When Sim Shain was seven years old, his father had just become an emergency medical technician, volunteering for a local New York ambulance squad, Hatzolah EMS. “I used to watch him run out of our home and his business to go and save lives,” said Shain. “I said, ‘When I get older, I want to save lives too.’” As he turned 20, he took an EMT course and joined Howell First Aid and Rescue, then in 1996, joined the unit that his father helped to start—Hatzolah.
Medical Flight Missions Expand, Adjust through 2021
Key Takeaways:
- Inspired by his EMT father and mentor Steve Zakheim, Sim Shain founded ParaFlight EMS to provide critical air medical transport services.
- ParaFlight's OrganFlights division utilizes an "Uber-style" app for real-time organ transport, significantly streamlining the complex logistics of transplantation.
- The company successfully navigated major challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic, including resource shortages for organ transport, while also assisting with international patient repatriation.
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