Air medical unit coordinates landing at hospital heliport, Fort Dodge IA
An air medical unit coordinated with dispatch and hospital staff about landing at St. Luke's Hospital heliport. They discussed pad clearance and considered orbiting or going to the airport if the pad was not available in time.
Audio|Source: Webster County Sheriff and Fire
02:21
Transcript:
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Flight 3, Aircom.
00:04
Flight 3, go ahead.
00:10
The rest of the life is on the pad at St.
00:14
Luke downtown, he has advised you to either slow down or orbit a bit once you approach downtown.
00:26
Okay, we're showing 20 minutes now.
00:28
Does he have maybe a rough time that he might live there?
00:37
Leibnett 1-2 just landed at 15,
00:43
15, and he is planned to be there for 30 minutes total, so it looks like he might not live for another 10 to 15, or 20, yeah,
00:53
sorry,
00:54
probably 20 minutes to 25.
00:59
Okay, is he able to clear the pad? I can drop the crew off or do we need to make alternate plans go to the airport?
01:11
See you going to start getting?
01:14
Can you give us the description of that vehicle and location one of the time please? We have trippers in the area.
01:22
It is going to be a red Mitsubishi Marage license plate (number withheld), vehicles on the multiple to meet any lengths?
01:35
More time.
01:37
One time.
01:39
One hundred ninety is all very nine.
01:41
One hundred ninety is all very nine.
01:46
One hundred ninety is and what?
01:52
Did I cross a second start?
01:59
Aircom, life-way three.
02:00
Five-five-three, air-com.
02:08
Yeah, we're just going to continue on to the hospital.
02:11
We'll reassess in about 10, 15 minutes or so.
02:15
And then if we need to orbit for 5 or 10 minutes, we'll try that.
02:17
If thought, we'll just head to the airport and get gas until they clear the path.
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Fort Dodge, IA 50501
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