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Emergency Aeromedical Service

Emergency Aeromedical Service

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The Emergency Aeromedical Service (EAS) is a helicopter-based medical evacuation and air ambulance service based in Athlone, Ireland.[1] Operated since 2012 by the Air Corps and National Ambulance Service under the call sign MEDEVAC 112,[2] the service was redesignated AIR CORPS 112 in 2016. It is a joint project of the Irish government Departments of Defence and Health, and provides an advanced-paramedic response to patients whose location or clinical condition requires aeromedical support.[3]

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The service was launched on an initial 12-month trial basis on 4 June 2012,[4] operating initially on a Eurocopter EC135 aircraft and later on an AgustaWestland AW139, based at Custume Barracks in Athlone, Westmeath.[5][6][7] It continued to operate beyond the initial trial period, and was made permanent in June 2015.[8][9]

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