Annual Report 2016–2017

Annual Report 2016–2017 Advancing Medical Transport Worldwide through Support of Research, Education and Outreach Dear friends and supporters of the MedEvac Foundation International, This annual report marks 17 years the MedEvac Foundation International has been developing programs, funding research and taking care of our air medical and critical care transport community and their families. This past year has been a busy one. With your help, the MedEvac Foundation International has kept pace with the growing needs of medical technology and education, yet is still finding ways to meet the demands of further safety education and research. We are proud to announce that the MedEvac Foundation International has achieved Guid- eStar’s newest and highest level of recognition, the “Platinum Seal of Transparency” rating. This rating demonstrates that the MedEvac Foundation is an organization focused on measuring progress and results, and operates transparently. The Platinum Seal of Transparency provides potential funders key information enabling them to make educated choices when giving their funds and will allow the MedEvac Foundation to illustrate improvement and results year over year. Lastly, it moves away from simplistic financial ratios of fundraising but reflects the important changes the MedEvac Foundation is making in our industry and the world. We continue to fund important research projects that help the industry improve the delivery of safe, high quality patient care. This year we approved funding for Phase II of the Sleep-Wake Patterns and Real-Time Fatigue Reduction in EMS Clinicians study. Phase I collected detailed data about the sleep quality and patterns of air medical clinicians working shift work; Phase II will trial a text-messaging-based fatigue risk management tool. The use of real-time monitoring has the potential to bring significant advances in the safety of critical care transport and wellbeing of crew members and clinicians. We provided full scholarships to both the AAMS Medical Leadership Transport Institute and the AAMS Safety Management Training Academy and added even more scholarships to both, including the inaugural Dr. Suzanne Wedel Scholarship funded by Sikorsky. Scholarships are awarded to deserving students dedicated to our industry and the community they serve. They exemplify a strong commitment to ensuring the highest standards of safety, patient care and leadership. The Foundation increased the benefit amount of our outreach program, the Children’s Scholar- ship Fund, to $5,000. Information on the Children’s Scholarship Fund is now available on college campuses throughout the country. There are numerous meaningful opportunities to help the MedEvac Foundation International continue to maintain excellence in our industry and community now and in the future. In light of ongoing complexities in the healthcare industry stemming from healthcare reform, philanthropy is playing an increasingly vital role in education and safety. Donor contributions continue to be essential to our research and safety initiatives centering around helping providers maintain and assisting them in offering ease of access to patients throughout the world. To benefit these and countless other causes, the MedEvac Foundation International partners with individuals, family foundations and corporations. Our donors understand that an invest- ment in our programs not only benefits the community, but their own health and that of their families, too. Each year the MedEvac Foundation International organizes events centered around Air Medi- cal Transport Conference (AMTC). This is not only an important fundraising opportunity for the Foundation, but gives us the chance to provide some entertainment and fun for our supporters and guests. Each year your contributions have helped the Foundation grow these programs, allowing us to fund important research and other programs to support the air medical and critical care ground transport community. Through the development of new and exciting research and safety programs and initiatives. We sincerely thank all of our Founders for their generosity and appeal to everyone in our community to generously support the MedEvac Foundation International in any way you can. Please join us in our quest to change people’s lives for the better, and support the overall excellence and safety of our community.

Johnny E. Delgado, MBA, EMT-P, CMTE, MTSP-C St. Augustine, FL MedEvac Foundation International

About Us Vision Mission The MedEvac Foundation The MedEvac Foundation International is an international International supports the nonprofit 501(c)(3) charitable To be the Association of Air Medical Services, organization headquartered in its members, their families, and the the Washington, DC area. The patients they serve by:: Foundation assists the Association international • Investing in and supporting of Air Medical Services (AAMS) to research that improves the represent the Air Medical and the quality, safety, and effectiveness Critical Care Ground Transport air medical of Air Medical and Critical Care Industry. Since 2005, the MedEvac Ground Transport programs; Foundation International has supported research, education, and • Developing professional outreach programs that enhance and critical education and information the industry’s ability to provide programs; quality medical care and safe and • Fostering public support for the effective air and ground medical care ground Air Medical and Critical Care transportation for every patient Ground Transport Industry’s in need. We fund programs and contributions to saving lives, charitable activities that support transport our health care systems, and our AAMS’ members and their families, communities; and who serve their communities with • Supporting AAMS’ members pride and commitment throughout community’s and their families through the United States and around the scholarships, grants, and other world. leading charitable programs. charitable organization.

MedEvac Foundation International 2016–2017 Annual Report | 3 Research Outreach

Grants Children’s Scholarship Fund Fatigue and poor sleep are Phase 2 is a clinical trial that was The Foundation continues to common in Emergency Medical designed to test a novel fatigue risk focus promoting the Children’s Services, including air-medical management tool. This study will Scholarship Fund to colleges and operations. The Foundation has use mobile phone text-messaging to universities around the United funded numerous projects related capture fatigue and sleep measures States. Children who have suffered to fatigue. In 2015, we funded a in real-time and prompt clinicians the loss of a parent in an air medical project to investigate fatigue and to adopt behaviors to reduce fatigue or critical care ground transport sleep in air-medical operations during shift work, also in real-time. accident are eligible for financial that we know will help fill a gap Recruitment opened June 2016 assistance through our Children’s in high quality research of fatigue and closed March 2017. Goal Scholarship Fund. Two scholarships in EMS operations. The project is enrollment was 100 unique air- are awarded annually to deserving being led by Dr. Daniel Patterson medical clinicians. The study team students entering or enrolled in of the University of Pittsburgh and enrolled 82 individuals. college. includes four air-medical operations Each participant was asked to In 2017 the Foundation increased located in different regions of participate for 4 months and the scholarship amount from $2,500 the United States. The project is provide feedback on their self-rated to $5,000. One scholarship is for a stratified into two phases: 1) the fatigue, sleepiness, shift schedule, child who has a lost a parent in an prospective observational cohort and sleep patterns. The intervention air medical transport accident and study; and 2) the randomized tested focused on providing tailored one is for child who has lost a parent clinical trial of a novel fatigue information to the intervention in a critical care ground transport mitigation tool. group that may help promote accident. In Phase 1, the research team better sleep health, less fatigue collected data from 121 unique during shifts, and adoption of air medical clinicians who each fatigue mitigation strategies. The provided two-weeks of sleep, study team published their study fatigue, and shift work scheduling protocol in the Trials journal, information. The research team which is available online at: https:// presented preliminary results at trialsjournal.biomedcentral.com/ the National Association of EMS articles/10.1186/s13063-017- Physicians (NAEMSP) annual 1999-z. meeting in 2016. Phase 1 is now complete and the data are being prepared for submission to a peer- reviewed journal.

4 | 2016–2017 Annual Report MedEvac Foundation International Family Grant Fund Vision Zero Patient of the Year The Family Grant Fund provides Upholding safety as the first priority financial assistance to families at all levels is essential. Thanks of air and ground medical crew to programs like Vision Zero, members immediately following promoting a culture of safety is a fatal or serious accident to cover made easy. Created by AAMS, and unanticipated expenses. Covered funded by the MedEvac Foundation expenses include travel and lodging, International, Vision Zero and the leave of absence, childcare, medical Vision Zero Toolbox provide tools May 2016, Kelly Carter an Army expenses, and bereavement services. for anyone seeking to improve their Reserve Colonel and her husband The Family Grant Fund is a gift that program’s or their own personal were enjoying a beautiful day does not need to be applied for or safety infrastructure. Through the driving with the top down in their ever repaid. The program distributes free exchange of information, safety convertible. As they were coming checks on behalf of the MedEvac is kept at the forefront of everyone’s around a bend in the road, an Foundation, directly to the next of mind. Vision Zero and the Vision animal ran out in front of the kin. The Family Grant Fund was Zero Toolbox will continue to car. In a heartbeat the car slid able to provide financial assistance identify specific products and down a drainage ditch, landing to three families affected in 2016. services and is available for everyone upside down. EMS transported involved in transport medicine to Kelly and her husband to the use in their programs. emergency room. There, the ER Many thanks to the 2016 Vision doctor determined Kelly’s injuries Zero Aviation Safety Award Winner, were severe and ordered Kelly to PHI Air Medical, for making their be medevaced to a trauma center. “Life-Saving Thinking” initiative Following a five day in the hospital available to the medical transport and twelve weeks wearing a halo, community. Kelly is thankful for the kindness and empathy of her husband and the flight crew for her recovery. “I am so thankful to my husband’s foresight to buy a convertible with a real roll bar, and to the several medical teams that tended to me. I am also thankful for the Metro Aviation pilot – his superlative skills and judgement, and to God for the opportunity to continue in this life.” ---Kelly Carter

MedEvac Foundation International 2016–2017 Annual Report | 5 Professional Education

MTLI Scholarship The MedEvac Foundation Jennifer Humphries, Maika Clement Dang, International awards an annual Chief Flight Nurse for MD, Flight Physician scholarship to the Medical Transport Enloe FlightCare. for the University of Leadership Institute (MTLI), made Jennifer receives Cincinnati Air Care possible through a donation from the scholarship for and Mobile Unit. Metro Aviation, Inc. her devotion to the critical care Maika receives the scholarship MTLI participants develop transport industry. based on his passion for pre-hospital leadership and management skills medical and critical care transport. “Attending MTLI will not only help through formal education programs. me with the strategic planning and “MTLI provides a matchless Both management theory and its management of our program but opportunity to have interaction and direct practical application to the also staff development, mentoring, collaboration with other leading industry are heavily emphasized. and relationship development that critical care transport service This scholarship is awarded based on I may not otherwise be prepared leaders,” Maika said. the applicant’s active involvement, to provide,” Jennifer said. industry achievement level, and “MTLI will provide the commitment to critical care “I think MTLI will help provide me opportunity to greater appreciate transport services. with vital networking opportunities the changing dynamics of critical care transport, acquire specific The 2017 recipients of the as well as the opportunity to learn skills and knowledge, as well as Medical Transport Leadership essential content and skills that foster a professional network to Institute Scholarship were Jennifer our stand alone program’s survival bring back to my program.” Humphries and Maika Clement may very well depend on in the Dang. coming years.” ----Maika Clement Dang — Jennifer Humphries

Applications for the 2018 SMTA Scholarship will open in the Applications for the Upcoming Spring 2018 MTLI Scholarship MTLI and SMTA Dates: will open in the fall. Contact the MedEvac AAMS Medical Transport Leadership Foundation International Institute (MTLI) office with any questions April 22–27, 2018—Wheeling, WV at (703) 836-8732. AAMS Safety Management Training Academy (SMTA) June 4–8 , 2018—Cincinnati, OH

6 | 2016–2017 Annual Report MedEvac Foundation International Dr. Suzanne Wedel SMTA Scholarship Scholarship In response to the need for safety In 2016, Sikorsky, a Lockheed The MedEvac Foundation management education for medical Martin Company, funded a International has awarded W. Ashley transport leaders, the Foundation scholarship in memory of Dr. Smith, President / Director of asked experts to develop a Suzanne Wedel. Dr. Wedel was a Operations at Jet Logistics, Inc. the rigorous safety education course longtime chief executive of Boston first Dr. Suzanne Wedel Scholarship utilizing formal classroom hours, Med Flight. The Dr. Suzanne to attend the 2017 Medical mandatory student participation, Wedel Scholarship is awarded to Transport Leadership Institute and written testing. Thus the Safety an emerging leader in the critical (MTLI) Graduate School. Management Training Academy care transport field who actively Mr. Smith receives (SMTA) was born. The Association contributes to the leadership of the scholarship based of Air Medical Services held the the medical transport community on his dedication inaugural SMTA at Oglebay in and/or who demonstrates a to safety and quality Wheeling, WV in June 2010. commitment to improving patient measures not only at Jet Graduates of the two-year program care through research Logistics, Inc., but also in the wider received a certificate of completion in the critical care medical transport industry. Because and were invited to participate in transport industry. of his myriad of experiences, he has more in-depth programs on specific Sadly, Dr. Suzanne gone to great strides to increase his safety management topics. Wedel passed away knowledge of the medical aspects of The MedEvac Foundation from ovarian cancer the industry. International on March 30, 2016. The MedEvac Ashley receives the scholarship congratulates Foundation, in partnership with based on his dedication to safety its 2017 Safety Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin and quality measures not only at Jet Management Training Company, is proud to continue the Logistics, Inc., but also in the wider Academy Scholarship education of future industry leaders medical transport industry. recipient Andrew Holcomb, Flight in Dr. Wedel’s name. Paramedic for PHI Air Medical. “Every industry faces change, on Mr. Holcomb’s responsibilities an annual basis if not daily, and the include being the PHI Regional air medical transportation business Safety Chair, tracking all safety is no different,” says Smith. activity in California, and regularly “Graduate school helps to keep auditing base locations. Andrew attendees up to date on the latest received the scholarship based on his events, trends, and changes in the commitment to aviation safety in industry.” our industry. — W. Ashley Smith “Trends in safety are always changing and bringing new challenges to the air medical industry”, states Andrew. “By attending SMTA, this allows for further safety information and best-practices to flow back to my company in order to promote and create a better safety culture.” — Andrew Holcomb MedEvac Foundation International 2016–2017 Annual Report | 7 Special Events

Virtual 5K for Safety Silent Auction AMTC Donor Reception The 2016 Silent Auction held Our invitation-only Donor during AMTC in Charlotte, NC. Reception allows us to personally We would like to express our sincere thank and publicly recognize thanks to our host MedFlight the most generous donors of and to our generous auction item the previous fiscal year. We are donors. We are looking forward honored to have the opportunity to the continued success and fun to acknowledge the generosity of of the Silent Auction at AMTC corporations and individuals for 2017 in Fort Worth, TX. If you their continued support of the are interested in donating an item MedEvac Foundation International to help make a difference in the mission. medical transport community, please The MedEvac Foundation contact our Development Assistant, International 2016 Virtual 5K for Tiwanda Washington-Settlers, at Safety ran throughout the month of [email protected]. September. Thank you to the nearly 300 people who participated in the event, and our generous sponsors who made it possible. Check out the smiling faces of some of our great runners and walker who got behind this important cause! The MedEvac Foundation International would like to thank… Our t-shirt sponsors:

Our bib sponsor, Northwell Health

8 | 2016–2017 Annual Report MedEvac Foundation International Golf Tournament Program Leadership Roundtable At AMTC 2016 in Charlotte, NC the MedEvac Foundation hosted the Annual Program Leadership Roundtable discussion. The AAMS Program Leadership Roundtable invited CEOs, program directors, and managers to discuss issues of The MedEvac Foundation hosted vital interest to our industry. our 2016 Golf Tournament at Guest speaker Dr. Renee Skylinks at The Golf Club of Thompson’s presentation focused on Ballantyne, the premier golf course communication skills in healthcare in Charlotte, North Carolina. addressed the importance of Thanks to the 2016 Golf Sponsors: employee wellness. Whether due • Metro Aviation to emotions from high stress or the exposure to trauma, attendees were • Era Helicopters given practical tools to help mitigate • Pratt & Whitney Canada employee burnout. • Safran Helicopter Engines • Seth and Denver Myers • Jet Support Services, Inc. • Howard & Terri Ragsdale The 2017 golf event will be held at Topgolf, Fort Worth, TX.

MedEvac Foundation International 2016–2017 Annual Report | 9 FY17 Donors

Outright Gifts Contributors MedFlight (Ohio) (3/01/2016—2/28/2017) $1,000 to $2,499 MedSTAR Aero Med Spectrum Health Med-Trans Corporation Patrons Air Medical Resource Group Memorial Healthsystem/Memorial $75,000 to $99,000 (AMRG) Star Transport PHI Air Medical Group AIRLIFE - Denver Memorial Hermann LifeFlight AirLink Critical Care Transport Methodist Children’s Hospital Champions AirMed Transport Services $50,000 to $74,999 AirMed International, LLC Methodist Dallas Medical Center National Air Ambulance, Inc. Bell Helicopters, A Textron ALFA-HELICOPTER, Spol. S.r.o. Nationwide Children’s Hospital Company Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago Critical Care Transport Team North Memorial Air Care Benefactors Aviation Specialties Unlimited, Inc. Ornge $25,000 to $49,999 Avera McKennan Careflight Brett S. Greenfield Phoenix Air Group, Inc. Leonardo Helicopters CALSTAR Air Medical Services REACH Air Medical Services Med-Trans Corporation LLC San Juan Regional AirCare REACH Air Medical Services Capital Bank, N.A. St. Vincent StatGround Carilion Clinic Life-Guard STAT MedEvac, Center for Leaders Children’s Hospital Transport Emergency Medicine of Western $10,000 to $24,999 Program PA, Inc. Air Evac EMS, Inc. Children’s Mercy Kansas City Teddy Bear Transport Air Medical Journal Associates Cleveland Metro Life Flight Textron Aviation Board of Certification for Craig M. Yale Tim R. Pickering Emergency Nursing (BCEN) EagleMed | Air Medical Group U.T. LIFESTAR John F. Throne & Co. Holdings UMASS Memorial Life Flight Metro Aviation, Inc. ETMC Air 1 Vidant EastCare Flight For Life (Texas) Westlog, Inc. Dba Cal-Ore Life Sustainers FlightSafety International Flight $5,000 to $9,999 Golden Hour Data Systems, Inc. West Michigan Air Care Haiti Air Ambulance Service Inc. Air Medical Operators Association Boosters Haynes Life Flight (AMOA) $500 to $999 Era Helicopters LLC Hospital Wing - Memphis Med. Kevin and Sandra Hutton Ctr. Air Amb. Svc., Inc. Andrew Berry Richard J. Sherlock Howard Ragsdale Andrew C. Hawk SAFRAN Helicopter Engines USA Indiana University Health - Lifeline Chris Askew Seth and Denver Myers Critical Care Transport Chris D. Hall SevenBar Aviation Jet Support Services, Inc. (JSSI) Daniel Anbiah Life Flight St. Vincent/UTMC/St. David Harbour Builders Rita’s Critical Care Transport David P. Thomson $2,500 to $4,999 LifeFlight/Allegheny General Ian Badham Hospital Kim Montgomery David F.E. Stuhlmiller Life Lion Critical Care LifeMed Alaska Johnny Delgado LifeMed Alaska Natasha J. Ross Northwell Health/Sky Health LifePort, a Sikorsky Company ThedaStar Air Medical Pratt & Whitney Canada LIFE STAR/Hartford Hospital

10 | 2016–2017 Annual Report MedEvac Foundation International FY17 Donors

Outright Gifts, cont’d Michelle Oddi Linda Meiner (3/01/2016—2/28/2017) Mike Suldo MedFlight of Ohio Nick King Memorial MedFlight Friends Paul Ross Mercy Air Care $0 to $499 Rick Triacheff Meryl Greathead Aaron Jennings Robert Steele Metro Aviation, Inc. Ann Groschup Rodney Logan Metro Life Flight Blair M. Beggan Ross J. Fay NASCAR Hall of Fame Brian Mahoney Rusty Robison Newseum (Washington, DC) Bruce Tischler Sarah Greathead Ninth Brain Suite LLC Cause Network Scott A. Gano Northwell Health / SkyHealth Daniel G. Hankins Scott Kirby Omni Hotels & Resorts Daniela Valentgas Shane Stull OtterBox Dave Evans Shinichi Matsuo Potomac Nationals Dave Richardson Sidney Hopkins Pratt & Whitney Canada David Olvera Stewart Corbin Quick Med Claims Dawn Harbour Stu McVicar Sea Glass Fine Art Photography Doug A. Garretson Susan M. Smith ShandsCair Flight Program Duane Fults Timothy J. Hutchison STAT MedEvac, Center for Duane Moon Emergency Medicine of Western Edd Wayne Shope Gifts in Kind PA, Inc. Elena M. Sierra (3/01/2016—2/28/2017) TeddyBear Transport Francis X. Guyette 5 Church The Helicopter Flight Training Gary Colecchi Air Evac Lifeteam Center Gina Lynch AAMS Tispy Candle Co. Gordon Sumner Baldwin Aviation Safety & Total Wine & More Graeme Field Compliance UltraScope Health Services Integration, Inc. Benefis Mercy Flight US National Whitewater Center (HSI) Board of Certification for Values Coach Inc. Howard A. Werman Emergency Nursing Vidant EastCare James Marra Bradford Renaissance Portraits Walt Disney World Resort Jason Pierce Corporation Washington Capitals Jeff Myers CareFlight Washington Nationals Jeffrey A. See Charlotte Ballet Joe F. Cook Clyde’s Restaurant Group Joseph A. Scarpinito Commission on Accreditation Krista Fuentes of Medical Transport Systems Kristin Discher (CAMTS) Kyle Sale Cook Children’s Hospital Lee McCammon Dandy Dinner Cruise Lindsay Moore Flight For Life (Texas) Lisa M. Grimm Gibson & Barnes Meg Heithaus International Spy Museum Meryl Greathead (Washington, DC) Michael Courtney Jeff Dunham Joe Tye

MedEvac Foundation International 2016–2017 Annual Report | 11 Cumulative Lifetime Donors

Outright Gifts and Pledges (3/01/97–2/28/17) Chairman Executives Partners ($500,000+) ($250,000 to $499,999) ($100,000 to $249,999)

Kevin and Sandra Hutton

12 | 2016–2017 Annual Report MedEvac Foundation International Patrons Champions Benefactors ($75,000 TO $99,999) ($50,000 to $74,999) ($25,000 to $49,999)

The Journal of Transport Medicine

Honeywell Defense and Space / Sky Connect Solutions

Black Fund Development, Inc. Dan and Joan Hankins Fitch & Associates, LLC Golden Hour Data Systems, Inc. Jeffrey Tolbert Mike Stanberry Milestone Aviation Group, LLC Richard J. Sherlock Seth and Denver Myers Timothy and Carolyn Pickering

Leaders ($10,000 to $24,999)

Baldwin Aviation Safety & Compliance Indiana University Health – Lifeline MedServ Management and Patient Brockway, Morgan & Partners, Inc. Critical Care Transport Account Services Aviation Specialties Unlimited, Inc. James “Russ” Spray Sanford AirMed CALSTAR Air Medical Services, LLC John Connaughton Shock Trauma Air Rescue Society CareFlight Kate Moore Stacy Friedman Craig M. Yale Kim Montgomery STAT MedEvac, Center for Emergency Dawn Mancuso Marsh USA, Inc Medicine of Western PA, Inc. Gina Marcum Mayo Clinic Medical Transport Tom P. Judge Greg Powell MedEvac Foundation International United Rotorcraft, An Air Methods HealthNet Aeromedical Services Division

MedEvac Foundation International 2016–2017 Annual Report | 13 Leadership and Staff

A special thank you to the Board of Trustees Larry Mattiello leadership and staff of the Board Chair The Loomis Company MedEvac Foundation International Johnny E. Delgado, MBA, EMT-P, LaGrangeville, NY and the Association of Air Medical CMTE, MTSP-C Kim Montgomery, MBA, CMTE Services for their commitment to St. Augustine, FL Seven Bar Flying Service, Inc. our mission throughout the year. Vice Chair Dallas, TX MedEvac Foundation Ian Badham, BSc, OAM David Olvera, CMTE International CareFlight, Australia Air Methods Corporation Leadership and Staff Treasurer Denver, CO Rick Sherlock Joe Cook Anthony Pellicone, MBA President & CEO Bradenton, FL Northwell Health Commack, NY Shireen Muldowney Secretary Development Officer Tim Pickering, CMTE Howard Ragsdale Air Evac EMS Air Methods Corporation Tiwanda Washington-Settlers O’Fallon, MO Englewood, CO Development Assistant Immediate Past Chair Susan Smith, RN, BSN, MBA, Krista Fuentes Dave Thomson, MD, FACEP, CMTE, CMTE Project Manager Vidant Medical Transport Carilion Clinic Life-Guard Association of Air Medical Greenville, NC Roanoke, VA Services Mike Stanberry Members Rick Sherlock Metro Aviation, Inc. Dr Andrew Berry, MBBS, AM, President & CEO Shreveport, LA NETS (NSW) Craig Yale Natasha Ross Sydney, Australia Director of Education and Events Sandy, UT Brad Deuster Rick Sherlock (ex-officio) Blair Beggan Deuster AAMS & MedEvac Director of Communications Houston, TX Foundation CEO Christopher Eastlee Connie Eastlee, CMTE Alexandria, VA Vice President for Government Med-Trans Corporation Relations Lewisville, TX Daniel Anbiah, CFO Sandra Kinkade Hutton Elena Sierra Kinkade International Membership Director Solana Beach, CA Krista Fuentes Cathy Jaynes, PhD, RN Project Manager Denver, CO Jolene Swartz Office Assistant

14 | 2016–2017 Annual Report MedEvac Foundation International We are proud to announce that the MedEvac Foundation International has achieved the GuideStar’s newest and highest level of recognition, the “Platinum Seal of Transparency” rating. This rating demonstrates that the MedEvac Foundation is an organization focused on measuring progress and results. The Platinum Seal of Transparency provides potential funders key information enabling them to make educated choices when giving their funds and will allow the MedEvac Foundation to illustrate improvement and results year over year. Lastly, it moves away from simplistic financial ratios of fundraising but reflects the important changes the MedEvac Foundation is making in our industry and the world.

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