After over a year of preparation, the UF Health ShandsCair team performed its first in-flight prehospital blood transfusion. Don Irving piloted the flight, where Staccie Allen D.N.P., APRN, EMT-P, CFRN, C.C.P., and Jesse Blaire, EMT-P, C.C.P., were able to give a patient one unit of blood to help stabilize…
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UF Health ShandsCair is proud to introduce the newest member in our fleet: ShandsCair 5 stationed in Panama City, FL …
Mother of two, Sherri, younger sister Delaney and Savannah Spicer, better known by their friends and family as the “Spice Girls,” share an unbreakable bond. On Aug. 23, 2014, Savannah, 19 at the time, bid farewell to her mother and younger sister in Orlando,…
Each day, Christina Arnette slides onto her finger a silver ring of the infinity symbol intertwined with a heartbeat. Stephanie Howard, R.N., a cardiac ICU nurse at UF Health, wears the same exact symbol. Both complete strangers to one another until a life-changing event brought them together. Christina…
Each November, millions of Americans give thanks for family, friends, football and a feast on Thanksgiving. But for some families, like the Bowmans, this time of year means so much more On Nov. 6, 2013, Frank and Gini Bowman of Ocala welcomed their first child, Micah. The day after his…
For Shands Fletcher West, everything changed in a split second. The 28-year-old from Apopka was driving on Interstate 4 near Sanford on Feb. 27 when a car in front of him halted abruptly. West swerved to avoid hitting the car but his truck clipped a guard rail and…
Nothing gives Kendall Lewis, better known as Miss K, more joy than seeing “her” helicopter flying high in the sky. And by “her” helicopter, we mean the ShandsCair chopper that serves the UF Health Shands Hospital. Five-year-old Miss K was born in Ocala to Mindy and Ray Lewis,…
This year, ShandsCair, the air medical and critical care transport system for UF Health, is celebrating 35 years of life-saving missions. We salute our ShandsCair team for their outstanding dedication and service to the region – saving more than 72,000 lives in the past 35 years. …
After a tragic motor vehicle accident, Heath Schmidt was rescued on-site by UF Health ShandsCair paramedics. Now, he’s paying it forward and serving others as a ShandsCair team member himself.
