Patient with diabetic ketoacidosis transferred to UCSD ICU

Heard on: San Diego CA ALS UCSD (Hospital) Group Calls

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00:00

UCSD base, UCSD base, Mercy Air 27 inbound.

00:05

Interfacility transfer to UCSD East campus, twenty-minute ETA coming.

00:12

Mercy Air, this is UCSD.

00:14

Please repeat your traffic.

00:17

Yes, good afternoon.

00:18

Just giving you a heads up, Mercy Air 27 is inbound to Gillespie Field.

00:21

Do we have an interfacility going to UCSD East?

00:25

We're going to be landing at Gillespie in about 20 minutes plus another 15-minute ground leg.

00:29

59-year-old DKA coming from El Centro Regional ER to your ICU 211 at UCSD East.

00:35

Are you aware?

00:38

I copy. 27, I'm aware.

00:41

What's your ETA?

00:43

Hello, sir, we're looking at 20 minutes for the left airfield.

00:47

We'll have to ground the patient over.

00:49

We'll have to see if he's able.

00:52

He's getting about a total ETA of about 30 minutes to their ICU sleep.

00:58

I copy. Thank you guys.

00:59

I'll update them.

01:02

Thank you.

7/30/2026 04:23 PM

Medical Emergency

Gillespie Field, 1960 Joe Crosson Dr, El Cajon, CA 92020

Patient with diabetic ketoacidosis transferred to UCSD ICU

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As discussed during the dispatch call, a patient with diabetic ketoacidosis is being transferred from El Centro Regional ER to a hospital ICU near Gillespie Field, with air and ground transport expected to take about 30 minutes.

Patient with diabetic ketoacidosis transferred to UCSD ICU

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