado

Johan Alvarado@s skill, EMS knowledge and fast thinking are being credited for saving the life of a patient, who <b>wa</b>s in another company@s ground ambulance when that ambulance and an 18-wheeler collided. @ @ Johan, along with Flight Nurse Juvencio Estrada, were dispatched to the scene of the accident, when they realized that one of the patients in...

Antoine Berenger

Antoine Berenger is a true hero. In March 2023, he, along with his crewmates, saved a patient, who, while suffering cardiac arrest, drove erratically to<b>wa</b>rds the firefighters@ engine in the oncoming lane of a rural road just before crashing their vehicle into a soft soil field.@ Following orders from his leader, Captain Jason Henry, Antoine quickl...

Juvencio Estrada

Juvencio Estrada is being recognized for his role in saving the life of a patient, who <b>wa</b>s in another company@s ground ambulance when that ambulance and an 18-wheeler collided. @ @ Juvencio, along with Flight Paramedic Johan Alvarado, were dispatched to the scene of the accident, when they realized that one of the patients in the ambulance <b>wa</b>s ex...

Miki Leslie

Miki Leslie is being recognized for her actions on August 15, 2023, when a single-vehicle rollover involving two children and two adults required her skill and dedication. Miki <b>wa</b>s not even on duty but arrived on the scene before any responders because the accident occurred near her home. She immediately triaged all the patients and called first re...

Shane Terry

An AEL veteran for nearly 20 years, Shane Terry is an expert in his field, commended for his ability to quickly discern a patient@s condition and provide the appropriate care and intervention. That expertise <b>wa</b>s particularly noted on two occasions: one involving a former AEL team member and the other, a child.@ The first incident happened while Sh...

GMR First North American Launch Customer for New Airbus H140

- (4/22/2025)

The newly developed helicopter is a purpose-built aircraft designed from the ground up to meet the complex needs of the air medical transport industry.

Local Air Ambulance Company Replaces Helicopter Destroyed by Storm

- (6/13/2025)

Air Evac Lifeteam in London, KY is proud to announce the arrival of a new replacement EC 135 P2+ to return to service in Eastern Kentucky beginning today.

EVP and General Counsel

Thomas Cook serves as the general counsel for Global Medical Response. Prior to serving in his current role, Cook <b>wa</b>s general counsel for Air Medical Group Holdings (AMGH) since July 2006. Before joining AMGH, Cook served as vice president @ general counsel for a mid-sized, publicly-traded specialty construction company based in St. Louis, Missouri...