| Year Honored | |
|---|---|
| 2007 | |
| Honoree | |
| Erin Leah Eachus Reed | |
| Agency | |
| Airlift Northwest | |
| Agency City | |
| Seattle | |
| Agency State | |
| WA | |
| Last Call | |
| 9/29/05 | |
| Cause of Death | |
| Medical Aviation Accident | |
| Biography | |
| When Erin stepped into an ER, a helicopter, a trauma situation or your living room, it never went without notice that a powerful skilled technician and larger than life persona had arrived. If you met her once, you never forgot her. With great humor, skill and adventure, Erin loved life. She was a certified international open water scuba diver and loved boating. Erin's wanderlust travels were documented with like passion, in her writing, photography and purchased artistic mementos.<br /> <br /> Erin Eachus Reed, 48, of Seattle, Washington, was killed when the medical helicopter she was working on as a flight nurse crashed into Puget Sound September 29,2005. She, another flight nurse and pilot had flown a critically ill patient to Harborview Medical Center, Seattle. The accident occurred as the helicopter was returning to the base at Arlington Municipal Airport.<br /> <br /> Erin became interested in emergency medical services in Colorado. In 1981 she moved back to California and became an Emergency Medical Technician, eventually becoming a paramedic and working in Santa Rosa, California. She earned the stature of becoming the first female firefighter/paramedic in Marin County. She received her RN degree in Boston, Massachusetts while working as a paramedic for Boston Medflight. Erin was an emergency room trauma nurse at Holston Valley Hospital in Tennessee where she received the Nora<br /> <br /> K. Hurd award for exemplary service. She then attained her goal of becoming a flight nurse with Airlift Northwest, and was honored as Flight Nurse of the Year in 2001.<br /> <br /> Erin was a member of the Emergency Nurses Association, the Air & Surface Transport Nurses Association and a former member of both the National Flight Paramedic's Association and California State Fireman's Association. When asked what was the most satisfying part of her job, she said "knowing that when I get one of those critically ill patients to the hospital alive - they wouldn't have made it without me."<br /> <br /> Honored 2007 |
The United States Official National EMS Memorial Service
