Medical helicopter lands on ground helipad at hospital, Cedar Rapids IA


A medical helicopter was instructed to land on the ground helipad because the rooftop was unavailable. The patient will remain at Genesis East hospital, so the helicopter was told to stand down.
Audio|Source: Linn County Public Safety
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Transcript:
00:00
I'm just got a lot of word from Texas East.
00:04
You're going to have to land on the ground helipad, the ground landing cell. There's a scaffolding that's open up on the roofed up a little bit.
00:13
Okay, good job. The landing on the ground helipad.
00:20
I'm just confirmed.
00:22
Sorry, somebody was talking over you. You were landing on the ground helipad.
00:27
(number withheld).
00:30
Good.
00:33
Affirmative, you are landed on the ground. Okay.
00:37
There's a black Subaru coming up behind you in the inside lane.
00:41
You used that I couldn't get radar checked on them though.
00:45
Thank you much.
00:53
Okay, Mike, I've just got word. You can stand down, the patient is staying at Genesis East as you.
01:02
You said to go ahead and cancel.
01:05
And confirm, the patient is staying in Genesis.
01:07
Like that,
01:13
I like that, I'll be carrying around and back to Marion to Hillup.
01:18
First, you've ended to Marion for a briefio.
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Location mentioned:
Near 1st Ave SE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52402
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