Lorena Knapp on EMS flying in Alaska

Alaska is still largely wilderness and remote communities rely heavily on helicopter operations. Air Ambulance services like the one that today’s guest Lorena Knapp flies for can drastically reduce the time needed to get a patient to primary care given the terrain and ground conditions.

Find out about flying conditions in Alaska and get an insight into helicopter Emergency Medical Service (EMS) operations. Along the way we follow Lorena’s career progression to find out how she got her start and worked her way up to her current challenging position.

01:12 Meet Lorena Knapp

02:30 Current role with Air Methods and location

04:30 Early flying experience with her dad

06:10 Helicopter training and getting licence

08:22 Hillsboro Aviation training and instructing

09:00 Oil and Gas in Gulf of Mexico

11:10 Tours – Juneau and Denali, Alaska

13:40 Moving into EMS

14:50 Air Methods organisation and history

18:00 EMS operations – Air Ambulance, VFR, NVGs, shifts

20:20 Medical crews and carrying patients, memorable calls

25:10 Really making a difference

26:20 Flying in Alaska

28:10 Terrain and heights

28:50 Day length changes, NVGs

30:45 Impact of weather

34:05 Cold weather ops

38:25 Sectional charts, GPS and navigation

39:55 Anchorage airspace classes

42:20 Helicopter industry operators

44:00 Getting a job in Alaska

44:50 Alaska highlights off hours

47:20 Helping people achieve dreams

49:45 Ninety-nines and other women aviation groups

52:53 Trainmorepilots.com

53:20 Best helicopter novels – send in your nominations

View from the cockpit flying in Alaska in an Astar – no steam driven gauges here

In the episode we talk about the size of Alaska. This graphic shows the size comparison with the rest of the United States.

Lorena’s TEDx Talk Video

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Links from this week’s episode:

Lorenaknapp.com – Lorena’s website

AirMethods

The Ninety-Nines, Inc., International Organization of Women Pilots

Whirly Girls

If we were not there, that guy would not now be alive #helicopters
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Can sometimes log more night flying on the day shift than the night crews
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The hydraulic fluid starts to get jelly-like at these temps #alaska
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