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flight nurse

American  

noun

  1. a nurse in the U.S. Air Force who tends patients being transported by airplane.


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According to a statement, deVries was a former member of the San Bernardino County Fire Protection District, where she served as an EMS flight nurse and EMS nurse educator.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

Also killed in the crash was Ms Rojaz Ortiz, who was on her first day as a flight nurse.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2025

The five people who died onboard were the pilot, a flight nurse, a flight paramedic, a patient and a patient’s family member.

From New York Times ● Feb. 25, 2023

The flight nurse was identified as Courtney Parry and the flight paramedic as Gabriel Camacho.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 5, 2023

He married Anne Garland Walton, a flight nurse, in 2015, on his 82nd birthday.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 18, 2022

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