Medical evacuation for woman with knee swelling in Leitchfield, Leitchfield KY
Medical EmergencyEmergency services coordinated a medical evacuation for a 19-year-old woman in Leitchfield experiencing right knee swelling and possible sensory loss. A helicopter landing zone was set up in a cornfield, but the airlift was canceled after the patient was transferred to ground EMS.
Audio|Source: Grayson County Law Enforcement and EMS
05:30
Transcript:
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It is a cornfield at the mouth of this gravel road.
00:03
You can see all the light up at the barn.
00:06
We head down the way here shortly.
00:07
We have a 19-year-old female patient now without an ailment for approximately 4 hours.
00:13
She has an obvious swelling to the right knee and decreased sensation in the lower left.
00:17
We did not have a rubber thermometer to get a tent for you.
00:26
Six is good on all that info.
00:29
Any vitals?
00:32
Vital signs are stable as we just got her up to the truck.
00:41
Six is good on all.
00:43
We'll monitor this.
00:45
We are approximately two minutes out from the landing zone.
00:50
We'll see when we get there.
01:03
Good copy.
01:06
Grayson County Dispatch.
01:11
Grayson County Dispatch, are there people there that mark the landing zone for us?
01:18
We're updating coordinates that our dispatch gave us, so we're not seeing anyone.
01:29
35 to 36 we're on the way up there now.
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You can see a fire truck place.
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1-0.1 is back.
01:44
I want to wait.
01:45
I want you ready.
01:47
I'll be kidding, yeah.
01:51
10,
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24.
01:57
826-801 Go ahead.
02:01
We're still unclear about the landing zone.
02:03
The helicopter flew overhead and handled the track down the driveway.
02:07
They didn't drive anything.
02:14
Okay, cool.
02:17
Rush 1-0-2.
02:19
Rush 1-0-2.
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Be advised, Brush 1 is going to be standby in the driveway across the gravel or across the road.
02:38
Grayson County, EMS.
02:40
This is Kentucky 6.
02:50
Yeah, we're not a hundred percent sure where y'all want us to land and we're not seeing anything that looks like a suitable landing zone where we're hovering.
03:01
Is there anywhere else that's a little bit better, a better place for us?
03:11
How do you see the ambulance in the field for a lift?
03:20
We have eyes on the ambulance.
03:28
We are approximately to your right, I believe there's a field on our left and a field on our right.
03:40
335 in fact.
03:42
Creighton County MS.
03:45
Looks like there's a spot on the road there in between the emergency vehicles.
03:50
Is that an appropriate place? I think we're just sitting there.
03:58
3.35 in touch.
04:02
3rd.305 in touch.
04:05
Please note for the log that I've terminated patient care and that's out of arrival.
04:10
Okay,
04:12
follow on the lock, please.
04:17
Creasy County, sir, 6-6.
04:21
Go ahead, you, 6-6.
04:24
So, an attach bomb that for us between the V-150 vehicles there on the road, we're a little bit concerned about the corner field.
04:32
It looks like it's maybe supposed to it.
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Kentucky 6, this is corrective.
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Kentucky 6. This is a good man 5.
04:43
You copy.
04:46
Say again for Kentucky 6.
04:51
826801 Family request, we should request the handle.
04:55
Thank y'all for coming out.
04:57
Copy.
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Copy, safe now.
05:11
826801.
05:18
The planeway canceled the helicopter.
05:21
We dropped the dead off with (name withheld) M.S.
05:24
And we're headed back to the command post area.
05:29
What's shift for? Thank you.
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Leitchfield, KY 42754
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