Medical flight lands on Sterling Highway for stroke patient, Homer AK


Emergency services blocked the northbound lane near Sterling Highway to allow a medical helicopter landing for a 78-year-old woman showing stroke symptoms. Power lines nearby posed a hazard. The incident location is near McElroy street on Sterling Highway, Kenai Peninsula, Alaska.
Audio|Source: Central Emergency Services Fire and EMS
02:22
Transcript:
00:00
NG1 is staged approximately 5.05.
00:04
We're going to be shutting down the northbound lane and trip for Heelo landing.
00:12
Base two, puppies. Will you need any assistance from ASC and traffic control?
00:18
Negative.
00:22
It's copy. Bacy's heroin.
00:24
Irwin.
00:25
Irwin. Do we have a GILO update for a time?
00:33
Our app is showing an ETA of approximately 13 minutes.
00:36
We haven't shown that they've taken off yet, though.
00:41
Copy.
00:46
CES, guardian flight, copy.
00:52
Did you fire one copies?
01:00
Yeah, what's our rendezvous point? Are we going to the scene or are we being in that the fire all?
01:05
And so approximately near Sterling Hwy, we got the double lane here.
01:11
We got the northbound lane blocked off for you guys here.
01:16
The only thing we got is the power lines to the east.
01:21
It's a hazard for you.
01:23
But you should have plenty of room here near Sterling Hwy.
01:30
Ready-of-light fireway.
01:34
Go ahead.
01:37
Patient update, we have a 78-year-old female history of stroke, approximately 210 pounds,
01:45
positive BFAS, positive arm drift.
01:52
To that traffic, we're just trying to locate a bomb arc of near Sterling Hwy. You got a cross street or landmark?
02:07
Mile 105 of the Sterling Highway, the closest street I think is going to be McElroy.
02:18
Copy and that was McElroy.
02:22
Copy.
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