Pegasus

Flight nurse Shawn Reid's nursing career started with a simple question: what happens to patients after they arrive at the hospital? Read more about what makes Shawn Reid's job "the best job in the world."

Pegasus, UVA's medical helicopter, transports ill and injured patients from all around the region. Read about the day Leigh spent with the Pegasus team.

UVA Medical Emergency Communications Center (Medcom) operates as a mini 911 center, command center and air traffic control all wrapped into one. Learn more from supervisor Gary Morris, who oversees the daily operation of the Medcom team.

The UVA Medical Center Stroke Team gave tPA, a clot-dissolving drug, just 19 minutes after Larry arrived at UVA through the Pegasus medevac helicopter. Watch his story.

UVA patient Betsy Houston, a freelance writer and editor, contributed this post. “A debt we can never repay…” That’s how my husband and I describe our relationship with the UVA Health System. Nearly ten years ago, the doctors and nurses in the hospital saved my life after a massive gastrointestinal…

It’s 3:30 p.m., and already UVA’s medical helicopter, Pegasus, has been to a car accident scene, a hospital in Danville, back to UVA and finally to their headquarters at the Charlottesville Albemarle Airport. Sounds like a typical day for a medical flight crew, except there’s no typical day. One day,…