Dartmouth Hitchcock Advanced Response Team - DHART

07/18/2025

📸🚁 Tried to capture the perfect landing shot when suddenly, an unexpected guest arrived in our picture!

Cue the photobomb from above. ✈️🌅

We were going for postcard worthy, but Fed Ex reminded us:
“We absolutely, positively have to deliver… a surprise appearance.” 📦✈️

Golden hour, rotor wash, and a little friendly airspace fun-all in a day’s work with DHART. We are standing by ready for you! Have a safe and photo worthy weekend! 💚🚁.

07/10/2025

💪 Teamwork makes the dreamwork 💪

From dispatchers and comms center staff to police, fire, EMS, and everyone in between, it truly takes a village to make every mission possible!

A thank you to Golden Cross Ambulance and Claremont Fire Department for your collaboration and dedication on this call, and Valley Regional Hospital for providing us a safe and secure landing zone.

Together, we make a difference 💪 🚑 🚁 🚒 🚓

📷 credit: Joe

07/09/2025

🚁🏊Stay Safe This Summer: Swimming & Life Jacket Tips 🏊🚁
As we head off to the lakes, rivers, ocean, and pools to escape the heat of the summer, we encourage all swimmers, no matter what skill level, to be prepared. DHART crews respond to water related emergencies every year. Here’s how to stay safe:

🛟 Wear a U.S. Coast Guard-approved life jacket, especially when boating, paddle boarding, kayaking, or swimming in open water
🛟 Be sure your life jacket fits properly
🛟 Don't overestimate your abilities-swim with a buddy
🛟 Swim in designated swimming areas and in the vicinity of a lifeguard, if possible
🛟 Know the water conditions-strong currents, cold water, and hidden hazards can be a risk to swimmers

Swim safe and enjoy the sunshine! 😎🚁

07/04/2025

🎆 Happy Fourth of July from all of us at DHART! 🇺🇸

While many are celebrating with friends, family, good food, and fireworks, our crews remain ready to respond — in the air and on the ground — whenever we’re needed. 🚑 🚁

Thank you to our crew members and first responder partners working this holiday to keep our communities safe and a thank you to those who sacrifice their freedom so that we can celebrate ours ❤️ 🤍 💙

🎆 Wishing everyone a safe, healthy, and happy holiday! 🇺🇸

07/01/2025

🌟Congrats to DHART Flight Nurse, Adam, who was a 2025 recipient of the Aretè Award for Nursing Excellence. Adam was nominated by a peer and identified as an outstanding RN who is recognized for being highly effective in their day-today care of the patient and their family demonstrating the highest standards of nursing.

Aretè was a concept of great importance to the ancient Greeks. It translates as “excellence” but actually means something closer to “being the best that you can be”.

Here is an excerpt from his peer nomination:
“Adam exemplifies every criteria of the Aretè Nursing Award. He is a silent professional, who is not only a highly skill clinical leader as was evident by the wealth of knowledge that he shared about critical care and flight nursing to me, but his professionalism and incredible leadership while caring for the sickest patients in New England truly makes a difference in all out comes. He takes time to teach and share knowledge, he constantly challenges himself to better his education and the care he gives to patient, and always puts what's best for the patient and crew first”.

Thank you Adam for your continued dedication to excellence and congratulations!🌟

06/25/2025

☀️Summer adventures are calling, but so are heat, injury, and dehydration risks. Whether you’re hiking high in the mountains or cooling off by the lake or the ocean, stay safe with these tips:
🥾 Hike Smart: Start early, carry water, wear proper shoes, tell someone your route, and carry your hike safe card
🏕️ Camp Carefully: Secure fires, use sunscreen, and be aware of wildlife
🔥 Grills & Campfires: Keep water or a fire extinguisher nearby
🌊 Splash Safely: Always swim with a buddy, watch children closely, and don't mix swimming with alcohol. Life jackets save lives
🚴‍♀️ Activities: Helmets for biking, four wheeling (ATVs), and motorcycles
🚗 Travel: Buckle up, avoid distractions, don't text and drive, and never leave kids or pets in hot cars

Let’s work together to keep emergency calls down and summer spirits up.
Enjoy the views and the breeze, but don’t let the heat catch you off guard!
Your safety is our mission, but prevention starts with YOU. 💚🚁🚑

🏔️🌊Enjoy some of the views from the DHART crew & stay safe this summer! 🚁🚑
📸 no patient on board during time of photos

06/20/2025

🐕☀️ Happy Fri-Yay from your favorite "flight pup", Monty the therapy dog, and the DHART crew! 🚁💚

Whether we’re chasing tailwinds or tennis balls, our team and our furry friends are always ready to respond! 🌥🥎

Big tail wags and high fives to our incredible pilots, paramedics, nurses, EMTs, communication specialists, drivers, and mechanics who all keep the DHART mission moving. Let’s wrap the week with gratitude, laughter, and maybe a belly rub or treat or two!

Stay safe out there and don’t forget to paws and enjoy the weekend! 🐾

Monty doesn't actually fly with us, but serves as a therapy dog helping first responders all across New England. Learn more @ https://firstrespondertherapydogs.org/

🐾 Share your favorite dog photos with us!

06/17/2025

🎉 Congratulations to our newest DHART team members! 🎉

Join us in welcoming Flight Paramedic Selena and Flight Nurse Tony, who have officially completed DHART’s intensive orientation training program! 🚁

Over the past several months, they’ve put in hundreds of hours of clinical shifts, simulation lab exercises, and advanced training with our medical directors as well as in the ICUs and OR at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center—all while preparing for the unique challenges of critical care transport!

This journey isn’t easy, and we’re incredibly proud of their dedication, resilience, and commitment to excellence in patient care and excited about their future with DHART! 💚

05/12/2025

Looking forward to seeing Canterbury NH Fire & Rescue this evening for a training course! Did you know that DHART offers training courses to local EMS agencies all over NH and VT?

Visit https://www.dartmouth-hitchcock.org/dhart/training-courses for more information or to fill out a form to request training!

Tomorrow evening, Monday May 12 there will be a helicopter landing at the municipal complex at about 7:30 PM as part of a scheduled fire department training exercise. For those of you who live close to the center of town, you may see or hear this helicopter as it lands and takes off at about an hour later .

05/11/2025

🌸Happy Mother's Day to all of the mothers and mother figures out there! We hope you feel celebrated and loved today!
🌸Here are just a few of our Mommas and their kiddos at DHART!

05/07/2025

Happy Nurse's Day to the team of dedicated nurses that work for DHART! Thank you for your hard work, compassion, and resilience! 💚

02/19/2025

Meet Caitlin, our newest DHART Comm communicator!