Boston MedFlight 2019 Community Report by Boston MedFlight

COMMUNITY REPORT

YOUR LIFE. OUR MISSION.

A MESSAGE FROM CEO MAURA HUGHES

2020

As I write this letter, the world is facing the pandemic of novel coronavirus (COVID-19). While we cannot predict where things will stand by the time you read these words, we know with surety that every facet of daily life has been impacted in ways that we could not have

BOARD OF TRUSTEES Ann Prestipino, MPH

CHAIR, BOARD OF TRUSTEES Senior Vice President, Massachusetts General Hospital, Massachusetts General Physicians Organization Jayne Carvelli-Sheehan, MSN, R.N., CS VICE CHAIR, BOARD OF TRUSTEES Senior Vice President, MSK Network Development Beth Israel Lahey Health Brien Barnewolt, MD TREASURER, BOARD OF TRUSTEES Chairman and Chief Department of Emergency Medicine Tufts Medical Center Alastair Bell, MD CLERK, BOARD OF TRUSTEES Chief Operating Officer Boston Medical Center Alasdair K. Conn, MD CHAIR EMERITUS, BOARD OF TRUSTEES Chief Emeritus, Department of Emergency Medicine Massachusetts General Hospital Peter Burke, MD Chief, Trauma Services Boston Medical Center Charles H. Cook, MD Division Chief, Acute Care Surgery, Trauma, and Surgical Critical Care Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School Monica Kleinman, MD Medical Director, Critical Care Transport Program, Division of Critical Care Medicine Boston Children’s Hospital Patricia (Tish) McMullin, JD Executive Director Conference of Boston Teaching Hospitals Ali Salim, MD Division Chief, Trauma, Burn, and Surgical Critical Care Brigham and Women’s Hospital Professor, Harvard Medical School Julia Sinclair, MBA Senior Vice President, Clinical Services Brigham and Women’s Hospital

anticipated just a few short months ago.

rontline health care providers like Boston MedFlight (BMF) are at the forefront of responding to this unprecedented medical emergency. While I have been proud of my colleagues every day of my 22 years at BMF, my admiration and gratitude have risen to a new level. While continuing to provide care and transport to adult, pediatric, and neonatal patients facing life-threatening illness or injury, BMF providers are now also caring for COVID-19 patients. The training, equipment, and expertise our team members possess make them uniquely qualified to selflessly and courageously serve those in need. As we navigate these trying times, it is particularly heartwarming to reflect on our 2018-2019 fiscal year and celebrate the milestones and accomplishments our team has achieved, many of which are highlighted in this publication. It was, yet again, the busiest year in our history. We provided critical care transport to 4,781 patients, an average of 13 patients every 24 hours. In fact, in 2019 we transported our 75,000th patient since our founding in 1985. We know that each patient is someone’s child, spouse, parent, or friend, and it is humbling to consider the thousands of lives we have positively impacted (several of whom are profiled in these pages). In keeping with our nonprofit mission, we care for patients regardless of their insurance status or financial means, last year providing more than $4 million in free and unreimbursed care to patients with little or no medical insurance. Following three years of planning, in 2019 BMF became the first pre-hospital or critical care transport program in Massachusetts, ground or air, to be licensed to carry and transfuse blood and blood products during transport. The Boston MedFlight Critical Care Blood Transfusion Program is an innovative project that will improve patient care. Specifically, this new program ensures that BMF ground ambulances, helicopters, and airplane are able to store, carry, and administer blood products to appropriately selected critically ill or injured patients, saving lives and decreasing morbidity. This program has already saved the lives of scene trauma patients who suffered life-threatening injuries and would previously not have had access to blood products during their resuscitation en route to a trauma center. BMF has always faced the challenge of increasing public awareness of what we do and how we do it, and that we are in fact a nonprofit organization. With the addition of a new role, Director of Marketing and Communications, last year we expanded our efforts to tell our story through various media, including online, television, print, and radio. Through local and national editorial coverage, internally produced video profiles, and paid and unpaid advertising, we have sought to educate the public about the complexity of our work and the expertise and compassion of our staff. I encourage you to visit our newly updated website and check out the video library, where you can view news stories, patient testimonials, and “We Are Boston MedFlight” profiles of many of our clinical and operational staff. 2020 marks our 35th year of service. From our humble start, operating one helicopter with a total staff of 10 and offices in a trailer, Boston MedFlight has developed into the largest critical care transport organization in the region and a nationally recognized leader with a reputation for clinical excellence and the highest standards of safety and training. While we had planned to recognize this milestone, as well as our amazing staff and the 80,000+ patients we have cared for since 1985, with a celebration this October, we have postponed the event due to the pandemic. We will plan to celebrate “35+1” in the fall of 2021, so stay tuned for more information. I thank every BMF team member for their tremendous work every day and for their dedication to our patients and our lifesaving mission. On behalf of all of us, I extend my deep appreciation to the donors, volunteers, previous patients, and friends who support Boston MedFlight in so many ways. Warm regards,

Diana Richardson, MBA Chief Operating Officer Tufts Medical Center Michael Rosenblatt, MD Chief Medical Officer Lahey Hospital & Medical Center

Maura Hughes, CPA, MBA Chief Executive Officer

A MESSAGE FROM CEO MAURA HUGHES

2020

BOARD OF TRUSTEES Ann Prestipino, MPH

anticipated just a few short months ago.

Diana Richardson, MBA Chief Operating Officer Tufts Medical Center Michael Rosenblatt, MD Chief Medical Officer Lahey Hospital & Medical Center

Maura Hughes, CPA, MBA Chief Executive Officer

was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease. She would see a specialist in 8 weeks. Meanwhile, having been prescribed a mild steroid, a strong antibiotic, and Tums, Rachel’s doctor said she would be fine returning to Martha’s Vineyard. Except that she wasn’t. The new medications brought Rachel some relief, but she was still unwell. After two more weeks, Rachel woke up one Friday morning with more pain than usual. “I chose not to tell my mom,” Rachel recalls, “because I knew she would take me to the ER. But throughout the day the pain got worse, until I had no choice but to tell her.”

PROFILE: RACHEL AND CECELIA KROKENBERGER

TRANSPORTING

HOPE

n 1988, Cecelia Krokenberger left her hometown of Rochester, NY, to spend the summer as a floating nurse at Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Working in a recovery unit adjacent to the ER, it wasn’t long before Cecelia developed an appreciation for Boston MedFlight’s transport of critically ill patients—including a neonate born 10 weeks premature—to the tertiary care centers they needed. “Many people on the island don’t understand that this is their lifeline,” Cecelia says. “People without a medical background might not realize how important it is to get to a Boston hospital quickly. When every moment is critical, do you want to take the 40-minute ferry and then drive 75 miles to Boston? Or do you want to take a 20-minute ride in a helicopter?” Cecelia went back to Rochester at the end of the summer, having already fallen in love with Martha’s Vineyard. A few years later, after meeting and marrying her husband, Fred, the couple began spending several weeks a year on the island. As the years passed and they had children, Kurt and Rachel, their visits grew longer. In July 2011, Cecelia, Fred, and Rachel—now 17 years old— arrived at Martha’s Vineyard, anticipating a leisurely five weeks in the place that had become their second home. But Rachel wasn’t feeling well. She had worsening abdominal pain, which ultimately prompted a trip to the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital ER. After a CT scan revealed swelling in her digestive tract, Rachel was sent to Mass General Hospital in a local ambulance via the ferry. “At Mass General they told us she was stable,” Cecelia recalls, “and suggested we take Rachel back to New York for a colonoscopy.” After a full GI workup in Rochester, Rachel 4

“We’ve got this” Back at Martha’s Vineyard Hospital, the ER staff was unable to get Rachel’s pain under control. Reluctant to perform another CT scan just weeks subsequent to her first one, they admitted her for overnight observation. “They were giving her one narcotic after another,” Cecelia says, “and nothing was touching her pain.” In fact, Rachel’s pain was worsening. “The feeling was indescribable,” Rachel says. “It was like nothing I had ever experienced before. I thought that the pain itself would kill me. The nurses eventually refused to give me any more pain medication, saying that they had given me enough to kill a full-grown man. It made no sense that at 90 pounds I was still writhing in agony after all that medicine. The nurses were scared and thought it would be too dangerous to give me anything else.” When the doctor arrived, he said that Rachel simply had Crohn’s disease and he couldn’t do anything to help her. Convinced that something more than Crohn’s disease was causing her daughter such suffering, Cecelia advocated for another CT scan. Fifteen minutes after Rachel’s scan, her hospital room filled with anxious medical staff. The CT revealed that Rachel had a perforated bowel and her appendix had ruptured. She was becoming septic and needed emergency surgery. Boston MedFlight (BMF) was summoned to transport Rachel to Boston Children’s Hospital. “A lot of my memories from that night and morning are fuzzy,” Rachel says, “but I will never forget when a woman from BMF came into my hospital room. She was so nice and had this huge smile on her face. I can still picture her long blonde hair hanging in a braid behind her back. Of all the details of that night, that’s the one I remember the most. I’m not sure why. Maybe because I was so scared, and she assured me that everything was going to be okay. I was finally able to relax. She was so confident and sure of what she was doing that I felt like I was in good hands for the first time. She took complete control of the situation and things moved quickly from there.” Cecelia expresses similar feelings about BMF’s arrival. “Once they walked into her room, there was this sense of relief that help was finally there. They exuded an air of confidence: ‘We’ve got this.’ It was then that I could begin actually hoping that my daughter wasn’t going to die.”

Boston Bound

Déjà vu all over again

Cecelia would fly in the BMF helicopter with Rachel while Fred took the ferry and drove to Boston. Appropriately medicated, Rachel was able to sleep during the trip. Relieved that her daughter was no longer in agony and comforted by the BMF crew, Cecelia recalls the surreality of looking down over the Vineyard. “I remember flying over the water and looking out at this beautiful sunny day and this beautiful water, this island I love—and under such scary circumstances. But I felt such calm and relief.”

But the Krokenbergers weren’t quite done with Boston MedFlight. In late June 2019, Cecelia woke up unwell after a night of little sleep. She had indigestion and felt out of sorts. Fred was returning to the island on the ferry that morning; Cecelia picked him up and they went to have breakfast together. But she had no appetite and couldn’t drink her tea. Deciding that she needed fresh air, she got up to go outside—and passed out.

The helicopter landed at Brigham and Women’s, and Rachel was rushed to Boston Children’s where a surgical team was on standby, equipped with the up-to-the-minute medical information that BMF provided along the way. “I would not be alive today if it weren’t for Boston MedFlight,” Rachel says. “Not only were they able to transport me quickly to a great hospital capable of addressing my needs but their attitude was everything; their compassion and care not only saved my life but put my mother at ease. To us, BMF was more than just emergency transportation. They went out of their way to make sure we felt cared for. Good health care isn’t just about treating sick people—it’s also about comforting the sick and their families during very difficult times in their lives.” After 5 hours of surgery, Rachel was stabilized. The worst was over. After two weeks of hospitalization, she was discharged and returned home to Rochester with her parents. After a period of tutoring and healing, she was able to return to class, graduate from high school, and then go on to complete a BA in international studies at Providence College. Today, Rachel is 25 and lives in Los Angeles, where she works as a junior publicist. She has continued to battle Crohn’s and other issues related to the disease. Despite these health challenges and chronic fatigue, Rachel is able to live her life fully, and, according to her proud mother, “handles it very well.”

An ambulance transported Cecelia to the ER at Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Conscious again, she felt better, but a blood draw showed that Cecelia’s cardiac enzymes were elevated. Her father and his brothers had suffered massive heart attacks at the age of 50—a number Cecelia had surpassed—so this news was cause for immediate concern. She needed to be admitted to a hospital in Boston. As she recalls, an ambulance would have been appropriate for her transport, but all were out on other calls, so BMF got the nod. “When they told me that BMF was en route, I was so relieved, knowing I’d be in Boston in a matter of minutes, transported by a highly competent medical team. It didn’t take long for them to arrive—and then I was at Brigham and Women’s in 20 minutes.” Cecelia was diagnosed with migraine-induced vertigo and small blockages, but much to everyone’s relief, no heart attack.

“I will forever be grateful to Boston MedFlight,” Rachel says. “It is crucial that they continue to do what they do to save lives and deliver the same care and compassion that I was so lucky to receive.” Cecelia is also graciously effusive in expressing her gratitude for the care that she and Rachel both received. “BMF’s health care professionals are human beings on the frontlines for patients in the most critical condition of their lives. They have the power to control the situation, save a life, and shape a patient’s road to recovery. And that’s exactly what they do.”

PROFILE: RACHEL AND CECELIA KROKENBERGER

TRANSPORTING

HOPE

Boston Bound

Déjà vu all over again

DID YOU KNOW?

GOING THE

• BMF’s missions are bedside-to-bedside. When transporting a patient by airplane, we land at the nearest airport and proceed immediately to the sending hospital via ambulance. From there it’s back to the airport for the return transport with another ambulance transport leg at the receiving facility.

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• BMF collaborates with the patient’s medical team to determine the advanced care needed during transport (for example, a mechanical ventilator). The turboprop airplane has a range of 1,200 miles (roughly 1,380 land miles) and a cruising speed of 310 mph.

WE HAVE A PLANE FOR THAT Boston MedFlight’s fixed-wing aircraft rises to the top for longer transports and in poor conditions.

he Québec Winter Carnival, a snow-filled 10-day extravaganza, is one of the world’s largest winter festivals. Tourists from around the world travel to Québec City for snow sculptures, entertainment, night parades, winter sports, and souvenirs emblazoned with Bonhomme, the event’s mascot snowman. In February 2019, Connie Nichols and her husband, Eric Schmidt, drove north from Central Massachusetts with their friends Karen Sapienza and Marie-Eileen Onieal to the Québec Winter Carnival. It was a new era for Connie and Eric: At the end of January, the couple had retired from dual, 35-year careers as emergency physicians at UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester. And retirement was off to a great start: a quick trip to Florida for golf and then to Québec for Carnival, replete with wonderful meals, cultural events, and the easy laughter shared by a foursome of old friends. On the evening of February 16, their last night in Québec City, Connie was packing bags in their hotel room when Eric stepped out to retrieve something from the minivan. After realizing that Eric was taking too long to return, Connie went in search of her husband. She found him lying in the frozen parking lot just outside their hotel, surrounded by concerned guests and hotel staff. Someone had called an ambulance. Connie knelt by her husband. Eric was conscious but unable to move his right side. He lifted his left arm and reached for Connie. As she clasped his hand in hers, they locked eyes. The couple didn’t need a verbal consult: As physicians, they understood the symptoms Eric was presenting. The ambulance arrived. When a paramedic told Connie that stroke seemed likely, she suppressed a rueful “No kidding.” Eric was swiftly loaded into the ambulance and delivered to Hôpital de l’Enfant-Jésus, a major stroke center just two miles away, where he was diagnosed with a large, left middle cerebral artery (MCA) stroke, in which a blood clot or a mass clogs a blood vessel, cutting off blood flow to parts of the brain. It is the most common type of cerebrovascular injury.

• When appropriate, BMF has access to a jet for very long-range critical care transport missions. • BMF’s airplane transport is operated and maintained by SevenBar Aviation.

“He received state-of-the-art care,” Connie recalls. “We were fortunate to be visiting a big city with a big stroke center.” In navigating Eric’s care, Connie found herself in the strange landscape of being at once a physician and a wife. “You’re never completely on the patient side,” she notes. “You put on your doctor hat every once in a while. They’d bring me in to look at the CT scans, saying, ‘This is so easy! We don’t have to explain everything to you.’ But you’re looking at a godawful CT scan—and it’s your husband. This wonderful husband, father, teacher of students, caregiver, this incredible human. And you’re looking at this horrific image of his brain.” In the blink of an eye, everything had changed. Just a week prior, Connie and Eric’s older daughter, Maggie, an attorney at the Victim Rights Law Center in Boston, had hosted a retirement party at which they’d celebrated with their wealth of family, friends, and beloved colleagues. A milestone of endings and beginnings—and now, here they were, apart from that robust network of family and friends (save for the invaluable support of and Karen and MarieEileen, who kept Connie cogent during those difficult hours), wondering how to think about moving forward. As is typical with stroke, Eric’s recovery progressed rapidly over the next three days. “He could swallow, sit up, and say ‘yes’ and ‘no,’” Connie says, “but that was about it. I realized we should try to get home. I knew Eric would need a carotid endarterectomy [removal of plaque from the carotid artery] and rehab, which I didn’t want to get started in Canada.” Connie wanted to get Eric to UMass Memorial, the hospital they knew so well. Clearly, Eric wouldn’t be returning to Massachusetts in the minivan they’d driven up, and he wouldn’t be flying commercial. But Connie was also uniquely qualified to address the issue of her husband’s critical care transport. She and Eric had logged many miles during a decade as occasional flight physicians for UMass Memorial Life Flight. For the entirety of their careers, they had worked alongside Boston MedFlight (BMF) colleagues in training courses and as responders to major events in New England. Connie knew what to do. She reached out to her EMS colleagues back in Massachusetts, who facilitated contact with BMF.

Connie’s cell phone rang and a calm, reassuring voice responded. It was her old friend Andy Farkas, BMF’s chief operating officer. A critical care transport nurse and paramedic, Andy has been with BMF for 27 years and previously worked at UMass Memorial LifeFlight with Connie and Eric. With a wash of relief, Connie realized that her husband’s care would be entrusted to people she actually knew—people who happened to be among the world’s best providers of critical care transport. To get Eric safely to Worcester, he would be transported in BMF’s fixed-wing aircraft: A King Air 200, twin-engine turboprop “air ambulance” that enables BMF to deliver ICUlevel care above the clouds. With all-weather capability, BMF’s fixed-wing aircraft is called when turbulence and icing conditions ground helicopters as well as for longerrange critical care transport missions. Flown by a highly experienced, two-pilot crew and staffed by a critical care nurse and critical care paramedic, the aircraft is extremely reliable and carries a proven safety record while providing the same high level of clinical care as BMF’s helicopters and ground ambulances. Four days after his stroke, Eric was deemed stable enough to fly, and BMF’s turboprop aircraft landed at Jean Lesage International Airport in Québec City. To facilitate interaction with Eric’s Canadian providers, BMF included a French-speaking nurse among its flight crew. (“The Canadians were very impressed with BMF,” Connie says.) A local ambulance staffed with BMF nurses transported Eric and Connie to the airport, where they were loaded onto BMF’s aircraft. Connie recalls with relief that the flight was uneventful, and Eric remained stable. “As an emergency physician as well as the wife of the patient, the entire flight crew and everyone I interacted with was fabulous,” says Connie. After clearing customs in Worcester, a UMass Memorial EMS ambulance crew took Eric and Connie back to the place where just weeks ago they had spent the last days of their careers practicing medicine.

The road ahead would be long and arduous. Connie realized she’d gone from being a caregiver for many to being a caregiver for one.

“It’s completely random,” Connie says. “It could be you just as easily as it could be somebody else. People said to us, ‘It’s so unfair; you worked so long and so hard; something like this shouldn’t happen to people like you.’ And I say, ‘Why not us?’ As emergency providers, we saw people’s lives change in a heartbeat. Every day.” After two nights at UMass Memorial, Eric spent five weeks at Spaulding Rehabilitation. The endarterectomy at UMass Memorial was successful and he has continued to make progress. He has been discharged from physical therapy and can perform his own ADLs (activities of daily living). “He’s done remarkably well,” Connie notes. “He can speak a few words and understands everything, but he’s not at full speech yet. We’re still working; it’s a process.” As they cross the one-year mark, Connie and Eric are about to take their first flight since being aboard the BMF airplane. “We’re flying down to Florida to visit Karen and MarieEileen,” Connie explains, “and I’m cautiously optimistic.” Connie urges investing in critical care transport by supporting Boston MedFlight. “If you’re fortunate enough to never need critical care transport yourself, it’s likely that one day someone you care about will need it. Don’t take this service for granted.” While their first year of retirement hasn’t gone exactly as intended, Connie takes it all in stride. “The nicest thing about being retired is that people are no longer going to live or die based on my decisions,” she says. “The most difficult decision I have to face now is what to make for dinner.”

DID YOU KNOW?

GOING THE

DISTANCE:

WE HAVE A PLANE FOR THAT Boston MedFlight’s fixed-wing aircraft rises to the top for longer transports and in poor conditions.

• When appropriate, BMF has access to a jet for very long-range critical care transport missions. • BMF’s airplane transport is operated and maintained by SevenBar Aviation.

The road ahead would be long and arduous. Connie realized she’d gone from being a caregiver for many to being a caregiver for one.

FROM PATIENT TO PROVIDER

TWO FORMER BOSTON MEDFLIGHT PEDIATRIC PATIENTS SELECT NURSING We love hearing news from our former transport patients. When members of our former patient community send us a card or an email to share an accomplishment or milestone, we celebrate their successes—while absorbing the assertion that Boston MedFlight (BMF), in some tacit or stated way, helped make this success possible. For the entire BMF team, few things are as humbling or as affirming of our personal and shared professional missions. So it is with Tasha Garland and Abby Johnston, two New Englanders who were transported by Boston MedFlight many years ago and who have chosen careers in nursing. We’re proud to share their stories with you—and we look forward to welcoming Tasha and Abby as colleagues in medicine.

TASHA GARLAND:

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Nine-year-old Natasha (Tasha) Garland loved playing ice hockey. Her father, Douglas, loved the sport too, and served as coach for Tasha’s summer league team in their hometown of Falmouth, MA. When Tasha took to the ice in July 2007, she anticipated another exciting game. Douglas cheered as his young team circled the rink. But in the blink of an eye, Tasha was accidentally tripped by another player. Lying on the ice with a burning pain in her back, she knew immediately that something bad had happened—and she was scared. Douglas, a physician’s assistant in orthopedics, crossed the ice to where his daughter lay unmoving. Assessing the situation, he asked Tasha to wiggle her toes. “I can’t,” she said. Tasha was paralyzed from the waist down. An ambulance transported Tasha and Douglas to Falmouth Hospital. Tasha’s mother, Elizabeth, was at home cleaning out the garage, unable to hear the landline telephone ringing repeatedly inside the house. Douglas left increasingly anxious voicemail messages—and when she finally heard what had happened, Elizabeth raced to the hospital. Tasha needed critical care transport to Boston Children’s Hospital. Boston MedFlight (BMF) was called. Tasha doesn’t remember everything about her helicopter flight to Children’s, but she remembers that the flight nurse and paramedic were supportive and reassuring, and that her mother was on board. Meanwhile, Douglas packed Tasha’s brothers into the car and drove up Route 3 as quickly as they could safely travel. 8

After being seamlessly delivered to Children’s, Tasha was diagnosed with spinal cord shock. Slowly, as the hours passed, her paralysis ebbed—first in one leg, and then the other. After a night in the hospital, she was discharged and began out-patient physical therapy. Six months later she was walking again and had resumed most of her usual activities, except for one. “After I was cleared by my doctors and physical therapists, my parents told me I could go back to playing hockey, if I wanted, and that they would support me in that choice,” Tasha recalls. “I thought I wanted to play again, but after just one practice on the ice, I decided I was done. And I haven’t played hockey since.” While Tasha’s love of ice hockey didn’t survive her trauma, a new seed had been planted. “The whole thing opened my eye to the trauma side of health care,” she says. “Health care professionals are there on the worst day of your life. You have your autonomy taken away from you, and that’s really hard to deal with. Professionals need to know how to provide what you need, physically and emotionally. And

BMF’s professionals did exactly that. It was inspirational, and it definitely shaped my career.” In addition to her patient experience and Douglas’s career in orthopedics, Tasha had another future-shaping medical influence at home. When Tasha was eleven, she and her eight-year-old brother Chase, who has muscular dystrophy, went to The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp in Ashford, CT. Founded by Paul Newman to give every child “a different kind of healing” and the chance to just be a kid, the camp serves children with serious illnesses and their families. Tasha found the experience inspiring and formative. Today, Tasha is a senior at Simmons University, where she serves as treasurer of the Student Nurses Association. She is a clinic assistant at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute’s Jimmy Fund Clinic and is preparing to graduate this spring. While considering a career in pediatric oncology, Tasha is keeping her mind open. She’s not sure yet if she wants to

ABBY JOHNSTON:

work in the Boston area or elsewhere—and she’d really like to do some traveling. Ultimately, she notes, “I’m definitely drawn to trauma and critical care.” In reflecting on BMF and the importance of supporting the organization, Tasha observes: “My parents were so grateful that I was able to receive the care I needed at that time. As a nine-year-old, I wasn’t able to comprehend how differently things could have gone. Every day you go through your life not expecting something catastrophic to happen. If it does, obviously you want the best care for yourself or a loved one. You might not ever need it—and that’s so lucky if you don’t—but having a service like Boston MedFlight is vital.”

INHALING LIFE

Only five weeks old, Abby Johnston was struggling to breathe. The baby girl was in respiratory distress. Her parents, Melissa and Warren, had brought Abby to a local emergency room—where they were increasingly alarmed not only by their daughter’s worsening condition but by what seemed to be obviously insufficient medical treatment. Abby was ailing, and her emergency medical team did not exude either confidence or competence. Melissa and Warren fought a rising tide of nightmarish panic. How could this be happening? Melissa’s previous pregnancy had gone nearly to full term—and had ended in stillbirth. The prospect of losing another child was incomprehensible. Warren took control. After strenuously advocating for Abby’s care, he demanded to speak with someone in risk management. After that conversation, the situation changed. A clinician finally called Boston MedFlight (BMF) and began the critical care transfer process. BMF was able to safely transport Abby by helicopter to Boston Children’s Hospital, where she received the care she desperately needed. After two weeks, Abby was well enough to be discharged, and Melissa and Warren were finally able to take their daughter home. Today, more than 19 years after that dramatic start to life, Abby is hard at work completing her first year of nursing school at UMass Lowell. She’s learned to live with what

turned out to be severe asthma; over the years, treatment options have improved and so have Abby’s symptoms. She has a younger sister, Julia, who is now 14, and the family is glad to report that the past two decades have been comparatively peaceful. Abby’s early critical care experience, however, may have shaped her life path. “I’ve always wanted to go into health care,” Abby says. “Doing a job that involves helping people. Some of my aunts are nurses, and I had friends in school who talked about health care. As I was growing up, my parents would always tell me the story of how Boston MedFlight helped me, and what that experience was like for them. Health care was just always my direction.” As a teenager, Abby spent two summers volunteering at the Lahey Hospital & Medical Center in Burlington, MA, where Melissa is senior director of site operations. Abby liked the environment and decided she was on the right track. After finishing her first semester of nursing school, Abby was thrilled to affirm that she liked not just the idea of nursing, but the actual act of nursing. She’s thinking of becoming a labor and delivery nurse— but has plenty of time to explore her many options.

FROM PATIENT TO PROVIDER

TASHA GARLAND:

BODY CHECKING

ABBY JOHNSTON:

INHALING LIFE

“I would want these people to take care of my own children, without a second thought. I try to think about our patients in the same way. I’m taking care of someone’s child, someone’s parent, someone’s spouse.”

ABOVE AND BEYOND MEET DR. JASON COHEN CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER What does it take to devote your life to caring for others—at times risking your own survival in order to save lives? We’d like to answer this question by introducing you to Dr. Jason Cohen, Chief Medical Officer for Boston MedFlight (BMF), who has spent three decades doing just that.

hen Dr. Cohen, DO, FACEP, FCCM, and father of four, joined BMF in early 2016, he brought with him more than 25 years of health care experience, including as an emergency physician with FEMA and on Active Duty in the United States Army. Since 2009, he has continued to serve as an emergency physician in the US Army Reserve. Dr. Cohen has seen multiple deployments, including 15 months in Bagdad saving critically ill and injured soldiers. While he has long since satisfied the service requirement attached to his medical degree, and despite multiple, demanding roles in civilian life, Dr. Cohen has opted to continue to serve in the US Army Reserve and was recently promoted to Colonel. “I was always interested in the military,” Dr. Cohen says, “although I never saw it as a career path. Service to people was ingrained in my family—that’s what drew me to the Army, and that’s why I’m still there. It’s a balancing act, for sure. My wife and family are incredibly supportive of all of my jobs. They know that it’s important to me and it’s important to the community.” In addition to his role as CMO for BMF, Dr. Cohen has an appointment at Brigham and Women’s Hospital where he attends in the Surgical Intensive Care Units. He is board certified in Emergency Medicine, Critical Care Medicine, and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and has a special interest in disaster medicine. He serves as a board member for the Association of Critical Care Transport (ACCT), a nonprofit national grassroots patient advocacy organization working to ensure that critically ill and injured patients have access to the safest and highest quality critical care transport system possible.

A commitment to the highest quality critical care is what drew Dr. Cohen to BMF. “The level of care that we provide and the commitment to that care is second to none,” Dr. Cohen explains. We’re practicing cutting-edge medicine. Everyone here is dedicated to being at the forefront of what we do. It may not be flashy and glitzy, but we’re always staying on top of the newest medical technologies. To use a military analogy, we’re at the tip of the spear.” As a clinician, Dr. Cohen describes coming to BMF as a relief. “BMF is a unique organization,” Dr. Cohen says. “Not just in EMS and critical care transport; it’s a unique organization in America right now. So much of health care is driven by finances and profit. At BMF, we have the fortune of being supported by our consortium hospitals and generous donors—so that we can just be focused on the patient. It’s refreshing. We have an entire organization solely built around taking care of the patient. The whole patient.” In his ability to perform at an extraordinary level, Dr. Cohen puts a lot of emphasis on his colleagues. “The thing that keeps me in emergency medicine and EMS and ICU is that they are all team activities. It’s a high-stakes environment. The team aspect of this work—working closely with other people who share your commitment to patient-focused care of the highest quality—that really keeps me going,” Dr. Cohen says. He is also sustained by his family, with whom he enjoys spending time outdoors, hiking, skiing, and camping. “My family is a huge part of who I am and what drives me,” notes Dr. Cohen.

This love of family and service are reflected in Dr. Cohen’s regard for his BMF colleagues. He says, “I would want these people to take care of my own children, without a second thought. I try to think about our patients in the same way. I’m taking care of someone’s child, someone’s parent, someone’s spouse.” Dr. Cohen graduated from Brigham and Women’s Anesthesia Critical Care Fellowship in 2010 and went on to Albany Medical Center, where he was Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Surgery, attending in the emergency department and surgical intensive care unit and serving as the regional Medical Director for LifeNet of New York, a community-based air medical transport service. “When I interview paramedics and nurses applying to BMF, I brag about the thank-you notes we receive,” Dr. Cohen says. “The average physician gets a handful of thank-you notes over the course of a career—I probably have a dozen in my drawer. But the average BMF provider gets three or four thank-you notes a year. While critically ill patients often don’t remember what their provider did in terms of life-saving treatment, they remember that someone held their hand for the transport. They remember the kindness. That’s something of which I’m most proud.” Boston MedFlight is proud, too. We’re proud to have Dr. Cohen leading our clinical team. He is an exemplar of service above self, and of what we do best.

Nancy had heard of BMF. One of her friends was a BMF nurse—so Nancy had enough context to understand how serious Zeke’s condition was. She was extremely anxious. “I was all frenzied and freaked out,” Nancy recalls. “My son was losing oxygen and not breathing. I was about to fly in a helicopter, which is my worst fear, and leave my husband and daughter behind. But BMF came in and worked seamlessly, instantly calming me down. They were so great to me. While they treated Zeke they told me everything they were doing—really calmly. I knew we were in competent hands. It was like angels had descended into that emergency room. I swear, the BMF crew had halos on.” After stabilizing Zeke, the BMF crew loaded him into the helicopter and lifted off, Nancy holding the oxygen mask over her son’s face. “I wouldn’t let go of the oxygen,” Nancy recalls. “I needed to do something for him. The nurse reassured me that he understood.”

HALOS IN D A HELICOPTER SUPPORTER PROFILE: NANCY BERUBE

uring the early weeks of autumn, Nantucket Island is magically spectacular. The crowds have dispersed, the weather is luxurious, and the rest of the world falls away. In 2013, the Berube family—Nancy, Mark, and their two young children—left their home on the South Shore to vacation on Nantucket for precisely this kind of timeless relaxation. The Berubes planned to spend their first full day at the beach and had packed everything one might want or need for hours at the seaside with two children. But they’d barely stretched out in the sand when Nancy’s 15-month-old son Zeke started gasping for air. Nancy wondered if he was reflexively gasping in the breeze as infants often do, but something didn’t seem right. Zeke was struggling to breathe. They needed to get him to an emergency room. After quickly decamping, the Berubes arrived at the local hospital. Given the urgency and potential upset, Nancy occupied 4-year-old daughter Coco in the waiting room while Mark stayed with Zeke and ER nurses swarmed in a frenzy. Zeke’s oxygen level was dropping and the facility was not equipped to help him. When Zeke’s providers said they didn’t know what else to do for the toddler, Nancy—an administrator in urgent care—was scared. Zeke needed critical care transport to Boston Children’s Hospital: Someone called Boston MedFlight (BMF).

About 30 minutes later, Nancy realized they were flying over Fenway Park, and that she could see a Red Sox game in progress as the helicopter maneuvered to land at Children’s. The second they touched down on the landing pad, the next phase of choreography kicked in. “The whole flight over, the BMF nurses were on their computers relaying information, so when we landed at Children’s the care team was able start treating Zeke immediately. Not a heartbeat was missed. Such compassion and care and love. It was like a fine-tuned orchestra that never missed a note.”

“... While they treated Zeke they told me everything they were doing— really calmly. I knew we were in competent hands. It was like angels had descended into that emergency room. I swear, the BMF crew had halos on.”

Ultimately, Zeke was diagnosed with asthma. “They don’t diagnose asthma until 2 years old, and Zeke was 15 months,” Nancy explains. “At the hospital, they said ‘This looks like asthma, but we can’t diagnose it.’ Sure enough, my son does have asthma.” Today, Zeke is 7, and asthma isn’t holding him back. “He’s a super athlete,” says Nancy. “He plays on two hockey teams and loves baseball. He’s good at recognizing when he needs his inhalers.” Nancy believes in fate. “Our experience with BMF puts my life in perspective. I have a framed picture of Zeke getting into the helicopter. When I look at that photo, I know what matters. BMF saved his life, and I couldn’t be more grateful or thankful.” Nancy generously channeled her gratitude into becoming an active volunteer for BMF. She is a leadership donor and recently hosted a fundraising and awareness event for us. “Everybody needs to know about BMF. Most likely, you’re not going to need BMF, but you when you wake up in the morning, you have no idea if today will be the day that you need them or not. And if you do need Boston MedFlight, well, they don’t just save your life. They are a step above that. And I am forever indebted.”

HALOS IN D A HELICOPTER SUPPORTER PROFILE: NANCY BERUBE

THE 5TH ANNUAL BOSTON MEDFLIGHT

GOLF SCRAMBLE

n August 2, 2019, 144 golfers took part in the 5th Annual Boston MedFlight Golf Scramble at Brookmeadow Country Club in Canton, MA. The tournament is a fun event which generates important support for Boston MedFlight and our mission to continue to meet the critical care transport needs of the region’s sickest patients.

Participants included former patients of Boston MedFlight, staff, donors, partners, sponsors, and friends of the organization, all having fun while supporting Boston MedFlight and our life-saving mission. After a light breakfast and time on the driving range and practice putting green, CEO Maura Hughes welcomed and thanked participants. Those in attendance then had a chance to see a Boston MedFlight helicopter take off over the first fairway and hover while COO-Transport, Rick Kenin, dropped approximately 150 numbered golf balls, with the owner of the ball that settled closest to the pin winning $1,000. Play then commenced, and included many on-course games and prizes, such as longest drive, closest to the pin, and air-cannon tee shots. The reception that followed included a silent auction, raffle, and tournament prizes, adding to the excitement of the day.

The event raised $139,000 in support for the organization, helping us to continue to deliver exceptional critical care transport to patients in need. The beautiful weather and great camaraderie made for a fun day with a purpose. We are grateful to everyone who made the event a tremendous success: players, our generous sponsors, the many hard-working volunteers, and Boston MedFlight staff. Their involvement, enthusiasm, and support made the day enjoyable and a success for everyone involved.

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IN-KIND DONATIONS

Dr.

Tim Lepore has been a physician on Nantucket Island for 37 years. Dr. Lepore is, in many ways, among the last vestiges of the small-town doctor: making house calls, serving as team doctor for the high school football team, knowing everyone in town. While living and working on an island that has one of the nation’s highest concentrations of Lyme and other tickborne illnesses, Dr. Lepore is also a preeminent expert on tick-borne diseases.

PATIENT PROFILE

TIM LEPORE, MD

MAKING THE CALL ON

NANTUCKET

For much of his career, Dr. Lepore was the only surgeon on Nantucket. When he gets called to see an emergent case at Nantucket Cottage Hospital, the first thing Dr. Lepore does is check the weather to determine if Boston MedFlight (BMF) aircraft will be an option should his patient need a Level 1 trauma center. Prior to Boston MedFlight’s formation in 1985, Dr. Lepore had to be creative in transferring the critically ill from Nantucket to Boston. “We used to take the seats out of a Cessna 402 and fly patients in that—which is not a particularly good means of critical care transport. Occasionally we’d use the Coast Guard. I or other staff members would have to go. Then you hand the patient off and you’re walking around Boston with your defibrillator and all of your stuff wondering how to get home. When BMF came along, it was a seismic step up. Now we had extremely competent people and safe transport to Boston— and we didn’t have to send our staff. To my mind, it was revolutionary.” Dr. Lepore has called BMF thousands of times to transport a patient in need off the island. He has helped load many of them into BMF aircraft. “I’ve been the guy at some ungodly hour in the morning with a seriously ill patient and I’ve reached the limit of what we can do and what we have,” says Dr. Lepore. “And all of a sudden the silver bird comes in with this highly experienced crew. BMF is a flying ICU that gets our patients to an appropriate level of care. We do well what we do well, but we don’t have the resources of bigger hospitals. It’s a smooth transition, this extension of what starts with Nantucket EMTs, then goes to our emergency physicians, then to BMF, then to tertiary care in Boston. Each link in this chain is important. It’s seamless.”

Dr. Lepore with his daughter Meredith (left), and wife Cathy (right).

Dr. Lepore adds with a laugh: “The deep secret is that the major teaching hospitals in Boston cooperate in only one thing: Boston MedFlight. BMF benefits all the hospitals and the outlying hospitals. It’s one thing that works really well for all of them.” Dr. Lepore has also experienced more personal connections to BMF. When his son TJ was just 7 years old, the boy suffered a stroke. “Right in front of me, his whole right side went flaccid,” Dr. Lepore recalls. “All I knew was that he was having a stroke. That’s as monumental a gut check as you can have. BMF got us to Boston. They gave us efficient, safe transport—that was critical. TJ did extremely well and went on to play rugby at 6’4” and 230 lbs.” Today, TJ is an OB/GYN in Northampton, MA. Last summer, Dr. Lepore had a medical issue that required he be transported to Massachusetts General Hospital. The boat was not an option and the ER physician called BMF for a transport. “Suddenly I went from someone who usually called for a transport to a patient who needed to get to Boston,” says Dr. Lepore. “Being in the helicopter on a stretcher is a very different experience from waving at the crew as they take off. It was exactly as I hoped it would be. The care the staff provided confirmed for me that really wonderful people work for BMF. My medical issue was quickly handled at MGH, but only because I was rapidly and safely transported by a competent and caring BMF crew.”

Just a month after Dr. Lepore got to “be a guest” of BMF, his daughter Meredith experienced bleeding following an IVF procedure and needed medical transport to Boston. “The crew was excellent,” Dr. Lepore says of Meredith’s BMF transport. “She couldn’t lie down without pain, and they took care of it. And she recovered well.” It’s safe to say that as a referring physician, patient, and father, Dr. Lepore has interacted with BMF crews more than anyone else, anywhere. “All of the crews I’ve dealt with have been wonderful, caring people,” says Dr. Lepore. “It’s the people. The nurses, the paramedics, the pilots. About 15 years ago we had a child on the island with multiple medical problems. This child expired just as the BMF crew got the patient onto the helicopter. The crew shut everything down and came in and spent time with the family. They’d had limited time with this patient, but they came in to spend time with the parents. You can’t teach that.” Dr. Lepore advocates for BMF within the Nantucket community. “Boston MedFlight is a nonprofit. The care the crew provides is priceless, and the speed of transport can be lifesaving. No one checks your wallet or insurance when you get on board—only your pulse and blood pressure. The helicopter flies right over my house. It’s the nicest sound: I know that a seriously ill patient is going to be taken care of. Being 30 miles out at sea can be terribly lonely when you’re here with a critically ill patient. When I hear that helicopter, I feel awfully good.” 17

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PATIENT PROFILE

TIM LEPORE, MD

MAKING THE CALL ON

NANTUCKET

Dr. Lepore with his daughter Meredith (left), and wife Cathy (right).

2019 NANTUCKET SUMMER EVENT

n July 27, 2019, friends of Boston MedFlight gathered at the iconic White Elephant Hotel on Nantucket to learn more about the organization and celebrate its lifesaving service to the island community for over three decades. Stephen Karp, Founder and CEO of New England Development, which owns and operates the White Elephant, and his wife Jill generously sponsored the event, which they hosted with their close friend and fellow Nantucket summer resident, Dr. David Nathan, President Emeritus of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and a former patient of Boston MedFlight.

in need), ongoing training for Boston MedFlight clinical and aviation staff ($1 million invested each year), and the purchase of new state-of-the-art flight helmets worn by all BMF staff on every helicopter transport ($280,000). Boston MedFlight is deeply grateful to Stephen and Jill Karp for their generous hospitality, and to the speakers and guests for supporting this special event.

Guests had an opportunity to speak with BMF staff in attendance, which included CEO Maura Hughes as well as critical care nurses, critical care paramedics and pilots. In addition to remarks by Mr. Karp, Dr. Nathan, and Ms. Hughes, Nantucket resident Laura Burnett spoke of her own lifesaving experience as a former BMF patient. The event raised important funds for Boston MedFlight’s operations. Guests were encouraged to support key initiatives that included free and unreimbursed care for Nantucket patients who are uninsured or under-insured (over $700,000 provided annually to Nantucket patients

2019 NANTUCKET SUMMER EVENT

ow do the best of the best care learn to care for the sickest of the sick? Among many factors that enable Boston MedFlight (BMF) to operate at the highest level of critical care transport, training and experiential education are paramount. BMF’s state-of-the-art simulation lab epitomizes our ethos of continuous learning, refinement, and improvement. Simulation provides us a unique opportunity to practice clinical procedures, decision making, critical thinking, and teamwork. The experience is realistic in every detail. We work exactly the same way on our high-tech manikins (they have blood pressures, they talk, have vital signs, and can be intubated among a myriad of other procedures) as we do on real people. In this educational environment we can focus on learning, unlike a real mission where we must solely focus on the patient. Our simulation scenarios aren’t confined to the lab. We design cases to be mobile so that we can practice in the field and in our vehicles, on the ground and in the air. “At hospitals, training scenarios are staged in a fully functional hospital room and the manikin lives in that room,” says Michael Frakes, Chief Quality Officer and Director of Clinical Care. “It’s very different for us. We want to create a case wherever that might be in the field, and take that case on the move, in an ambulance or helicopter.”

Tammi Wallace-Wood, BSN, CCRN, CFRN, another member of our sim lab team, speaks to the importance of practicing situations that may occur infrequently but are particularly high-risk. “We do high-risk OB simulation, for example,” Tammi says. “Obstetric patients are a small percentage of our flight volume, but massive shock from hemorrhage is not an uncommon cause of death. So even though it is low frequency, we need to know how to handle a case like that. That’s really the point of simulation.”

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SIMULATION LAB BEST-CASE TRAINING IN WORST-CASE SCENARIOS

evaluation tool to ensure that proper care has been administered to the simulated patient, that all cognitive, psychomotor, and effective domain objectives have been satisfied, and that teamwork was not only utilized but valued, and that participating clinicians contribute to the debriefing process.”

The sim lab enables our providers to be extremely wellrounded. Michael explains: “We are one of the only transport teams in the world where the same providers take care of neonate, pediatric, obstetric, and adult patients. Everyone. We are ready all day, every day, at every base. The simulation environment is an incredibly important part of that.” With this breadth of expertise and flexibility, no matter what a mission calls for, the right expert provider is on the scene.

In addition to Michael, Vahe, and Tammi, two other team members support sim lab operations: Mike Hourihan, EMT-P, and Fred Jeffries EMT-P. Staffing, equipping, maintaining, operating, and continually enhancing our sim lab and practice are financially substantial expenses. “We know it’s worth the investment,” Vahe says. “Sometimes a team returns from a mission where they had to perform a high-risk, low-frequency procedure, saying, ‘We just practiced that a couple of weeks ago.’ Or, ‘It was just like the simulation case.’ You can’t overestimate the importance of the confidence factor that comes from practice.”

In extracting maximum benefit from simulation training, each scenario is immediately followed by a structured debriefing that includes team-member and team evaluation. “The debrief is where the learning really happens,” says Michael. “We developed a standardized

The quality of our simulation lab enables us to take care of the select, most critically ill. “The challenge is great,” says Michael. “But when all you do every single day is train and care for the sickest of the sick, you get to be very good at it.”

In addition to mobility, depth of clinical capability sets our simulations apart. “Simulation as a method of medical training is ubiquitous,” Michael says. “But our approach to simulation is unique. The vast majority of simulation is designed for students or trainees. And while we certainly do scenarios with those who are new to BMF, most of our work is with providers who have up to 30 years’ experience. So we have to build our cases to be not only realistic and educational but also challenging for providers at all levels.” Building cases takes technical proficiency, clinical expertise, and a lot of creativity. “Recreating the unique challenges of medicine can be hard,” says Vahe Ender, EMT-P, FP-C, who is part of our simulation lab team in addition to his primary role as critical care paramedic. “In a real-life case there are logistical and clinical challenges to overcome, and team issues to work through. The dynamic environment of a resuscitation bay or a major incident makes the challenges even more difficult. Simulation is about putting together a case that provides the same stressors and environment.” Cases are drawn from a variety of sources. If performance reviews identify a recurrent opportunity for improvement, that could become the basis for a case. More often, we focus on higher-risk, lower-frequency cases. “We build things that are real but not necessarily common,” says Vahe. “Many of these cases are very hard to routinely experience outside of simulation.” 20

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WAYS TO GIVE

FY2019 DONORS BY GIFT LEVEL

Boston MedFlight gratefully accepts charitable gifts made by check, credit card, appreciated securities or bequests, as well as in-kind gifts. All gifts to Boston MedFlight, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, are tax deductible.

The donors listed below made outright gifts to Boston MedFlight during our 2019 fiscal year (October 1, 2018 to September 30, 2019).

CHECK

Checks may be mailed to our headquarters at Boston MedFlight, 150 Hanscom Drive, Bedford, MA, 01730.

CREDIT CARD

Donors can make a secure gift online with a credit card through the Boston MedFlight website. Go to www.bostonmedflight.org and click on “Donate.” Donors may also call the Development Office at 781-457-5346 to make a credit card gift by phone.

STOCK

Donors interested in making a gift of stock or other appreciated securities can receive transfer instructions by contacting the Development Office at 781-457-5346 or giving@bostonmedflight.org.

BEQUESTS AND OTHER ESTATE GIFTS

A bequest is a gift made through a will or trust. This gift may take the form of a specific dollar amount, a percentage of one’s estate, or be a portion of or the entire residual of one’s estate after other specific bequests have been determined. Donors who already have a will may add Boston MedFlight as a beneficiary via a codicil. In addition to a will or trust, donors can complete a beneficiary designation form with their financial institution to name Boston MedFlight as a beneficiary of any of these accounts: IRAs, life insurance policies, or donor-advised funds. Donors who provide support for Boston MedFlight in their wills, trusts, life income gifts, retirement plans, life insurance designations, and other planned gifts are recognized as members of the Dr. Suzanne K. Wedel Legacy Society (see page 39 for more information).

$20,000 AND ABOVE

$5,000-$9,999

Jody and Brian Berger*

Charina Endowment Fund

Arbella Insurance Foundation*

Jeanine Borthwick

Humane Society of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

AssuredPartners Aerospace*

David and Dana Boyce

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Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Stephen and Jill Karp*

Cape Cod 5 Foundation

Polly Brown*

Coptersafety

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Nancy Berube

Thomas and Tia Capobianco*

Stephen & Alice Cutler Family Foundation*

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CAPITAL GIFTS

Landry Family Foundation Richard and Ronay Menschel*

Boston MedFlight seeks leadership capital gifts for major investments in medical and aviation equipment and technology. Additionally, naming opportunities are still available in our new headquarters and center of operations at Hanscom Field in Bedford, MA. To learn more or discuss naming opportunities and your own support, please contact Tom Hudner, Chief Development Officer, at tom.hudner@bostonmedflight.org or 781-457-5316.

New England Development Management LLP*

MATCHING GIFTS

Airbus Helicopters Inc.*

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$10,000-$19,999

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Stuart and Susan Bell

Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation

Coverys Community Healthcare Foundation*

Columbia Construction Company

Dan and Adrienne Lufkin

Martha Cox*

Commercial Construction Consulting Inc.

The Lufkin Family Foundation Trust

The Cox Foundation*

TRIBUTE GIFTS

Metro Aviation

Paul Dowling

Tony Hatoun and Andrea Levitt*

Herbert and Miriam Mittenthal*

Bob and Elizabeth Dowling*

Nantucket Golf Club Foundation*

William and Lois Druckemiller*

Michael and Emily Reiney

Michael and Barbara Eisenson

Sylvia Richards-Gerngross*

Adoracion Estanislao, MD

Safran Helicopter Engines USA, Inc.

First Congregational Church

Signature Flight Support*

James Flaws and Marcia Weber

Robert Stansky

FlightSafety International Inc.

Scott Ulm and Pamela Wilton*

Focus Technology Solutions

Ulm Charitable Fund*

Joseph Fratus

John and Mary West*

Robert and Barbara Friedman

$1,000-$4,999

Eugene and Janie Goodwillie*

Gifts to Boston MedFlight can be made in honor or memory of an individual or group. If the donor wishes, we will inform the person, family, or group of the donor’s thoughtful gesture (the gift amount is kept confidential).

IN-KIND GIFTS

An easy, cashless, and tax-friendly way to make a donation is with an in-kind gift. Popular examples are sports tickets and memorabilia, a week at a ski or beach condo, or professional services. Such gifts can be included as auction items or prizes at Boston MedFlight fundraising events, helping us to raise vital financial support. Donors of inkind gifts receive a receipt for tax purposes verifying the donation. Our legal name is New England Life Flight Inc., dba Boston MedFlight, tax ID number: 22-2582060.

Charles and Ann Johnson Mark and Elisabeth Massey Gerald Schwartz and Heather Reisman Juan and Stefania Speck Stryker EMS Vineyard Golf Club Foundation* Charles Wiley*

AAFCPAs* Merrick and Linny Andlinger Anonymous Armstrong Ambulance Services* Robert and Michelle Atchinson Gary and Carole Beller* The Gary A. and Carole P. Beller Family Fund*

Cataldo Ambulance Service*

* INDICATES FIVE OR MORE YEARS OF CONSECUTIVE GIVING

Grimes & Company, Inc. Carolyn Grimes* Mimi Haas Mimi and Peter Haas Fund C. Hardy and Ann Oliver Lucile Hays* Christopher and Linda Holland Catherine Holmes

WAYS TO GIVE

FY2019 DONORS BY GIFT LEVEL

The donors listed below made outright gifts to Boston MedFlight during our 2019 fiscal year (October 1, 2018 to September 30, 2019).

CHECK

Checks may be mailed to our headquarters at Boston MedFlight, 150 Hanscom Drive, Bedford, MA, 01730.

CREDIT CARD

STOCK

Donors interested in making a gift of stock or other appreciated securities can receive transfer instructions by contacting the Development Office at 781-457-5346 or giving@bostonmedflight.org.

BEQUESTS AND OTHER ESTATE GIFTS

$20,000 AND ABOVE

$5,000-$9,999

Jody and Brian Berger*

Charina Endowment Fund

Arbella Insurance Foundation*

Jeanine Borthwick

Humane Society of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

AssuredPartners Aerospace*

David and Dana Boyce

Barrett & Singal, PC*

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Stephen and Jill Karp*

Cape Cod 5 Foundation

Polly Brown*

Coptersafety

William and Laura Buck

Nancy Berube

Thomas and Tia Capobianco*

Stephen & Alice Cutler Family Foundation*

Kenneth Casey

Stephen and Ann Davis

Peter and Sharron Chalke

William and Susan Devin*

Charina Foundation*

Robert Dowling

Christopher Cherry*

Dowling Insurance Agency*

CIP Group

Joseph and Marie Field*

Tom Clarke and Alison Hodges*

Louis and Robin Gerstner

Alasdair Conn, MD*

Gerstner Family Foundation Charles and Nan Geschke

Controlled Substance Security Consultants, Inc.

The Kohlberg Foundation* Barrie Landry, Kimberly GwinnLandry, and Jennifer Landry Le

CAPITAL GIFTS

Landry Family Foundation Richard and Ronay Menschel*

New England Development Management LLP*

MATCHING GIFTS

Airbus Helicopters Inc.*

Wendy and Eric Schmidt Schmidt Family Foundation Tupancy-Harris Foundation* Jack and Suzy Welch

$10,000-$19,999

Stuart and Susan Bell

Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation

Coverys Community Healthcare Foundation*

Columbia Construction Company

Dan and Adrienne Lufkin

Martha Cox*

Commercial Construction Consulting Inc.

The Lufkin Family Foundation Trust

The Cox Foundation*

TRIBUTE GIFTS

Metro Aviation

Paul Dowling

Tony Hatoun and Andrea Levitt*

Herbert and Miriam Mittenthal*

Bob and Elizabeth Dowling*

Nantucket Golf Club Foundation*

William and Lois Druckemiller*

Michael and Emily Reiney

Michael and Barbara Eisenson

Sylvia Richards-Gerngross*

Adoracion Estanislao, MD

Safran Helicopter Engines USA, Inc.

First Congregational Church

Signature Flight Support*

James Flaws and Marcia Weber

Robert Stansky

FlightSafety International Inc.

Scott Ulm and Pamela Wilton*

Focus Technology Solutions

Ulm Charitable Fund*

Joseph Fratus

John and Mary West*

Robert and Barbara Friedman

$1,000-$4,999

Eugene and Janie Goodwillie*

IN-KIND GIFTS

Charles and Ann Johnson Mark and Elisabeth Massey Gerald Schwartz and Heather Reisman Juan and Stefania Speck Stryker EMS Vineyard Golf Club Foundation* Charles Wiley*

AAFCPAs* Merrick and Linny Andlinger Anonymous Armstrong Ambulance Services* Robert and Michelle Atchinson Gary and Carole Beller* The Gary A. and Carole P. Beller Family Fund*

Cataldo Ambulance Service*

* INDICATES FIVE OR MORE YEARS OF CONSECUTIVE GIVING

Grimes & Company, Inc. Carolyn Grimes* Mimi Haas Mimi and Peter Haas Fund C. Hardy and Ann Oliver Lucile Hays* Christopher and Linda Holland Catherine Holmes

Scott and Maura Hughes

Wendy Warring*

$250-$499

Bill Koutrobis*

UP TO $249

Jet Aviation

Delores Wedel

Amore Electric, Inc.

Jean Levins*

Anonymous

Monica Kleinman, MD

Tom and Anne Weinstock*

Joel and Pamela Aronson*

The Bari Lipp Foundation, Inc.

Acton Medical Associates

Joan Lapham*

Finn and Kim Wentworth

Cristina Ajemian

Lawrence General Hospital

Jeffrey Wisch, MD and Cynthia Crofts-Wisch

ASU Aviation Specialties Unlimited, Inc.

Robert Lipp and Martha Berman Regina Longfellow

Carol Barrett

Denise Albano

Jeffrey and Susan Zimmer

Thomas Loring

Robert Blaisdell

Derek Aldred

Mark Luthringshauser*

$500-$999

Alexander and Tracey Alfieri

John and Jane Loose

Peter Boak

Kathleen McClure

Aisling Partners Insurance Brokerage, LLC*

Karen Brooks

Francis and Rebecca Aliberte*

Scott Martin

Mary Millard*

Peter Burke, MD

Selma Alic

Allianz Global Risks US Insurance Company*

Nicholas and Polly Miller*

Russell and Gerri Carney*

Judith Amaral

Charlie Morse

Jayne Carvelli-Sheehan*

Thomas and Patricia Anathan

William and Marjorie O’Callaghan*

Charles Cook, MD

John and Michele Andel

Thomas Kershaw

Daisy Soros

James Crabtree*

Edward and Gretchen Anderson

Kershaw Foundation Charitable Trust

Paul Soros Family Trust

Karen Cross

John and Elizabeth Arakelian

William and Jacqueline Kupper

Kevin and Patricia Cummings

Todd Arnow

Dr. Timothy and Cathleen Lepore

Judith B. Phelan and Richard S. Phelan Family Foundation Inc.

Jered Maguire

Curtis Strategy

Richard Preston

McArdle Gannon Associates, Inc.

Richard and Linda D’Innocenzo*

Kenneth and Karyn Puleo

Bill and Karen Meaney

John Duggan

Robert Quinn

William Meehan and Laura Roebuck*

Alice Emerson

Michael Rosenblatt, MD and Patricia Roberts

Andrew Levine Robert and Diane Levy

Charles and Patricia McGill Ben and Linda McGrath David Mugar Mugar Enterprises Mr. & Mrs. Northrup* Gerry O’Connell Dennis and Maureen Power* Ms. Ann Prestipino* ProEMS* Steve and DeeDee Renehan Robert and Marion Rosenthal David and Ellen Ross Randee Seiger SevenBar Aviation Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation* Julia Sinclair* James and Margaret Casey Solomon Spinal Technology Inc. Starr Aviation* James Stevens Robert Sylvia* Paul Tonon UDA Architects USTelecenters Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc. Village Green Nurseries* Drs. David and Deborah Volpi

Anonymous* Mariann Berg Hundahl Appley* David Ball Stephan and Maureen Baptista Brien Barnewolt, MD* Lucinda Barrett* Kenneth Bartels and Jane Condon* Jane Matlaw* Blueberry Aviation Paul and Tricia Bossidy Daniel Brownell and Laurel Kelley Stephen and Susan Burbage Richard and Sally Charpie* Pamela Van Hoven Clark* James and Laura Cowperthwait Christina Craighead Amanda Cross Claudinei De Lima Robert D’Entremont Patrick Downes Lisa Quattrocchi Edward H. Benenson Foundation, Inc. Robert and Marsha Egan

Kathy and Joseph Arvay, MD Marilyn and Joseph Asiaf, MD Charles and Nancy Ausevich Robert Averbuck Andrea Babcock

MPG Promotions

Gale Babineau

Beth Myers*

John and Annie Backus

Jean and David Nathan, MD

Ronald and Eileen Balfour

Julianne Noble

Michelle Balzarini

William and Margie Pfeil*

Howard and Lenora Bardsley III

Jordan Rettig, MD

Richard Barry

Mary Lou Sullivan

Jon and Julie Bartlett

Robert Lloyd Corkin Charitable Foundation

Keith Bartlett William and Beverly Barton

Herbert Schiffer

Edith Barzelay

Joseph and Nancy Serafini

George and Sharon Bassett

John Sjovall

Frank Batista*

Edith Sparling Phillip and Beverly Stambaugh

Sylvia Beck Empower Retirement

Mark Rubenstein

Willi and Aurelia Beck

Exploration School*

Malisa Schuyler

John and Judith Belash

Extreme Networks

Mark Shaffar and Mijke Roggeveen

Alastair Bell, MD

Falcon Air, Inc.

Lois and Robert Shapiro, MD*

Marcelle Ben David

Kenneth Fallon*

Georgia Ann Snell

Helen Berardi

Morton and Beverly Fearey*

Charles Stevens*

Debora Berg

Leander Ferebee

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Storer

Carol Bergin

Charles Gieg*

Glenn Svenningsen*

Sally Berkowitz

Anne Hall*

Catie and Brian Graham

Peter Vorvis

Curtis and Francine Bevis

Christian Hassel

Robert Holt

Janis Wentzell*

Robert and Deborah Bilello

Sarah Hindle*

The Horchow Family

A Storage Solution*

Joan Binford

J. Brown Builders

Denice Joyce*

Scott and Susan Whitlock

Gerald Biondi*

George Kaplan

Mary Ann Killgoar*

Mary Jane Wilson

Janet Birch*

Gregor and Mary Ferguson Martha Frigoletto Kenneth and Claudia Gentner Carl and Nancy Gewirz Fund Glidden & Glidden, PC Robert Grant Joseph and Maria Grause* Philip and Joan Gulley

W.C. and Winifred Mortenson

Ronald Arruda*

Carolyn Sullivan* Peter and Virginia Tulloch Mary Usuriello Gilbert Verney Foundation Donald and Phyllis Visco Steven and Ann Yanez P. Rhoads and Marcella Zimmerman

* INDICATES FIVE OR MORE YEARS OF CONSECUTIVE GIVING

Scott and Maura Hughes

Wendy Warring*

$250-$499

Bill Koutrobis*

UP TO $249

Jet Aviation

Delores Wedel

Amore Electric, Inc.

Jean Levins*

Anonymous

Monica Kleinman, MD

Tom and Anne Weinstock*

Joel and Pamela Aronson*

The Bari Lipp Foundation, Inc.

Acton Medical Associates

Joan Lapham*

Finn and Kim Wentworth

Cristina Ajemian

Lawrence General Hospital

Jeffrey Wisch, MD and Cynthia Crofts-Wisch

ASU Aviation Specialties Unlimited, Inc.

Robert Lipp and Martha Berman Regina Longfellow

Carol Barrett

Denise Albano

Jeffrey and Susan Zimmer

Thomas Loring

Robert Blaisdell

Derek Aldred

Mark Luthringshauser*

$500-$999

Alexander and Tracey Alfieri

John and Jane Loose

Peter Boak

Kathleen McClure

Aisling Partners Insurance Brokerage, LLC*

Karen Brooks

Francis and Rebecca Aliberte*

Scott Martin

Mary Millard*

Peter Burke, MD

Selma Alic

Allianz Global Risks US Insurance Company*

Nicholas and Polly Miller*

Russell and Gerri Carney*

Judith Amaral

Charlie Morse

Jayne Carvelli-Sheehan*

Thomas and Patricia Anathan

William and Marjorie O’Callaghan*

Charles Cook, MD

John and Michele Andel

Thomas Kershaw

Daisy Soros

James Crabtree*

Edward and Gretchen Anderson

Kershaw Foundation Charitable Trust

Paul Soros Family Trust

Karen Cross

John and Elizabeth Arakelian

William and Jacqueline Kupper

Kevin and Patricia Cummings

Todd Arnow

Dr. Timothy and Cathleen Lepore

Judith B. Phelan and Richard S. Phelan Family Foundation Inc.

Jered Maguire

Curtis Strategy

Richard Preston

McArdle Gannon Associates, Inc.

Richard and Linda D’Innocenzo*

Kenneth and Karyn Puleo

Bill and Karen Meaney

John Duggan

Robert Quinn

William Meehan and Laura Roebuck*

Alice Emerson

Michael Rosenblatt, MD and Patricia Roberts

Andrew Levine Robert and Diane Levy

Kathy and Joseph Arvay, MD Marilyn and Joseph Asiaf, MD Charles and Nancy Ausevich Robert Averbuck Andrea Babcock

MPG Promotions

Gale Babineau

Beth Myers*

John and Annie Backus

Jean and David Nathan, MD

Ronald and Eileen Balfour

Julianne Noble

Michelle Balzarini

William and Margie Pfeil*

Howard and Lenora Bardsley III

Jordan Rettig, MD

Richard Barry

Mary Lou Sullivan

Jon and Julie Bartlett

Robert Lloyd Corkin Charitable Foundation

Keith Bartlett William and Beverly Barton

Herbert Schiffer

Edith Barzelay

Joseph and Nancy Serafini

George and Sharon Bassett

John Sjovall

Frank Batista*

Edith Sparling Phillip and Beverly Stambaugh

Sylvia Beck Empower Retirement

Mark Rubenstein

Willi and Aurelia Beck

Exploration School*

Malisa Schuyler

John and Judith Belash

Extreme Networks

Mark Shaffar and Mijke Roggeveen

Alastair Bell, MD

Falcon Air, Inc.

Lois and Robert Shapiro, MD*

Marcelle Ben David

Kenneth Fallon*

Georgia Ann Snell

Helen Berardi

Morton and Beverly Fearey*

Charles Stevens*

Debora Berg

Leander Ferebee

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Storer

Carol Bergin

Charles Gieg*

Glenn Svenningsen*

Sally Berkowitz

Anne Hall*

Catie and Brian Graham

Peter Vorvis

Curtis and Francine Bevis

Christian Hassel

Robert Holt

Janis Wentzell*

Robert and Deborah Bilello

Sarah Hindle*

The Horchow Family

A Storage Solution*

Joan Binford

J. Brown Builders

Denice Joyce*

Scott and Susan Whitlock

Gerald Biondi*

George Kaplan

Mary Ann Killgoar*

Mary Jane Wilson

Janet Birch*

Gregor and Mary Ferguson Martha Frigoletto Kenneth and Claudia Gentner Carl and Nancy Gewirz Fund Glidden & Glidden, PC Robert Grant Joseph and Maria Grause* Philip and Joan Gulley

W.C. and Winifred Mortenson

Ronald Arruda*

Carolyn Sullivan* Peter and Virginia Tulloch Mary Usuriello Gilbert Verney Foundation Donald and Phyllis Visco Steven and Ann Yanez P. Rhoads and Marcella Zimmerman

* INDICATES FIVE OR MORE YEARS OF CONSECUTIVE GIVING

Charles Blathras

Lucille Dubois

David Gibbs

Diane Hutchens

Zoraida Bohn

Meredith Dunn

Elizabeth Gilbert

Deborah Hutchinson

Shirley Bonanno

Paula Durkee

Raymond Giuffre and Louise Canuel

William and Sally Hyde

Margaret Bondorew

David Earl

Kathy Glidden

Carole Imondi

Anthony Bonome

David Ebel

Steve and Peggy Godwin

Samuel Ina, DMD

Joseph Bosco

Charles Ebinger

Allene Golub

Larrie and Helen Ingalls*

George and Naomi Botelho

James Ellis

George and Susan Gomez

John Ippolito

Kathleen Bousquet

Carol Ellsworth*

Pauline Goodale

Tristan Israel

Kevin and Velma Bousquet

Linda Enos

Margaret Gorham

Frank Ittleman

Michael Boylan*

Epernay Wine & Spirits

Scott Goudie

Peter and Alexandra Jaffe

Robert Brandano*

John and Ann Erickson

Nicholas Grant

Donna Javier

Richard and Janet Brannigan

Annemarie Espindola

Constance Gray

Arlene Jelloe

John Braun

Manuel Estrella

Toby Greenberg*

David and Lisa Johnson*

John and Karalyn Bromage

Nicholas Eufrazio*

James and Kathleen Greene

John and Linda Johnson

T. Kimball Brooker Foundation

Marion Cavicchi

Kathryn Cruice

Stephen Evanchik

Daniel Guliano

Alice Jones

David Brous

Joseph Cazeault

Brian Cullity

Ellen Fairbrother

Stephen and Jean Haley

Michele Jussaume

Diana Brown*

Centerville Osterville Marston Mills Fire Fighters Local 2346

Jean Cummings

Robert and Joan Falkenburg

Toni Hall

John Kann

Norman Chaleki

Deborah Curran

Frank Fazio

Gary and Roberta Hamblin

Lisa Karol

Theresa Curtis

Janet Fazio

Deborah Hanlon

Thomas Kasper*

Phyllis Custance

Morton and Sharon Feary

Malik and Amy Hansen

Torry Stamm

Sherrie Cutler

Matthew and Sheila Fee

Arlene Hardy

Gail Keene

Scott Cwalina

James Feldman

Ken and Sally Harris

Chuck Kelley

Ronald Dahill

Brittany Fernandes

Robert and Patricia Harris

James and Claudia Kelly

Maureen Darby

Richard Fichter

Donald Harrison

William and Victoria Kenneally

William and Jacquelyn Dawson

Corina Filip

Peter Hartwell

Carol Kindler

Dolores Dean

Gary Flodin

Nancy Harvey

John and Loretta King

Michael Defazio

Caroline Flor

David and Audrey Hatch

Andrew and Hope Klassman

Richard and Patricia Defreitas

Eugene and Thelma Fontaine

John Hawke

William Knight*

Robert and Minna Dellapi

Anne Forbes

Candice Haynes

Ann Kraemer Campbell

Ermio Deluca

Joseph and Robin Forte

Neil and Donna Heffernan

Gerald and Judith Krantweiss

Paul and Angelina DelVecchio

William Foster

Gerard and Linda Helvitz*

Eliot Krause

Brian and Diane Denton

Edward Fox

Raymond and Patricia Herman

Barbara Kupelnick

Robert Dias*

Cynthia Foy

Robert Hess

Karl and Sarah Kussin

Jeffrey Dickinson

Dennis and Diane Francis

Abby Hiatt Shepp*

George Kyte

Anne Dillon

Carl Peter Fredland*

Greg and Judi Hill

John Laferriere

George Dillon

Mark Fredland*

Anthony and Louise Hirsch

Marilyn Lally*

Nelson Disco

Albert and Marcia Fuccillo

Peter and Linda Hoey

Stephen and Sharon Lamb

Robert and Maureen Dobies

Robert F. Gagel, MD

Tom and Debbie Hoffman

Tom Lambley

Ronald and Linda Doiron

James Gallagher

Ed Hogan

David Lamoureux

Donald and Tina Dorchester

Patricia Gallagher

Joan Holdgate

Nancy Lampe

Peter Dormitzer

Sarah Galpern*

Mark and Joanne Hooker

Marcia Lane

Terry Dougherty

Samuel Galvagno

George Hooper

Ralph and Pamela Leach*

Nanci Dowling-Meehan

Brendan Galvin

William Hopewell

Debra Leavitt

James Doyle

Teresa Garon

Barbara Hoyle

Gordon LeBlanc

Meighan Driscoll

Joan George

Thomas Hudner

Linda LeClair

Mary Druan

Robert and Bonnie George

Robert and Christine Hughes

Joel and Jean Leider

Dominic and Jana Duarte

Nancy Ghiglione

Michael Humphrey

Larry Lencz

Shelley Brown* Elizabeth Browning John Buchanan* Agnes Burke Walter and Gail Burke Robert and Norma Burton Michael Bussell* Margaret Bynoe Daniel and Nancy Cabot Kathy Caccamo Mallory Calamare Kristin Caley Lawrence and Kathleen Calisi Alan Campbell Deborah Campbell Madelyn Canniff* Benjamin and Sallie Cannon William and Phyllis Canon Canton Firefighters Association Barbara Capizzo Rosemarie Carey Rosanne Carney Bernard and Ginny Carrey* Bernie and Ann Carroll Irene Carroll Eliese Catarius Sheila Giancola Cataumet Boats, Inc. Danielle Caterino Susan Catling

Michael and Deborah Charness Kim Chermesino Joan Chiffer Neal and Nancy Chisholm Anthony and Cynthia Cintolo Danielle Clancy Phyllis Cognato Jeanne Cohane Howard P. Cohen, DMD* Allen and Nancy Collins* Nelson Coluzzi Deborah Comeau Linda Conaway Raymond and Susan Conlon Paul and Nancy Connolly John and Diane Connors* Paul Conroy Corrine Cook Juliet Cordeiro David and Sharon Cores* Francesco Corrado Stephen Costa Tiffany Cote Margo Cox Paul Crisostamo Mary Cristiano Barbara Critchlow Judith Crofts Jacquelyn Crones

* INDICATES FIVE OR MORE YEARS OF CONSECUTIVE GIVING

Charles Blathras

Lucille Dubois

David Gibbs

Diane Hutchens

Zoraida Bohn

Meredith Dunn

Elizabeth Gilbert

Deborah Hutchinson

Shirley Bonanno

Paula Durkee

Raymond Giuffre and Louise Canuel

William and Sally Hyde

Margaret Bondorew

David Earl

Kathy Glidden

Carole Imondi

Anthony Bonome

David Ebel

Steve and Peggy Godwin

Samuel Ina, DMD

Joseph Bosco

Charles Ebinger

Allene Golub

Larrie and Helen Ingalls*

George and Naomi Botelho

James Ellis

George and Susan Gomez

John Ippolito

Kathleen Bousquet

Carol Ellsworth*

Pauline Goodale

Tristan Israel

Kevin and Velma Bousquet

Linda Enos

Margaret Gorham

Frank Ittleman

Michael Boylan*

Epernay Wine & Spirits

Scott Goudie

Peter and Alexandra Jaffe

Robert Brandano*

John and Ann Erickson

Nicholas Grant

Donna Javier

Richard and Janet Brannigan

Annemarie Espindola

Constance Gray

Arlene Jelloe

John Braun

Manuel Estrella

Toby Greenberg*

David and Lisa Johnson*

John and Karalyn Bromage

Nicholas Eufrazio*

James and Kathleen Greene

John and Linda Johnson

T. Kimball Brooker Foundation

Marion Cavicchi

Kathryn Cruice

Stephen Evanchik

Daniel Guliano

Alice Jones

David Brous

Joseph Cazeault

Brian Cullity

Ellen Fairbrother

Stephen and Jean Haley

Michele Jussaume

Diana Brown*

Centerville Osterville Marston Mills Fire Fighters Local 2346

Jean Cummings

Robert and Joan Falkenburg

Toni Hall

John Kann

Norman Chaleki

Deborah Curran

Frank Fazio

Gary and Roberta Hamblin

Lisa Karol

Theresa Curtis

Janet Fazio

Deborah Hanlon

Thomas Kasper*

Phyllis Custance

Morton and Sharon Feary

Malik and Amy Hansen

Torry Stamm

Sherrie Cutler

Matthew and Sheila Fee

Arlene Hardy

Gail Keene

Scott Cwalina

James Feldman

Ken and Sally Harris

Chuck Kelley

Ronald Dahill

Brittany Fernandes

Robert and Patricia Harris

James and Claudia Kelly

Maureen Darby

Richard Fichter

Donald Harrison

William and Victoria Kenneally

William and Jacquelyn Dawson

Corina Filip

Peter Hartwell

Carol Kindler

Dolores Dean

Gary Flodin

Nancy Harvey

John and Loretta King

Michael Defazio

Caroline Flor

David and Audrey Hatch

Andrew and Hope Klassman

Richard and Patricia Defreitas

Eugene and Thelma Fontaine

John Hawke

William Knight*

Robert and Minna Dellapi

Anne Forbes

Candice Haynes

Ann Kraemer Campbell

Ermio Deluca

Joseph and Robin Forte

Neil and Donna Heffernan

Gerald and Judith Krantweiss

Paul and Angelina DelVecchio

William Foster

Gerard and Linda Helvitz*

Eliot Krause

Brian and Diane Denton

Edward Fox

Raymond and Patricia Herman

Barbara Kupelnick

Robert Dias*

Cynthia Foy

Robert Hess

Karl and Sarah Kussin

Jeffrey Dickinson

Dennis and Diane Francis

Abby Hiatt Shepp*

George Kyte

Anne Dillon

Carl Peter Fredland*

Greg and Judi Hill

John Laferriere

George Dillon

Mark Fredland*

Anthony and Louise Hirsch

Marilyn Lally*

Nelson Disco

Albert and Marcia Fuccillo

Peter and Linda Hoey

Stephen and Sharon Lamb

Robert and Maureen Dobies

Robert F. Gagel, MD

Tom and Debbie Hoffman

Tom Lambley

Ronald and Linda Doiron

James Gallagher

Ed Hogan

David Lamoureux

Donald and Tina Dorchester

Patricia Gallagher

Joan Holdgate

Nancy Lampe

Peter Dormitzer

Sarah Galpern*

Mark and Joanne Hooker

Marcia Lane

Terry Dougherty

Samuel Galvagno

George Hooper

Ralph and Pamela Leach*

Nanci Dowling-Meehan

Brendan Galvin

William Hopewell

Debra Leavitt

James Doyle

Teresa Garon

Barbara Hoyle

Gordon LeBlanc

Meighan Driscoll

Joan George

Thomas Hudner

Linda LeClair

Mary Druan

Robert and Bonnie George

Robert and Christine Hughes

Joel and Jean Leider

Dominic and Jana Duarte

Nancy Ghiglione

Michael Humphrey

Larry Lencz

* INDICATES FIVE OR MORE YEARS OF CONSECUTIVE GIVING

George and Rosamond Leonard

Patricia Medeiros

Claire Norton*

Karen Rathje

Gregory and Donna Silva

John and Janice Walker

Gerard Letendre

Beth Mee

David Norton

Ingela Ray

Michael Simeone

William and Michelle Waller

Marie Letteri

Nancy Mee

Michael and Vicki Norton

Philip and Margaret Read

Carly Simon

Donald and Jane Walsh

Michael and Joyce Levy

Norma Mendilian

Helen Nugent

Janet Reddy

Andrew and Marianna Siwik

Linda Walsh

Lexington Graphics

Cristin Merck

Michael O’Brien

Rebecca Reese

Robert and Susan Slysz*

Timothy and Alison Ward

Lloyd Licciardello

Linda Meredith

David O’Connor

Beverly Reichle

Joan Small

Henry and Patricia Wasierski*

Mary Litwinsky*

John Merritt

Robert O’Connor

Priscilla Reis

Sidney and Nanette Small

Corvin Weddle

Michael and Christina Lochhead*

Audrey Metcalf

Kathleen Olson

Priscilla L. Reis Revocable Trust

Robert Smith*

William Welch

Stephen Lomanno

Harry and Barbara Mintz*

Edward and Rosemary O’Neil*

Reliance Standard

Charles Soule

Laurel and William Welch, MD*

William Longa

Donald and Margaret Mitchell

Jeff O’Neill

Robert Rheaume

Sidney Spiegel

Dennis Wells

John Longmoore

Maurice and Norma Mitchell

Elizabeth O’Rourke*

Nancy Rich

Kenneth Spritz

Jay and Lois Wertheimer

Gary Lorion

Louise Molter

Kenneth Osborne

Ann Richard

John and Joan Stackpole

Frederick West

William and Deborah Lothian

Chris O’Sullivan

Michael and Carolyn Richman

James and Diane Stilian

Richard and Maureen Wester

Jim and Tricia Lowe

Janice Ouimette

Jeanne Riggs

Richard and Marguerite Stone

Camden White

Arlene Lowenstein

Robert and Margaret Owen

Denise Ringer

Robert and Teresa Strong

Herbert White

George and Dolores Lucas

Randall and Theresa Oxley

Glenn Riskin

Robert and Eileen

Scott Whittle

Mary Ellen Lundy

Kenneth Pailler*

Susan Robinson

Sandra Sullivan

Michael and Amber Lynde

Victor and Nancy Pallazola

Germaine Roche

Anne Sweidel*

Mr. William Wilbur and Ms. Patricia Wallace-Wilbur

Matthew MacEachern

Papa Gino’s

Kathleen Rosa

Robert and Karen Swenson

Gordon and Suzanne MacEwan

Anna Papotto

Bruce and Susan Rosinoff

Dorothy Sykes

Richard Mack*

Mary Alyce Pardo

Sverre and Holly Rosvik

Stanley and Anne Marie Sylvester

J. Clarence and Rita Madore

Heather Parker

Russell Rothman

Walter Szot

Robert and Kelly Maffeo

Laura McDermott

Melvyn Rubin

Richard Tarr

James Maher

Patricia Pastuszak

Constance Russell

Anita Tavares*

Anna Patchett

Robert and Betty Ryder*

Roger and Jean Temple

Eric and Catherine Pauly

Scott and Denise Sabotka

Robert Terriciano

Patricia Pavlik

Ali Salim, MD

Donald and Phyllis TeSelle

Andrea Pelczar

Sheila Sargent

Elaine Tetreault

Janice Pelletier

Brendon and Meghan Savage

Irene Thibeault

Steve Perkins

George and Nancy Sawyer

Rob Thompson

Anna Perry

Charles and Kathleen Sayle

Thompson Builders Inc.*

Pat Perry

Thalia Scanlan

Pamela Thompson

Patricia Petersen

Christine Schmidt

Ronald Tierney*

Goran and Leanne Peterson

Daniel and Frederique Schutzberg*

Jon Tonelli

Robert Pickett

Jean Schweis*

Stacy Toporoff

Annette Poirier

Judy Schweitzer

Keith and Roxanne Touchette

Grant and Geraldine Presby

Jordon Scoppa*

Michael Tremblay

Nina Pringle

Todd and Jacquelyn Seastedt

Ellen Trifero

Nancy Pritchard*

Robert and Susan Seger

Donna Trushin*

Richard and Maureen Pulice*

Dominic Sera*

Mary Tucker

Quality Carton & Converting

Ruth Shanker

Robert Valle

Caryn Quimby

Christopher Shannon

Robert Vinson

S. Michelle Quintero-Chica

Kevin Shea

D. Warren and Anne Vose

Karpaga Ramalakshmanan

Gary and Mary Shearer

Jaques and Helene Wagner

Phillip and Claire Raneri*

Diana Shearstone

Robert Wagner

Lucy Rapperport

William Shofner

Doreen Waishek

Joanne Ratcliffe

Diannah Shurtleff

Scott Waldron

Paul Malo Mansfield Permanent FireFighters Association Sachy Marcelino David and Melissa Margolis Richard and Catherine Markee Elizabeth Marsh Claire Masciarelli Massachusetts Medical Society Chris and Carla McCall Patricia McCornack Beth and Jack McCullough Barbara McDonald Sarah McDonough Ashley McEleney Gyneth McGarvey Thomas McKinnon Robert and Gayle McMullen Dennis McNally Donald McNeice* George McNulty Linea McQuay Jim and Carol McSweeney

Margie Montano Helene Montoni Duncan Moodie Scott Moore Dennis Moreland Robert Morrissey James and Jo Ann Mosley Ashish Mukerji Barbara Mulkern Alice Mungeam Alice Murphy Benjamin Murphy Phyllis Murphy John Nappi John Nargi Network For Good Gabrielle Newcomb Edwin Newhall Woods* Sandra Newton Paul Nichols* Gary and Deborah Niswonger John and Denise Norden Pete Norgeot

* INDICATES FIVE OR MORE YEARS OF CONSECUTIVE GIVING

Whitney Wilkinson Jack Williams Merrilleon Wing Chrystal Wittcopp Warren Woessner Richard Wontka Joanne Wood William and Jean Work Randall Wright Gina Zaccardi Gregory Zahora Bryant and Marcia Zanko Loretta Zannis Lise Zapatka Maria Zodda* Loretta Zwarts*

George and Rosamond Leonard

Patricia Medeiros

Claire Norton*

Karen Rathje

Gregory and Donna Silva

John and Janice Walker

Gerard Letendre

Beth Mee

David Norton

Ingela Ray

Michael Simeone

William and Michelle Waller

Marie Letteri

Nancy Mee

Michael and Vicki Norton

Philip and Margaret Read

Carly Simon

Donald and Jane Walsh

Michael and Joyce Levy

Norma Mendilian

Helen Nugent

Janet Reddy

Andrew and Marianna Siwik

Linda Walsh

Lexington Graphics

Cristin Merck

Michael O’Brien

Rebecca Reese

Robert and Susan Slysz*

Timothy and Alison Ward

Lloyd Licciardello

Linda Meredith

David O’Connor

Beverly Reichle

Joan Small

Henry and Patricia Wasierski*

Mary Litwinsky*

John Merritt

Robert O’Connor

Priscilla Reis

Sidney and Nanette Small

Corvin Weddle

Michael and Christina Lochhead*

Audrey Metcalf

Kathleen Olson

Priscilla L. Reis Revocable Trust

Robert Smith*

William Welch

Stephen Lomanno

Harry and Barbara Mintz*

Edward and Rosemary O’Neil*

Reliance Standard

Charles Soule

Laurel and William Welch, MD*

William Longa

Donald and Margaret Mitchell

Jeff O’Neill

Robert Rheaume

Sidney Spiegel

Dennis Wells

John Longmoore

Maurice and Norma Mitchell

Elizabeth O’Rourke*

Nancy Rich

Kenneth Spritz

Jay and Lois Wertheimer

Gary Lorion

Louise Molter

Kenneth Osborne

Ann Richard

John and Joan Stackpole

Frederick West

William and Deborah Lothian

Chris O’Sullivan

Michael and Carolyn Richman

James and Diane Stilian

Richard and Maureen Wester

Jim and Tricia Lowe

Janice Ouimette

Jeanne Riggs

Richard and Marguerite Stone

Camden White

Arlene Lowenstein

Robert and Margaret Owen

Denise Ringer

Robert and Teresa Strong

Herbert White

George and Dolores Lucas

Randall and Theresa Oxley

Glenn Riskin

Robert and Eileen

Scott Whittle

Mary Ellen Lundy

Kenneth Pailler*

Susan Robinson

Sandra Sullivan

Michael and Amber Lynde

Victor and Nancy Pallazola

Germaine Roche

Anne Sweidel*

Mr. William Wilbur and Ms. Patricia Wallace-Wilbur

Matthew MacEachern

Papa Gino’s

Kathleen Rosa

Robert and Karen Swenson

Gordon and Suzanne MacEwan

Anna Papotto

Bruce and Susan Rosinoff

Dorothy Sykes

Richard Mack*

Mary Alyce Pardo

Sverre and Holly Rosvik

Stanley and Anne Marie Sylvester

J. Clarence and Rita Madore

Heather Parker

Russell Rothman

Walter Szot

Robert and Kelly Maffeo

Laura McDermott

Melvyn Rubin

Richard Tarr

James Maher

Patricia Pastuszak

Constance Russell

Anita Tavares*

Anna Patchett

Robert and Betty Ryder*

Roger and Jean Temple

Eric and Catherine Pauly

Scott and Denise Sabotka

Robert Terriciano

Patricia Pavlik

Ali Salim, MD

Donald and Phyllis TeSelle

Andrea Pelczar

Sheila Sargent

Elaine Tetreault

Janice Pelletier

Brendon and Meghan Savage

Irene Thibeault

Steve Perkins

George and Nancy Sawyer

Rob Thompson

Anna Perry

Charles and Kathleen Sayle

Thompson Builders Inc.*

Pat Perry

Thalia Scanlan

Pamela Thompson

Patricia Petersen

Christine Schmidt

Ronald Tierney*

Goran and Leanne Peterson

Daniel and Frederique Schutzberg*

Jon Tonelli

Robert Pickett

Jean Schweis*

Stacy Toporoff

Annette Poirier

Judy Schweitzer

Keith and Roxanne Touchette

Grant and Geraldine Presby

Jordon Scoppa*

Michael Tremblay

Nina Pringle

Todd and Jacquelyn Seastedt

Ellen Trifero

Nancy Pritchard*

Robert and Susan Seger

Donna Trushin*

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BOSTON MEDFLIGHT BECOMES FIRST MASSACHUSETTS AMBULANCE SERVICE TO CARRY BLOOD PRODUCTS

2019 BY THE NUMBERS 10 Cities and towns transported from: 185 Hospitals transported to or from: 188 Pediatric and neo-natal patients transported: 1,051 Hours flown by helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft: 2,600 Hours of training provided for nurses/paramedics: 4, 774 Patients transported: 4,781 Patients transported since 1985 (approximate): 80,000 Ground ambulance miles driven: 225, 692 Amount spent for pilot simulation: $374, 664 Free and unreimbursed care provided: $4,722,210 Annual operating budget: $35 million States transported from:

he Boston MedFlight team, recognized as the best of the best in delivering worldclass lifesaving care, now has even greater capabilities. In November 2019, the Boston MedFlight Blood Transfusion Program received approval from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. This initiative, a collaboration with Brigham and Women’s Hospital, enables Boston MedFlight to carry and transfuse blood, as needed, to critically ill and injured patients in our ground and air mobile ICUs. The new program was immediately utilized in a transport originating out of our Bedford base, when in midNovember a patient involved in a serious motor vehicle crash received a blood transfusion during transport from the scene of the crash to one of our consortium hospitals in Boston. This initiative provides our critical care nurses and critical care paramedics with 24-hour immediate access to blood products during life-threatening illness or injury. The program builds on models already vetted throughout the country, including those operating in Maine, New Hampshire, and Connecticut. No other ground or air pre-hospital ambulance service based in Massachusetts carries blood products in its vehicles. “We are excited to have received state approval for the Boston MedFlight Blood Transfusion Program,” said Maura Hughes, CEO of Boston MedFlight. “With the assistance of Brigham and Women’s Hospital, this is a significant addition to the services that we provide, ensuring that all critically ill or injured patients who need blood can receive it during transport when every second counts.” The program is being implemented in phases. Blood products are currently available on transport vehicles out of our Bedford headquarters and will soon be expanded to our other three bases in Plymouth, Lawrence, and Mansfield, MA.

Through close collaboration and support from Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston MedFlight is able to bring their world-renowned expertise in blood banking and transfusion science to our patients’ bedside. Through this program, BMF is operating as a satellite facility of the Brigham and Women’s Blood Bank. “Boston MedFlight means excellence in critical care transport,” said Julia Sinclair, Senior Vice President, Inpatient and Clinical Services for Brigham and Women’s Hospital. “We are honored to be able to collaborate with them to provide their clinicians with 24-hour immediate access to appropriate blood products following life threatening illness or injury. Our existing relationship will grow and strengthen as a result of this cooperative initiative that will help Boston MedFlight save more lives.” Since our inception, Boston MedFlight has cared for more than 80,000 patients and today provides critical care transport to more than 4,800 patients annually. Twenty-five percent of our patients are infants and children, including fragile premature infants weighing as little as one pound. As a nonprofit, we provide more than $4 million in free and unreimbursed care each year to patients who have little or no medical insurance—care that now includes blood and blood products when needed. BMF is proud of this latest accomplishment to continue our 35-year history of innovative patient care practices and leadership.

In line with our 35-year history of innovative patient care, we are excited to add this important capacity to our range of life-saving practices.

BOSTON MEDFLIGHT BECOMES FIRST MASSACHUSETTS AMBULANCE SERVICE TO CARRY BLOOD PRODUCTS

In line with our 35-year history of innovative patient care, we are excited to add this important capacity to our range of life-saving practices.

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BMF employees volunteer at GBFB

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BOSTON MEDFLIGHT WINS 2019 WELLNESS AWARD FROM MASS HEALTH COUNCIL

The Dr. Suzanne K. Wedel Legacy Society

he Massachusetts Health Council held its Annual Fundraising Gala in October 2019 at the Seaport Hotel in Boston. The fundraiser honored outstanding “stars” who have contributed to the state’s thriving health care community. Among the honorees was Boston MedFlight, winning the award for Excellence in Workplace Wellness. “Boston MedFlight cares about the health and wellbeing of our staff who carry out the important work of critical care transport,” said CEO Maura Hughes. “Workplace wellness is a top priority. We are honored to be recognized for the services and programs that we provide to enhance our team’s overall welfare, safety, health, and emotional wellness.” The other honorees included Martin J. Walsh, Mayor of Boston, Vic DiGravio, Vice President of Strategy, eHana, and Monica Lowell, Vice President of Community Relations at UMass Memorial Health Care.

A record number of babies were born into the Boston MedFlight family in 2019.

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The Dr. Suzanne K. Wedel Legacy Society honors those who provide support for Boston MedFlight in their wills, trusts, life income gifts, retirement plans, life insurance designations, and other planned gifts.

DR. SUZANNE K. WEDEL

Dr. Suzanne K. Wedel led Boston MedFlight as Chief Executive Officer and Medical Director for 27 years, from 1989 until her passing in 2016. Dr. Wedel was beloved and respected by her friends, colleagues, and individuals throughout the medical field and critical care transport industry. Known equally for her intelligence and medical expertise, Dr. Wedel was a driving force in developing best practices in critical care medicine. Dr. Wedel’s dedication to Boston MedFlight and our patients was unparalleled, as was her belief in the organization’s past, present, and future. As a physician and leader, Dr. Wedel was selfless, loyal, and empathetic, exemplifying the practice of “compassionate care.” The Dr. Suzanne K. Wedel Legacy Society honors this abiding commitment to Boston MedFlight’s mission. Thoughtful donors who have made provisions for Boston MedFlight in their estate plans demonstrate their own dedication to the organization’s mission, its future, and the patients we care for every day. The individuals listed below have made provisions in their estate plans to support Boston MedFlight. We are deeply grateful for their dedication to the organization and its future. Jayne Carvelli-Sheehan Alasdair Conn, MD Maura Hughes Daphne Noyes Ann Prestipino Charles Wiley If you have included Boston MedFlight in your estate plans, please let us know. We would like to thank you for your generosity, ensure that the purpose of your gift is understood by the organization, and recognize you as a member of the Dr. Suzanne K. Wedel Legacy Society.

“The establishment of The Dr. Suzanne K. Wedel Legacy Society is a wonderful tribute to Suzanne and her dedication to Boston MedFlight and the thousands of patients and families cared for by the organization during her 27 years as CEO and Medical Director. Our family is grateful to Boston MedFlight for honoring Suzanne’s memory in this meaningful way.” — Alasdair K. Conn, MD, husband of the late Suzanne K. Wedel, MD, and Chief Emeritus of Emergency Services at Massachusetts General Hospital

To learn more about supporting Boston MedFlight with a planned gift, please contact Tom Hudner, Chief Development Officer, at 781-457-5316 or tom.hudner@bostonmedflight.org. Thank you!

BOSTON MEDFLIGHT WINS 2019 WELLNESS AWARD FROM MASS HEALTH COUNCIL

The Dr. Suzanne K. Wedel Legacy Society

A record number of babies were born into the Boston MedFlight family in 2019.

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DR. SUZANNE K. WEDEL

To learn more about supporting Boston MedFlight with a planned gift, please contact Tom Hudner, Chief Development Officer, at 781-457-5316 or tom.hudner@bostonmedflight.org. Thank you!

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