Medical personnel assist trauma patient in remote field, Portland OR
Medical EmergencyEmergency responders attended to a trauma patient in a field near a river. They prepared for a helicopter landing but later decided to transport the patient by ground instead.
Audio|Source: Portland Area Fire and Rescue
05:55
Transcript:
Press 32 on scene. 32 on scene. It's 1919. Engine 35 from breast 32. 35. Did you grab a backboard with you? No, we didn't. Okay, we'll grab one off the rig. Thank you. You have Deputy 5 (name withheld) 12 responding out to help with traffic at the landing zone? Copy. I've headed out to the field with cones right now. We have a light flight on the air. Life flight has not come up on the air yet. Live Flight 7 here. Live Flight 7, copy. Brush Unit 32, just advise. 6 minute ETA, and I need to land his own description. We're at the north end of the island, approximately 5 miles from the end, right at the end of the road, be about 5 miles south of the tip of the island. I'll be setting up some cones. You've got a large, grassy field with no instructions. Copy that? In a field, you're marking it with cones. We have a GPS coordinator. We're aiming for, is this closer to the river? It's just to the west of the river, big huge open field. You have a medical patient or a trauma patient? Yeah, a trauma patient, and I flew into the lake. And dispatch to lifelight, I can give you coordinates if needed. We were, we have entered the coordinates that were dispatched to us unless there's been a change. We're good to go. No, that's great. 35 to brush. 3.2, go ahead. Come through the gate. patient is further along so comes to the gate. Engine 35, could you repeat that location of the patient? The patient is up the trail towards the lighthouse. If you follow the road, the patient's friend is walking down the road. Okay, we'll try to gain further access up on the trail. dispatch from brush 32. Brush 32, go ahead. Press 32 will be command. Brush 32, copy command. Line has arrived in the area our MDC has crashed. Another 1529 copy arrived in the area. 1329, we're staged right next, engine 35. Qudan, go ahead and come through the gate. 346, can we get BLF? Uh, copy, we will get one started. Copy, they do. It looks like it's going to be Bravo 412 getting started now. Can we get any here? They're coming from like 80th in Foster area. Cool, thank you. 1927. 32 with patients. Fresh 32 with patients. Press 32 with patients. Dispatch from Agent 36. Go ahead on opposite 6. Responding with one. Ender 36, just watch copy. 6.7. Question 322. Question 32. set up, flat, clear spot in the field with no structure. I heard the lifelight, sorry, I heard the domains of the set up, but the fire and cover your other transmission. Dispatch from command, we've reached patients. We're going to go ahead and cancel live flight. We're okay with ground transport. Dispatch call. Life Flight[1] 7, do you? Copycancel? Life Flight 7, copy, thank you, will be returned.
Press 32 on scene. 32 on scene. It's 1919. Engine 35 from breast 32. 35. Did you grab a backboard with you? No, we didn't. Okay, we'll grab one off the rig. Thank you. You have Deputy 5 (name withheld) 12 responding out to help with traffic at the landing zone? Copy. I've headed out to the field with cones right now. We have a light flight on the air. Life flight has not come up on the air yet. Live Flight 7 here. Live Flight 7, copy. Brush Unit 32, just advise. 6 minute ETA, and I need to land his own description. We're at the north end of the island, approximately 5 miles from the end, right at the end of the road, be about 5 miles south of the tip of the island. I'll be setting up some cones. You've got a large, grassy field with no instructions. Copy that? In a field, you're marking it with cones. We have a GPS coordinator. We're aiming for, is this closer to the river? It's just to the west of the river, big huge open field. You have a medical patient or a trauma patient? Yeah, a trauma patient, and I flew into the lake. And dispatch to lifelight, I can give you coordinates if needed. We were, we have entered the coordinates that were dispatched to us unless there's been a change. We're good to go. No, that's great. 35 to brush. 3.2, go ahead. Come through the gate. patient is further along so comes to the gate. Engine 35, could you repeat that location of the patient? The patient is up the trail towards the lighthouse. If you follow the road, the patient's friend is walking down the road. Okay, we'll try to gain further access up on the trail. dispatch from brush 32. Brush 32, go ahead. Press 32 will be command. Brush 32, copy command. Line has arrived in the area our MDC has crashed. Another 1529 copy arrived in the area. 1329, we're staged right next, engine 35. Qudan, go ahead and come through the gate. 346, can we get BLF? Uh, copy, we will get one started. Copy, they do. It looks like it's going to be Bravo 412 getting started now. Can we get any here? They're coming from like 80th in Foster area. Cool, thank you. 1927. 32 with patients. Fresh 32 with patients. Press 32 with patients. Dispatch from Agent 36. Go ahead on opposite 6. Responding with one. Ender 36, just watch copy. 6.7. Question 322. Question 32. set up, flat, clear spot in the field with no structure. I heard the lifelight, sorry, I heard the domains of the set up, but the fire and cover your other transmission. Dispatch from command, we've reached patients. We're going to go ahead and cancel live flight. We're okay with ground transport. Dispatch call. Life Flight[1] 7, do you? Copycancel? Life Flight 7, copy, thank you, will be returned.
Police codes explained
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[1]
Life Flight: Medical helicopter (medevac) dispatch
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Location mentioned:
River St, Portland, OR 97227
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