Alpine Ontario has partnered with Global Rescue in order to offer its athletes the same medical evacuation and advisory services provided to the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Teams, the organization announced today.

 

“Global Rescue is a category leader just like Alpine Ontario,” says James Lazor, Executive Director for Alpine Ontario.  “Partnering with Global Rescue supports our athletes all over the planet when they are training or racing and gives us the peace of mind needed in helping develop the best young athletes in winter sport.  Global Rescue helps mitigate risk for us and protects our most precious resource: the kids. Our elite athletes are training and competing with increased frequency in hard to reach mountain towns where obtaining the best care can be difficult.  Working with Global Rescue will allow us to get them the resources they need, should they need them, no matter where they are in the world.”

 

Alpine Ontario athletes frequently travel to South America, New Zealand and Europe as well as North American destinations for training and competitions, and have selected Global Rescue to ensure that injured or ill skiers receive the highest standard of healthcare no matter where they are in the world.

 

About Global Rescue

 

Global Rescue is a crisis response company that provides best-in-class medical, security, advisory and evacuation services for individuals, corporations and travelers worldwide.  Global Rescue is also the official provider of medical evacuation and advisory services to the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Teams, and works with ski clubs and academies all over the world.  The company’s emergency response teams are comprised of paramedics, physicians and security personnel, many of whom are veterans of elite rescue units of the U.S. Military.  Through an exclusive relationship with the physicians of Johns Hopkins, Global Rescue members benefit from the advisory services of some of the world’s finest physicians.  Global Rescue utilizes medically equipped, contracted aircraft all over the world and will fly members to their home hospital of their choice in the event of an illness or injury requiring hospitalization.

 

About Alpine Ontario (AOA)

 

Alpine Ontario Alpin (AOA) is the provincial governing body for the sport of alpine ski racing in Ontario. 

Alpine Ontario’s newly refined mission is to provide leadership and structure for high quality, sustainable and affordable programming and to communicate the competitive, recreational and lifestyle benefits of ski racing to the community.

 

AOA represents four divisions, 44 member clubs and over 30,000 active athletes, coaches and officials (volunteers). AOA coordinates several successful programs across the province and continues to foster the development of “state of the art” ski-racing programs from the grass roots level to the elite level.

 

 

For more information, call +1-617-459-4200 or visit www.globalrescue.com