The Emergency Aeromedical Service (EAS) is a helicopter-based medical evacuation and air ambulance service based in Athlone, Ireland.
[1] Operated since 2012 by the Air Corps and National Ambulance Service under the call sign MEDEVAC 112,[2] the service was redesignated AIR CORPS 112 in 2016.
It is a joint project of the Irish government Departments of Defence and Health, and provides an advanced-paramedic response to patients whose location or clinical condition requires aeromedical support.
[3] The service was launched on an initial 12-month trial basis on 4 June 2012,[4] operating initially on a Eurocopter EC135 aircraft and later on an AgustaWestland AW139, based at Custume Barracks in Athlone, Westmeath.
[5][6][7] It continued to operate beyond the initial trial period, and was made permanent in June 2015.