South Africa – one of the highest lightning ground strike areas. Primary risk factor remains not reacting to the threat of a lightning strike in time. Protecting yourself from a lightning st... Read more
Early this morning Mercy Wing 5 was dispatched to a motor vehicle accident involving two taxis on the R61 near Port Shepstone in KwaZulu-Natal. It was reported that the occupants of the vehi... Read more
One day old neo-nate on Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) transferred from Bredasdorp Hospital to Worcester Provincial Hospital earlier yesterday by the Western Cape Department of H... Read more
In support of state-run programmes, AMS will innovatively render rural outreach programmes, clinical training and development for stakeholders and emergency aero-medical/rescues services. We... Read more
We performed a specialist ECMO transfer from Bloemfontein to Johannesburg last night, assisted by respected Bloemfontein cardio thoracic specialist, Dr Johan Jordaan. Extracorporeal membrane... Read more
President Cyril Ramaphosa has congratulated South African citizen and global technology pioneer, Elon Musk, for his company SpaceX’s historic first commercial flight into space. Powered by S... Read more
Mercy Wing 5 earlier this afternoon transferring a patient from Vryheid District to Queen Nandi Regional Hospital. Image courtesy Rob Fenenga Read more
Paramedics from Emer-G-Med responded to reports of mass carbon monoxide poisoning. Two patients were transported by A12 and A13 and F01 to nearby facility for further care Read more
Air Mercy Wing 5 airlifted a 3-year-old patient who sustained gunshot wounds to the abdomen and arm from Injabulo Clinic in rural KwaZulu-Natal to Greys Hospital in Pietermaritzburg. The AMS... Read more
Johannesburg, South Africa. 26 September 2019. Air Traffic and Navigation Services (ATNS) SOC Ltd has made a Grade 10 learner’s dream of attending aviation’s largest Innovation Fair, a reali... Read more
