Air ambulance canceled due to hospital bed shortage, Skowhegan ME
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, medical responders at Redington-Fairview General Hospital in Skowhegan requested an air ambulance transfer for an elderly patient with abdominal bleeding to Maine Medical Center in Portland. The transfer was later canceled due to a lack of available hospital beds, and the hospital continued treating the patient locally.
Audio|Heard on: Auburn and Lewiston Fire and EMS
Listen to dispatch call
01:27
Transcript:
00:00
Lifelight Two, stand by for activation.
00:19
Life Flight Two being requested at our facility.
00:23
Redington-Fairview General Hospital, Skowhegan to Maine Medical Center, Portland.
00:27
Again, Life Flight Two, another from Redington-Fairview in Skowhegan to Maine Medical Center Portland, how do you copy?
00:41
Roger that.
00:43
Eclipse for weather, patient weight 112 kilos.
00:55
Responding code three.
00:57
It's going to be at the Woodlands, near Mollison Way.
00:59
You have an 81-year-old female with bleeding from a lower abdominal wound.
01:03
21 Bravo 1M.
01:11
Life Flight Two?
01:18
Life Flight Two, you can stand down for now.
01:22
No bed.
01:24
Redington-Fairview is managing the patient on their own.
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Location mentioned:
Fairview Ave, Skowhegan, ME 04976
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