Medical helicopter responds to patient with serious fractures, Douglas County KS
Medical EmergencyA medical helicopter is responding to a landing zone north of the scene near 661 Diagonal Road in Douglas County, Kansas. The patient is a 160-pound male with an open femur fracture and fractures to his arm and hand. Emergency crews are coordinating the landing and ground support for transport.
Audio|Source: Lawrence Douglas County Fire and Medical
04:51
Transcript:
00:00
Looks like life flight has accepted. They're advising 13-minute ETA, preparing to launch.
00:06
The 13-minute ETA, LZ is established.
00:17
Roger, Lysdar 1 is departure from Lawrence to our scene with three souls. 815 pounds fuel risk is a one acknowledged.
00:25
Instructions 20, 50, about 8 minutes in route.
00:32
Your volume is a little low. Can you repeat your fuel level ETA in your highest obstacle, please?
00:47
I'm sorry, why your volume was a little low for me. Can you please repeat again?
00:54
Our departure to our scene flight with three souls, 805 pounds of fuel.
00:59
High instructions 2050,
01:01
risk is a one, acknowledged eight minutes in a row.
01:08
Right, sir, one-beddick, a copy of three cells, 805 in the main, eight-minute ride, risk of 1, 20-50m VFR, at high-offical growing VFR. Talk to y'all on fire.
01:19
There's a life storm.
01:24
To the landing zone at this time,
01:27
avoid the lights,
01:29
park behind, 994.
01:32
I understand. Park behind, Middick 4.
01:39
And what else did you need, sir?
01:46
Can we get ground contact and what channels are on?
01:53
Okay, the ground contact is C1101.
02:03
Okay, copy ground contact. Did they give you a channel they want us to talk to them on?
02:12
So let me reestablish contact with him and I'll get right back to you.
02:21
Just one diagonal command of battalion. You can pull in on the other side of 1131 to come down to your left or to your right and park behind my unit.
02:30
Mid-Crew Flightcom Kansas High Star 1.
02:37
This is left-star-1, go ahead.
02:41
Your ground contact is going to be 1131 on DG Landing.C.Z November.
02:56
Douglas County Landing Zone, this is Life-Star 1.
03:03
Landing zone, go ahead, light star one.
03:08
Yeah, we're showing three minutes out, zero, three minutes from the scene. Can we get any updated information on either the LZ or the patient, please?
03:16
I had both when you're ready.
03:19
Go ahead.
03:23
Patient information, 160-pound mill,
03:27
open femur fracture,
03:29
along with annulated arm and hand fracture.
03:38
LZ information when you're ready.
03:45
We did copy patient info, go ahead with LZ.
03:51
LZ is going to be just to the north of the scene on near 661 diagonal road.
03:59
Trees and power lines are approximately 50 feet to the west, 50 feet to the west,
04:06
nothing on the east.
04:11
This is Lifestar. Can you refer us where that road is located in relation to the dams?
04:22
In relation to the dam, it's going to be southwest.
04:29
See you now.
04:33
Then for I believe we have you in sight.
04:40
We'll see you a lot, Star One.
04:46
Z will be on the north side of all the apparatus, north side. I have lights set out.
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Location mentioned:
E 661 Diagonal Rd, Marion Township, KS 66047
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