Norton Children’s Hospital “Just for Kids” Transport Team

09/08/2026

The Owensboro Air Show is another great family friendly event happening this weekend! Weather permitting, your favorite JFK crew and helicopter will be there Friday! Be sure to check out the website listed for details for the entire weekend. 🚁🛩️

The official page for the Owensboro Air Show.

09/08/2026

You may know us as the team behind JFK1, but there’s so much more to the Just for Kids Transport Team than the helicopter. We are a dedicated team of critical care nurses, respiratory therapists and EMTs who specialize in caring for critically ill and injured newborns, children and adolescents. Together, we provide specialized care while transporting patients to the pediatric specialists and resources they need.

And we don’t just fly—we’re ready 24/7, providing transport by helicopter or our specially equipped ambulances. Every year, our team transports more than 3,000 pediatric and neonatal patients, with each transport crew bringing specialized equipment and critical care expertise.

Behind every transport is a team of people who care deeply about our mission. Over the next few weeks, we’re going to introduce you to the faces behind JFK1 and the ambulances—our nurses, respiratory therapists, EMTs, pilots and the people who help make this mission possible!

If you’re new here, welcome!
If you’ve been following us for a while, thank you for being part of our journey!

👉 Follow our page, share it with your friends and family, and get to know our JFK family!

09/04/2026

A little insight as to what our skills days look like! Practicing high risk, low volume skills helps keep us up to date with best practices and our skills sharp for those moments when they are needed most. We couldn’t do this every year without the support from our critical care, neonatal, and emergency medicine attendings and fellows. We are also lucky to have Dr. Matt Lyons, a UofL EMS fellow, this year to help out!

09/03/2026

Our friends at Air Methods Corydon challenged us to some acrobatics 🤸🏻‍♀️I’d say we did a pretty good job 😜

Air Methods KY Russell Springs welcome to the Air Methods family! You’re up next!

09/03/2026

JFK1 had her first patient flight last night! She sure looks beautiful on that helipad 😍

Shoutout to our 6P crew for the pics and for always providing excellent patient care.
(Jenn RN, Korey RT, Jess EMT, Pilot Terry, and our newest RN Cathy)

09/02/2026

The wait is over! We’re excited to announce that our new JFK1 is officially in service and ready for patient transports. ❤️🚁 Welcome back JFK1, let’s fly!

09/02/2026

This NICU Awareness Month, we want to celebrate the stories that come after the transport!

If your baby was ever transported by the Norton Children’s “Just for Kids” Transport Team, we would love to hear from you! Whether your little one is now a happy toddler, a thriving child, or somewhere in between, share your story and a photo of your NICU graduate in the comments below 🫶🏼

We’d love to see how far they’ve come and celebrate these incredible little fighters with you!

08/26/2026

🚁💨 Keep an eye on the skies, Louisville!

JFK1 is getting closer to returning to the skies! Our pilot, John, took her out for a test flight yesterday, bringing us one step closer to her inaugural patient flight!

08/25/2026

Another successful JFK skills day is in the books!

Pediatric critical care transport requires constant preparation and we’re proud of a team that never stops learning, practicing, and pushing each other to be better.

A special thank you to everyone who helped make this year’s skills day a success!