Multiple helicopters respond to critical patient on highway, Appomattox County VA
Medical EmergencyMultiple emergency helicopters and vehicles are responding to a major incident on Richmond Highway near the Appomattox Rescue Squad Building. The eastbound lane of Route 460 near Evergreen Super Top is closed. A critical patient, a 36-year-old male, requires urgent air transport. Emergency teams coordinate landing zones and patient care locations as part of the response.
Audio|Source: Appomattox Public Safety
08:16
Transcript:
00:00
Automatics, the landing zone commander at the rescue squad building.
00:06
Go ahead on night.
00:09
Central 1 is en route to your location, 6 minute ETA.
00:15
Copy.
00:26
You can't be able to have 4.
00:31
We need to go by air and I'm sorry.
00:48
Go ahead, F-12.
00:50
Rescue 62's requested a third helicopter to the scene on Richmond Highway.
00:55
10-4[1].
00:59
I thought the third helicopter was going to Pampland Ball Field.
01:05
Negative. We need to bring them all the other two to the scene. So one has been the original request should have went to the rescue squad building and then two additional to Richmond Highway location.
01:18
10-4[1]. May 5, the first helicopter has a 6-minute ETA.
01:23
Second one should be en route.
01:26
They're still working on the third one, but I'll call them and redirect the location.
01:31
104. Can you also call the first helicopter? There should be sentra and make sure they're going to the LZ at the rescue squad building.
01:40
104, they are.
01:42
104.
01:45
We're inbound about four minutes to the new coordinates.
01:50
If you can give us the LZ report, please.
02:06
That is correct.
02:14
I'm giving 16 a call for some patient information.
02:22
Okay, copy, thank you.
02:30
I will get back with you in just a second moment. All right, appreciate it.
02:41
3.02 Diagnatics, could you ask the squad what patients are going to be bringing in Central 1, please?
02:52
Have one on that?
02:57
What patient will be responded?
03:04
See what will be the second helicopter at, uh, on 416.
03:28
PAMPA 3 or 2.
03:31
Go ahead, Aph medic.
03:36
Per Rescue 62, Medics 4 is going to be found him first, and then Medics 3 will be second.
03:45
Okay, do I have any patient info on this first floor we're planning?
03:53
Samile checked.
03:57
Refuse 62, do you have any recent information for the first one's one on a opinion?
04:05
to request a miss.
04:09
The first time is going to be a 36-year-old male.
04:16
222 years odds you got to eavesbound and shut down.
04:21
Eastbound and shut down right before Evergreen Supertop.
04:27
It's a 36-year-old male.
04:31
TAMPLY buyers are providing for me a day on chopper.
04:41
...set of numbers for the north coordinates so we may be searching for you for just a moment.
04:53
Where are y'all in relation to Appomatics itself on 460? We're crossing right over 460 at this moment at Appomatics.
05:04
Okay, we're going to be about 3.5 mile east on 460, so that matter.
05:10
All right, good copy. We're following 460 down that way.
05:19
Two.
05:25
Okay,
05:27
sir, it's green for up.
05:39
Go ahead.
05:41
Central's supposed to be coming to us, will they come and do the scene?
05:45
They were supposed to be coming to y'all.
05:48
All right, well they flew over us, they're talking to Pamph when going to that landing zone.
05:53
Let me see if I can catch them.
05:58
Air Command to Central One.
06:02
Yes, sir, we have the scene inside.
06:06
Central One, I need you to redirect. We've got a most critical patient at the landing zone at (number withheld) Confederate Boulevard, that Max Rescue Squad Building.
06:18
Okay.
06:22
Ken Ford.
06:23
It should be (number withheld) Richmond, or (number withheld) Confederate Boulevard. I've got that LZ set up already. All right, we are redirecting at this moment.
06:36
I apologize, we've got a peace patient that needs to go to Roanoke or Charlottesville.
06:42
Okay, good copy.
06:48
302, you direct on that traffic.
06:53
I copy that, uh,
06:55
central one going to read it direct back to the squad.
06:58
We'll be waiting on the second bird.
07:01
Yeah, boy, you should have two coming to y'all.
07:17
Central One, go ahead.
07:20
Session one, coming into the LZ at the floor.
07:27
Around a minute or so out from y'all, we're coming in from the east.
07:46
And if you would have somebody there, if you have an LZ command there or whatever,
07:52
what you see is kind of direct us in, because we don't have coordinates at all where you're at, we're just visually searching.
08:00
Okay. RETC squad, LZ command to Central 1.
08:10
If you are acknowledged, we're on the phone with the nail,
08:13
they're confirming this.
08:15
We can request to.
Police codes explained
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[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment/Affirmative
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Location mentioned:
US-460 & Richmond Hwy, Virginia 23958
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