When we think about the modern needs of hospitals and patients, we tend to focus on the countless details happening in the buildings themselves. We might think of the doctors and nurses and the equipment, and especially recently, of the sanitation.

In 2021, there were over 41,000 organ transplants in the United States. Those who have experienced the process, who know someone who is waiting, or are waiting themselves, know that the wait and the urgency can be heartbreaking. After losing a patient he had grown to know, who was listed on the Lung Transplant list, but passed away before a match, Sim Shain realized that he could use his knowledge as a paramedic and connections in the industry to help simplify the organ transplant system. He started his company, ParaFlight, and has been saving lives ever since.

Some of the most heartbreaking news to receive is that there is a solution to the health condition you face, but it sits just out of your reach. Each day, patients, young and old, wait for the notification that they are finally at the top of the organ transplant list.

Medical air travel is vital for the lives and health of thousands of people. For example, it allows donated organs to be transported to transplant centers around the country, making them available for those who need them.

Medical flights are a little-known, yet vital enterprise in the aviation sector. This type of air travel involves transporting individuals with medical conditions, transplant organs, and medical equipment and crews (often in critical situations).

Sim Shain acquired a burning passion for saving other people’s lives at a young age that would end up defining him as an adult.

His father was an emergency medical technician. Sim remembers how his dad would drop anything and everything when he needed to go and assist his local squad during an emergency.

In this episode, we are joined by Sim Shain, Founder and CEO of ParaFlight EMS and Aviation, a full-service medical transport company dedicated to providing the best possible care and service to patients and medical teams worldwide.

In this episode, we speak with the Founder and CEO of ParaFlight and OrganFlights about life-saving organ transplant flights. There’s a lot more to this than you might think, and it’s a conversation you’ll want to hear.

Sim Shain never shies away from finding a solution to the problems that affect his industry.

From a very young age, Sim Shain knew there was value to saving lives. Shain grew up the son of a volunteer EMT and when the time came for Shain to step out into the world on his own, he knew he wanted to continue in his father’s footsteps, thus founding ParaFlight EMS and Aviation and Organflights.com.