HealthNet Aeromedical Services Honors Graduates of Flight Academy Class Romeo

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - HealthNet Aeromedical Services is pleased to announce its latest round of graduates of its 2025 flight academy program.

Program leaders along with friends and family of the graduates gathered for a special ceremony June 5 at the Charleston Light Opera Guild Theatre. The six flight nurses and four flight paramedics graduating from HealthNet Aeromedical Services Flight Academy Romeo were presented with graduation certificates and flight vests.

This program is a rigorous 10-week academy where students receive classroom and hands-on training through simulation labs and a helicopter simulator.

The newly certified mobile critical care nurses and paramedics will be stationed at bases throughout HealthNet Aeromedical Services’ service region. Graduates and their assigned bases are below:

· Katelyn Edens, Flight Nurse, Base 3 (Huntington, W.Va.)

· Jeremy Erwin, Flight Nurse, Base 5 (Beckley, W. Va.)

· Thomas Hayes, Flight Paramedic, Base 9 (Lewisburg, W.Va.)

· Nathaniel Hickman, Flight Nurse, Base 6 (Buckhannon, W.Va.)

· Sarah Kessick, Flight Paramedic, Base 2 (Milwood, W.Va.)

· Casey Saunders, Flight Nurse, Base 2 (Milwood, W.Va.)

· Trevor Sebring, Flight Nurse, Base 10 (Moundsville, W. Va.)

· Courtney Shears, Flight Paramedic, Base 6 (Buckhannon, W.Va.)

· Cole Teal, Flight Nurse, Base 5 (Beckley, W. Va.)

· Donna Wauthier, Flight Paramedic, Base 10 (Moundsville, W. Va.)

Clinton Burley, president and CEO of HealthNet Aeromedical Services, expressed his enthusiasm for the latest academy:

“We are immensely proud of the latest graduates from Flight Academy Romeo. Their intense training, dedication, and passion for pre-hospital critical care and transport medicine have prepared them to face the unique demands of airborne medical transport. Their skills and compassion will be invaluable as we continue our mission to provide rapid, life-saving care across the central Appalachia region.” Photos of the graduation ceremony are available: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjCg2KL

About HealthNet Aeromedical Services

HealthNet Aeromedical Services, is headquartered in Charleston, West Virginia, and is a not-for-profit critical care transport system cooperatively owned and operated by Marshall Health Network, Vandalia Health, and WVU Medicine. The organization serves Central Appalachia from eight helicopter bases across West Virginia. Celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2026, the program has safely transported more than 120,000 patients since beginning operations in 1986.