Air ambulance transports man with leg bleed, Colorado Springs CO
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, a medical helicopter transported a 71‑year‑old man with a leg arterial bleed from St. Thomas More Hospital to Penrose Hospital in Colorado Springs. The patient was reported stable with normal vital signs during transfer.
Audio|Heard on: Summit and Eagle County Public Safety
Listen to dispatch call
01:50
Transcript:
00:00
Call us, lifeguard four and airman.
00:03
Right there, fire engine one clear on your med.
00:05
Go ahead.
00:07
Yeah, lifeguard four just lifted a minute ago with four on board.
00:11
Got one plus 50 in fuel, headed for Penrose, and gives about a 15-minute ETE.
00:18
Copy that, you're at 1610?
00:27
And comms, lifeguard four.
00:28
One more time.
00:31
Lifeguard four?
00:32
Do you go ahead and set us up with a patch of Penrose?
00:38
Eight hundred and forty, stand by.
00:45
Eight hundred and one base.
00:48
I am ready.
00:49
On time departure, a basin.
00:54
Copy.
00:58
Perfect.
01:00
Hello VD, this is Lifeguard.
01:02
Told not to your facility from St.
01:04
Thomas More with a seventy-one-year-old man who has been falling, had multiple falls, about six of them yesterday.
01:12
Is now presented to the ED with left leg pain, and he has an arterial bleed in his knee.
01:20
Current vitals are heart rate eighty-nine, blood pressure 101 over seventy-four, respirations 13, oxygen saturation ninety-six plus two liters.
01:27
He is on vitamin K now, had his Kfentra, and we were giving him some fluids.
01:33
He should be there in about 11 minutes.
01:34
Any questions?
01:40
Okay, no questions.
01:41
You'll be at room nine on arrival.
01:42
Patch is clear at 1612.
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Location mentioned:
N Nevada Ave, Colorado Springs, CO 80907
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