Air Link at Regional West

02/25/2026

Air Link just held our annual Competency Day where we practice, review, and teach each other something new. For many of us, being a flight medic or nurse really feels like the peak of our career. Arriving at the peak doesn’t mean we stay there and rest; in that case we would slowly and surely start coasting down. Instead, we must constantly be climbing to make sure we are bringing top notch care to our patients.

Pictured here is one of our flight medics, Meg, teaching us some new EKG reading tricks.

We are so grateful and honored to be part of this team while putting in the work together to stay at the top of our game.

02/23/2026

Sending out a warm western Nebraska welcome to Wyatt Fry, Air Link’s new fixed wing pilot! Wyatt is from Morgan, Utah, and started flying in January 2022. Not only has he made flying his career – it’s also what he enjoys doing in his free time.

“The world is just so much more beautiful when you're flying above it, and it never fails to inspire me," he said.

We’re glad to have you on the Air Link team, Wyatt!

02/18/2026

Thank you to everyone who submitted a comment in our Facebook content survey post! We’re looking forward to bringing you plenty of fresh and interesting material this year.

One area of interest is education for our regional EMS crews, law enforcement, and interfacility requestors.

Let’s talk about In-Air Standbys. For many sick and injured patients, minutes matter. In-Air Standbys are designed to decrease the time from a patient’s 911 call to the time they arrive at a definitive care facility. An In-Air Standby will activate our crew to start moving your direction as quickly as possible. The pilot will perform a weather check and ready the aircraft with the medical crew, and preflight procedures will be completed. As long as the aircraft is available, our pilot is within the flight time window, and weather is flyable, we will lift and head to the scene or facility so that we are enroute or circling over the incident location, waiting for further direction. This decreases the time of response and subsequently the time it takes to get a patient to definitive care; i.e. surgery, trauma services, interventional cardiac catheterization lab, pediatrics, neurosurgery, or other specialty resources. We will remain in In-Air Standby until either told to officially respond or stand down.

There are some very rural settings in western Nebraska that take an extended time for ground services to reach. Requestors do NOT have to physically be on scene to request us. If there is an extensive travel time for your ground crew to get on scene and you are unsure of the patient’s condition, request an In-Air Standby and we’ll meet you at the scene!

Who can utilize an In-Air Standby? EMS agencies, law enforcement, and interfacility requestors!

Does the patient or requesting agency or facility get charged for an In-Air Standby? No! Which is why this is such a valuable, time saving tool. Our job is to be ready for YOU and our patients, so please don’t hesitate to call.

02/14/2026

We were lucky enough to start our Valentine’s morning with our sweet friends from iCare ambulance service in Fort Collins! Shout out to James from iCare for always being in a fabulous mood and being a pleasant, welcoming committee for us and our patients.

We hope you all have a fun, safe day with your loved ones!

02/12/2026

Good morning, western Nebraska. What a beautiful sunrise!

01/23/2026

Hemingford Volunteer Fire Department (VFD) is one of our local EMS departments with whom we have the pleasure of working. They recently received two new monitors that will help them continue providing much needed rescue services to area residents and people passing through who are ill or injured. This happened with the assistance of donations contributed in memory of a dear community friend, Pat Manning. Thanks to gracious memorials in Pat’s name, vital tools were purchased to help others in need. God bless you, Pat! Congratulations Hemingford VFD on the beautiful new monitors, and thank you for including Air Link in the care of your critically ill, injured, and time-sensitive patients.

Volunteer rescue units and fire departments are a crucial resource in western Nebraska and we are so appreciative for all of these selfless and hardworking individuals.

What other local crews have exciting news or stories to share with us?!

Comment below so we can see what’s been happening in your neck of the prairie!

01/21/2026

We would like to extend a big shoutout to the West Nebraska Blood Center team who recently traveled to Gordon for a mobile blood drive at Gordon Memorial Hospital. We appreciate all you do to help ensure we have life-saving blood available on our aircraft to administer to our patients. Thank you to everyone who took time to donate blood that will stay in the local area!

01/19/2026

Congratulations on the opening of the Northern Colorado base. We appreciate all you do for regional air medical care!

🚑 ✈️Opening Date Confirmed – KFNL Base

We’re excited to confirm that iCare Ambulance’s Northern Colorado Regional Airport (KFNL) base will officially open on January 5th, 2026.

This location strengthens our ability to support the air medical and organ transplant communities throughout Northern Colorado, while maintaining the high level of service our partners expect from iCare Ambulance.

Thank you to everyone who has helped bring this base from concept to reality. We’re looking forward to being fully operational at KFNL in January!

01/05/2026

Congratulations, Linsy Johns-Greene, the winner of an assortment of free Air Link merch! Linsy’s name was drawn from a hat this morning for sharing what content she’d like to see on Air Link’s page this year. Thanks to all who contributed – your input was invaluable!

01/02/2026

‘When the pilot is ready to head home… but the crew needs just one more minute for a photo opportunity.’ Happy New Year from the Air Link crew!

Please choose one answer from the following question then comment below. Everyone who participates will be entered into a Jan. 5 drawing for some free Air Link merchandise.

What content do you want to see from Air Link’s page this year?
A. I’m mostly here for the pretty aircraft pics
B. Education
C. Crew member highlights
D. ______ (Fill in the blank – we want to hear your creative ideas)

Thanks for helping us kick off 2026 – we can’t wait to hear what you want to see this year!

01/02/2026

When long nights lead to beautiful mornings…
2026, we love you already!

Medical crew members Meg and Becky, and pilot Wyatt had quite the welcome home sunrise to kick off the New Year.