Honoring Critical Care Transport Professionals

Established in 1980, the Association of Air Medical Services (AAMS) is a Washington D.C.-based non-profit international trade association engaged in representing and advocating on behalf of the critical care transport industry.

By means of a variety of annual awards, AAMS recognizes excellence and leadership in emergency medical transport. The Association is pleased to announce the following winners of 2023’s awards, who’ll be honored during the 23-25 October Air Medical Transport Conference (AMTC) in Columbus, Ohio.

Program of the Year: sponsored by Airbus.

Winner: MedFlight of Columbus, Ohio.

Recognizes an emergency medical transport service that has demonstrated a superior level of patient care, management prowess, high quality leadership through visionary and innovative approaches, customer service, safety consciousness, marketing ingenuity, community service, and a commitment to the medical transport community.

Marriott-Carlson Lifetime Achievement Award: sponsored by Bell.

Winners: Patricia Corbett, Denise Treadwell of Air Med International.

Recognizes an individual who has made significant contributions to the overall enhancement, development, leadership or promotion of the emergency medical transport community and has been actively involved or participated in an emergency medical transport organization. We have a tie!

Jim Charlson Safety Award

Winner: NEAAMS Safety Symposium Committee, Great Plains LifeNet.

Recognizes an entity (team, organization, individual) who has made significant contributions to the overall enhancement, development or promotion of safety within the air and critical care ground transport community.

Neonatal/Pediatric Transport Award of Excellence: sponsored by Airborne / International Bio Medical.

Winner: Florida Neonatal Pediatric Transport Network Association.

Recognizes a team that has made an outstanding contribution to a neonatal/ pediatric transport service in any of the following areas: enhancing safety, education, leadership, patient advocacy by developing or promoting the improvement of patient care in the medical transport community.

Transport Mechanic Award of Excellence: sponsored by Leonardo.

Winner: Josh Brannon, Global Medical Response (GMR).

Recognizes an individual who has made significant contributions to the safe operation of medical transport vehicles or the improvement of safe maintenance procedures of medical transport vehicles.

AAMS Excellence in Transport Leadership Award

Winner: Rene' Borghese, MSN, RN, CMTE, Duke Life Flight.

Recognizes air and ground critical care transport leaders who’ve demonstrated a superior level of knowledge and management prowess, high-quality leadership through visionary and innovative approaches, customer service, safety consciousness, marketing ingenuity, community service, commitment to the emergency medical community as a whole.

Congratulations to the entirety of 2023’s Community Award Honorees.

FMI: www.aams.org