Patient with heart device receives medical helicopter transport, Galena MD

Medical Emergency

Reported: 10/29/2025 03:45 PM

Near E Cross St, Galena, MD 21635

Medical teams and a helicopter responded to a patient with a heart device who was conscious and stable. The patient was monitored closely during transport and vital signs recorded. The landing zone was near the Galena Fire Company on East Cross Street with surrounding towers and trees noted for safe landing.

Audio|Source: Kent County Fire Dispatch

02:30

Transcript:

00:00

Your LZ is going to be at the Galena Fire Company, near East Cross Street.

00:06

Ground contact is going to be engine 3.

00:09

Your medical is going to be paramedic 3.

00:16

Sorry, Rex. Engine 3. Go ahead and LV.

00:25

That's correct. You have a tower to your west of your landing zone.

00:29

Just off the end of the parking lot, there's a pole on the east side.

00:36

Trees on the east side also.

00:41

Over watch to watch it, please.

00:45

Vision three, can you switch over to TACPRI and get that information again?

00:53

Six, eight, and quarters.

00:56

Four is engine six feet.

01:01

Number two, engine three.

01:11

Trove, you'll have a tower to the west of your landing zone,

01:18

trees on the south side and on the north side,

01:22

you'll land in between them.

01:29

Director, we're landing in a field.

01:36

That's correct.

01:41

Okay, Trooper 1 is direct. Time, Trooper 3 to NX3.

01:44

Go ahead with Payson update.

01:51

Okay, to Permanek 3, can you switch to attack 3 and give Trooper 1 the information?

02:00

Kermanikrita Trooper 1. We have an LVAD patient,

02:05

current but conscious alert and oriented times 4. We're working on access right now.

02:10

Vital signs are as follows.

02:16

Health of 100, respirations at 20, last blood pressure we got was 86 over 64, setting at 97% on room air.

02:25

He's a heartmate 3,

02:26

all of that is currently on backup batteries.

02:29

I'll give the rest on the ground.

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