Patient with vertigo rescued near bullfinch reservoir, Delta County CO
Medical EmergencyA person experiencing vertigo was rescued from a ridge near Bullfinch Reservoir. Emergency teams prepared the patient for air transport to a medical facility in Rifle, Colorado.
Audio|Source: Delta and Northern Gunnison Counties Public Safety
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for the bird in 15 minutes. You need to switch over. It will be Talon 36 on Simplex 1. And the backboard packaging is fine. They're going to put her in a flight flag on the backboard to hoist her out. Randy, we have a scoop, which is a folding backward. I think that'll work. We'll go ahead and get her transferred to that.
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because they're going to put her and the backboard inside of a flight bag to lift her out. That last transmission, Paul, did you copy? Clear copy, Randy. We're packaging the patient now in preparing the area for...
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put one of the radios on Simplex 1 now. Good copy. I'm on Simplex 1 in Toplasar. If you need me, let me know.
01:07
going to come down then.
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to the side by side.
01:10
Say again, you broke up.
01:11
Can you guys get Cat to the side by side?
01:14
Yeah, she's fine, Nikki.
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I'm with her now. She's had vertigo on the ridge.
01:18
Okay, do you want me to have Will wait and go ahead and bring her down?
01:22
It still had the blankets covering the windows and was not using blinkers.
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Update aired on the authority of State Patrol at 1901.
01:31
Will,
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did you copy all of that?
01:33
Yeah, I did. Did my location ever update down there on the map?
01:35
I don't know.
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I haven't looked at my map.
01:37
Give me a second.
01:38
I believe the...
01:39
I'm not sure.
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The RP just reported the State Patrol if they had turned on the F-road.
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I'm not sure if they followed or not.
01:45
That caught me.
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Show me in the area.
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I'm driving down 2100.
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Copy hit, 1901.
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We got no signal to load where you are.
01:52
We're just to the southwest of that Bullfinch Reservoir, number one.
01:58
Can you repeat that?
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Just west on that trail from Oldfinch Reservoir.
02:04
Hey Will, can you get coordinates?
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Hey Will, can you get coordinates?
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Yeah, can you hear me?
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Eric's trying to hook up this, darling.
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I can give you some coordinates if you're ready.
02:17
We're ready.
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39.05972,
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107.9.9272-107.92926.
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Let me give them to you one more time if you're ready.
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Will we copy?
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Did you want them again? Sorry.
02:35
Nope, we got it.
02:36
Stand for. Fire one, Delta.
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Go for one.
02:40
Do we have any kind of ETA on when the patient will land in rifle?
02:45
The understanding is that the on scene here in 15 minutes of the EPA and rainfall is probably a half hour to 45 minutes, depending on how long it takes here.
03:01
Copy thanks, that 1905.
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Randy, our guest is 40 minutes of flight time after has her in the air to rifle for a tail-to-tail trailer.
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Location mentioned:
Bullfinch Reservoirs, Colorado 81413
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