Air ambulance mission delayed by weather, Des Moines IA
An air ambulance was dispatched to transfer a patient from Ottumwa Regional Health Center to Iowa Lutheran Hospital. The flight request was declined by another medical aircraft due to poor weather conditions.
Audio|Source: Polk County, Dallas County, and Warren County Public Safety and ISP
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Transcript:
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Attention Air Med 2 from dispatch, we have an in our hospital flight request.
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Picking a patient at the Ottumwa Regional Health Center, taking patient to Des Moines to Iowa Lutheran Hospital.
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Patients weight is going to be 60 kilos, 60 kilos.
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This is rolled over from Aircom.
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They declined it due to weather.
00:27
Right, uh,
00:29
who was the one that declined for weather?
00:33
Happy decline for weather.
00:38
No, I've asked who designed it for weather.
00:46
Okay,
00:48
well, I said it was a victim that called over there not say, they said they were declined to the weather.
00:54
That's all back over, if you need to.
00:58
Yeah,
00:59
I'll look at weather if you could find that out, but understand it's the Ottumwa,
01:03
60 kilos, you said, and that was back to Lutheran?
01:10
Yes, that is all correct.
01:11
Sixty kilos back to Lutheran here in Illinois.
01:17
I'd be second one.
01:23
Oh, 678, yeah, it was 672.
01:25
Copy.
01:30
44-73 in route back to the city.
01:33
Copy. It was Life Flight 1 that turned it down due to the weather.
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Location mentioned:
Near E University Ave, Des Moines, IA 50316
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