About this site – If you’ve been in the air medical transport profession for any length of time, you begin to realize we are a small community of people. We have accepted certain risks to help those in need. As one of our pilots eloquently put it- sometimes unscheduled departures from altitude happen. After any kind of accident, what happens to the crew involved, to the rest of the team, to the friends, family, and responders, varies greatly on many levels. After talking to other flight team members from across the state and country, I believe there is a need to have a place to share and connect with others who have had similar experiences. Immediate crisis intervention is invaluable, but sometimes it’s good to have another place to turn to later…after the dust has settled. Sometimes, we need it many months later. The people we confide in are helpful up to a point but if they haven’t been-there-done-that it’s sometimes hard to explain what we are going through. The best example I have of this is when our repaired aircraft returned and other coworkers were saying “see, look it flies. Everything is okay” Yea, I see that and know that, but tell me why I’m nearly having a panic attack? Right brain, left brain, they don’t always jive to the same tune or logic. Getting ”back into the saddle” and continuing to be a contributing flight crew member has brought about flashbacks, nightmares, difficulty coping, hypervigilance, anger, fear, etc. Being able to share experiences, thoughts, feelings, fears and frustrations, knowing that we’re not alone, not crazy, may make some difference. It may help others who haven't been in a crash or accident understand some of what we're going through. This web site concept started to help those involved in air medical transport, however I realize that anyone, anywhere, involved in an aviation accident can benefit from talking with someone who has experienced similar incidents. So this site will in no way exclude those people. After all, It’s not an everyday, normal occurrence to fall from the sky.