Woody McClendon

When the Angel Calls Woody McClendon

The author flew medevac missions for over ten years over the decades of his career, from which he brings a historical perspective on how it evolved. He takes the reader down the path of trauma patient care from the early days of hospital-based programs that spared no cost for aircraft and crews to today to the point when private equity companies took over. They have mandated cheaper, smaller helicopters that were never meant to fly in the harsh conditions of rough terrain and total darkness demanded by many trauma patient missions. Painting this trend against the deaths of hundreds of medevac crew members is the chilling story told in When the Angel calls. Equally important is the story of those heroic medevac crew members in every city in the US who stand ready 24/7 to risk their lives saving trauma victims. Were it not for them those victims likely would not survive. The media has never highlighted their story. When the Angel Calls highlights these heroes so that more Americans learn about them, the risks they take for their patients, and the miracles they achieve every day.