Flight crew hosting flight crew Oberto Charles, flight EMT-B, has been flying with Haiti Air Ambulance since February 2017. During this time he’s taken part in many of HAA’s stateside training programs, visiting with bases to ride-along as an observer, whether in ground or air ambulances. Oberto has travelled to Georgia, Florida, Massachusetts, New York, […]
On his anniversary with Haiti Air Ambulance the program director shares insights about Haiti, HEMS and driving in Port-au-Prince Prior to joining Haiti Air Ambulance, paramedic Matt Bonnet spent 25 years of active duty flying nearly 600 rescue and medevac missions with the navy and marine corps. His career also includes foreign diplomacy time, […]
Join in #GivingTuesday and Smile and help save lives The giving season is upon us and I’m sure you’re carefully deciding which organizations to support. This year, Haiti Air Ambulance has two ways you can join in saving lives where it’s needed most. #GivingTuesday is the Tuesday after Thanksgiving. This year, that’s December 3. Please […]
Haiti Air Ambulance staff turned the tide on social and natural challenges brewing in Haiti’s midst this past September. While keeping their safety in mind, they navigated floods and the marks of ongoing demonstrations to make good on their promise to support colleagues at Port-au-Prince hospital Foyer Sainte Camille. The mission: to provide a vital […]
After nursing for more than a decade, Melissa Mecklembourg had seen a fair amount of trauma, surgery and patient care. One thing she had never seen? A cadaver lab. Nor was it a place she ever considered visiting. That all changed when Haiti Air Ambulance sent her to a total of four labs where deceased […]
TAKE a deep breath. Could you hold it for 10 seconds? 20 seconds? 30 seconds, maybe? But probably not for more than a minute, right? In Haiti, an island nation filled with rocky terrain, a drive to or from a hospital can be a challenging 5, 6 or 7 hour ride! Sometimes impossible. Patients often don’t […]
