Air Medical Journal
Volume 28, Issue 2 , Pages 84-87 , March 2009

A Flight Chaplain: How One Program Supports its Crewmembers

  • Kathleen M. Mayer, MS, RN

      Affiliations

    • All authors are employed by Flight for Life Colorado in Denver.
    • Kathy Mayer, RN, MS, is the program director.
    • ,
  • Amelie A. Buchanan, MDiv

      Affiliations

    • All authors are employed by Flight for Life Colorado in Denver.
    • Amelie A. Buchanan, MDiv, is the chaplain.
    • ,
  • Michael Brunko, MD

      Affiliations

    • All authors are employed by Flight for Life Colorado in Denver.
    • Michael Brunko, MD, is the medical director.

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 Funding for this program was provided by St. Anthony Health Foundation.A portion of this paper was presented at the Critical Care Transport Medicine Conference, sponsored by the Air and Surface Transport Nurses Association, April 5, 2006, in Las Vegas, NV.

PII: S1067-991X(08)00216-2

doi: 10.1016/j.amj.2008.08.010

Air Medical Journal
Volume 28, Issue 2 , Pages 84-87 , March 2009

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