Medical helicopter lands to assist stroke patient near park, Bay City TX
Medical EmergencyA medical helicopter coordinated landing near a park to assist a 77-year-old male patient showing stroke symptoms. Emergency responders reported the patient was unresponsive and experiencing right-sided weakness. The area near Bay Area Boulevard contained debris from a traffic accident, with emergency vehicles securing the scene to facilitate medical aid.
Audio|Source: Matagorda County Public Safety
03:20
Transcript:
00:00
Hey, Passing to be a fire, do you mind if we just land on Bay Area Boulevard there in front of the ambulance?
00:09
That's clear.
00:13
I just to confirm it. Is that okay for us to land over there? Is there too much debris next to the accident?
00:23
There's debris next to the accident. You want to go a little further down in front of my pumper. I'll block everything off right here on this side of southeast brownside.
00:34
Well,
00:35
if we land west of the ambulance, the wind will carry all of our road or wind away from the ambulance. So we should be behind that way. So we land from the bridge towards the ambulance. It should be okay.
00:49
Could you land in front of engine 10? It's on Bay Area.
00:53
Line front of me.
00:58
There's a lot of obstacles in that direction there. What I was saying is we land in front of the ambulance, just the west of the ambulance,
01:03
closer to the bridge.
01:05
It'll get my crew a lot closer to the ambulance and it'll be a lot easier for them.
01:11
Okay, we're trying to hit the patient inside this building at the park right next to the LZ[1].
01:18
Oh, okay, I thought we're taking a patient at the ambulance. Okay, so you're here to have me land next to the, I guess the bathrooms there?
01:28
That's where where the cones are.
01:31
Okay, sounds good. We'll do that then.
01:33
Again, we'll go south-inorkeland in the nook's in the cones then. Thanks.
01:41
That's good.
01:42
Okay.
01:47
Okay.
01:48
My 57 news via patient is coding, repeat patient is coding.
01:51
8710 lifelight 6
01:59
8710 lifelight 6 8710 lifelight 6
02:07
8710 Lifelight 3
02:12
trying to get a hold on mutual age 2
02:26
8710 to lifelight responding to Hattagorda County.
02:32
8710, you have a lifelight 6. I'm about 7 minutes out with patient information.
02:38
77-year-old male, approximately 175 pounds,
02:44
possible stroke with right-sided deficit.
02:48
Been going on for about 30 minutes now.
02:51
He has had history of previous stroke. Family could not remember when.
02:55
He is diaphoretic.
02:57
I got a sinus rhythm on the monitor.
03:00
Blood pressure 148 over 115.
03:04
He's 98% over mayor, heart rate of 60.
03:10
Still is thinking out of the accent. We'll be there in about five.
03:14
All right, left light, six copies all. We'll see you on six minutes.
Police codes explained
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LZ: Landing Zone for helicopter operations
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Location mentioned:
Bay City, TX 77414
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