Emergency Aeromedical Service Emergency Aeromedical Service The Emergency Aeromedical Service (EAS) is a helicopter medical evacuation and air ambulance service based in Athlone, Ireland. Operated since 2012 by the Air Corps and National Ambulance Service under the call sign MEDEVAC 112, 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. The service was launched on an initial 12-month trial basis on 4 June 2012, operating initially on a Eurocopter EC135 aircraft and later on
Agnes (name) Agnes (name) Agnes is a female given name, which derives from the Greek name Ἁγνὴ "hagnē", meaning "pure" or "holy". The name passed to Italian as Agnese, to Portuguese as Inês, and to Spanish, as Inés or Inéz. It was the name of a popular Christian saint, Agnes of Rome, a fact which encouraged the wide use of the name. Agnes was the third most popular name for women in the English speaking world for more than 400 years. Its medieval pronunciation was "Annis," and its usage and many of its forms coincided with the equally popular name Anna, related