78-year-old male with gastrointestinal bleed airlifted

Heard on: Linn IA EMS Dispatch Group Calls

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This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

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Life guard, life guard, I have a interfacility request coming out of Buchanan Health Medical Health Center,

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Independence, Iowa, going to UnityPoint Health, Iowa Methodist Medical Center,

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Des Moines, Iowa.

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Checking weather.

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3C checking weather.

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Okay, 3C. 3C, I have you accepting flight number 081658.

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Stand by for patient information.

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I'm finishing that now.

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We're all life guards like on.

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Patient information when y'all are ready.

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Life

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guard, your patient's going to be a (number withheld) year old male, (number withheld) pounds.

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Diagnosis: GI bleed.

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He is on cardiac monitor, one IV drip of blood.

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He's in ER four at Buchanan County Medical Center, or Buchanan County Health Center.

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He's going to the ER, UnityPoint Health Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines.

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Roger.

9/2/2026 09:12 PM

Medical Emergency

1st St E, Independence, IA 50644

Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, air medical crews are requested to transport an elderly man with a gastrointestinal bleed from a health center in Independence, Iowa, to a medical center in Des Moines, Iowa.