Tidewater EMS Council

Saturday, 21 September 2019

Latest News

Celebration of Life for Dr. Harry Plunkett Jr.

Information has been passed down from the family.

Join them on June 1, 2019 at 4301 Alfriends Trail in Virginia Beach, to honor the life of Harry. People should plan on arriving between 3:30-4 pm to mingle and the memorial service will begin at 5 pm near the pool. People will be given the opportunity to share memories if they would like.

If you have any pictures of Harry, the family is putting together a video and you can email them to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Sentara Nightingale Regional Air Ambulance moves to the roof, adopts IFR routes

Sentara Nightingale Regional Air Ambulance transitioned from its original ground helipad at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital to a rooftop array 296 feet above grade

on May 1, 2019. The new rooftop site includes a 45’ x 45’ pad exclusively for Nightingale and an adjacent 65’ x 65’ pad for other air ambulances in the region and U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Navy helicopters, which called at the hospital 21 times in 2018.

Stephanie Hackett to serve as the HRMMRS Program Coordinator

Dear Healthcare Community,

The Tidewater Emergency Medical Services Council takes great pleasure in announcing that we have selected Stephanie M. Hackett to serve as the Hampton Roads Metropolitan Medical Response System (HRMMRS) Program Coordinator.

Michelle Cowling to serve as the Eastern Regional Healthcare Preparedness Coordinator for the EVHC

Dear Healthcare Community,

The Tidewater Emergency Medical Services Council takes great pleasure in announcing that we have selected S. Michelle Cowling to serve as the Eastern Regional Healthcare Preparedness Coordinator for the Eastern Virginia Healthcare Coalition (EVHC).

Sentara Nightingale Regional Air Ambulance begins IFR operations

Nightingale's first operational flight under Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) from Sentara Norfolk General Hospital to Sentara Albemarle Medical Center in Elizabeth City took place in cloudy weather on Thursday, January 3rd, 2019. A vascular patient with an aortic alert was safely transferred to Sentara Norfolk General.