Medical helicopter dispatched to transfer heart attack patient, Peru IL
Medical EmergencyA medical helicopter initially assigned to another call was reassigned to transfer a confirmed heart attack patient from St. Elizabeth Hospital in Peru to St. Francis Hospital in Peoria to provide urgent care.
Audio|Source: Illinois State Police, IDOT, EMA and LaSalle County Sheriff
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Transcript:
00:00
Flight 2 Peru from Flightcom, do you copy?
00:05
Playcom, too, go ahead.
00:08
Hey,
00:10
I don't want you to lift just yet.
00:11
We've just got a call from Care Hub that they're now calling this not a STEMI and that the patient may be fine to stay at that facility.
00:19
So we don't want you to lift for Ottawa just yet, so we're going to downgrade you to standby.
00:24
If we end up canceling this one, then there's a different STEMI at the same ones with Peru that we may have you truck weather for.
00:30
If you could just stand by for a few minutes.
00:33
Roger. I can usually do the Peru.
00:39
Copy, thank you, sir.
00:45
Like, um, fly, flight 3, 50, manor south.
00:53
Copy that 3.50 now, I'll have you land in the lower.
00:56
Lower and over, my flight 3.
01:03
253, 1042.
01:05
Two points.
01:12
Flight to Peru Crew from Flightcom.
01:15
Good.
01:18
We're going to pull you from this Ottawa flight.
01:21
Instead, we're going to give you the St.
01:23
Elizabeth Peru to St.
01:24
Francis flight.
01:26
That patient is a STEMI as well.
01:28
If you're able to accept it, I have the flight number when you're ready.
01:36
We come.
01:38
We'll accept that point number, please.
01:42
Flight number, please.
01:46
Flight number is (number withheld), (number withheld).
01:56
(number withheld), 60 kilos, and we'll cancel the other one.
02:01
I'll do all the paperwork when I'm at the hospital,
02:04
and if you would call them, then we'll be on our way there.
02:10
To copy, and for the crew, the flight is a go, Peru to Peoria, 60 kilos, STEMI.
02:20
I would like top to use the preacher for a Peru hospital.
02:27
Copy that too, looking for St.
02:28
Louis of Peru.
02:29
We will give them your EPA here.
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Peru, IL
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