Helicopter transports patient from church lot, Homosassa FL
Medical EmergencyA helicopter crew coordinated with ground units to transport a patient weighing approximately 350 to 400 pounds. The landing zone was set up near a church parking lot in Citrus County, Florida. Due to the patient's size and helicopter capacity limits, the team identified an alternate landing area to ensure a safe takeoff.
Audio|Source: Citrus County Fire
03:33
Transcript:
00:00
LV group player, we're going to be landing here at the church parking lot just south of our station 5. Are you familiar with this LZ?
00:12
I think we are.
00:13
If there's any obvious hazards you could point out to us, that would be helpful. And any patient, though, you might have two, six.
00:23
That was just clear.
00:24
We do have a cable line that's stretching just above, which is marked by our ladder truck.
00:30
Besides that, it's a pretty open parking lot.
00:33
Some patient information is he's believed to weigh 350 to 400 pounds.
00:41
Copy that.
00:43
The advice of the maximum capacity of this helicopter is 400 pounds.
00:47
We'll try the best we can to get a 350 pounder in there.
00:51
However, if they are shorter than probably 5-5-ish, they might not fit due to girth.
00:58
Would you guys be able to get a girth measurement,
01:00
widest point possible?
01:06
What's your ETA?
01:13
ETA about six minutes. And a rescue 23.
01:25
Twenty-three.
01:32
Are you coming from Independence or from 486?
01:41
We're coming from Norvell Bryant.
01:48
Once you get closer, just kick on your mercy lights, trap it back up.
01:59
Can you review your background?
02:04
Once you get close, you'll have to turn your overheads on. Traffic's backed up quite a ways.
02:10
Where's your 23 copies?
02:16
Mr. LV, METrans one helicopter, we're a third a minute and a half out.
02:24
Go ahead, come in.
02:31
Patients being transferred to LV.
02:34
Can you let me know what hospital they get flown to, please.
02:38
Temp first, sir.
02:44
We're at your one o'clock.
02:48
Gotcha, you said as well, we're just doing a high recon.
02:50
We'll see on the ground momentarily.
02:57
Just LZ helicopter in my turn on.
03:01
Go ahead.
03:03
We've got a plan.
03:04
We're just trying to think ahead.
03:06
If we have a little bit more of a runway to take off with the patient, we're going to have a better chance of success to get them off the ground.
03:11
We're overhead a site that looks really good to us, this little dirt road field. Is that okay if we land here, meet you there?
03:29
Okay, we really like this area. It's going to give us the, hopefully the runway we need to get her off the ground.
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Citrus County, FL
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