Airway obstruction patient transported by medical helicopter

Heard on: Carilion Clinic Life-Gurad Helicopters

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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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We lifted from base at time 0204 , en route to Tazewell.

00:03

We have three souls on board.

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We had 01:22 give us power and route H to be 48 .

00:15

Twelve, I got you.

00:16

Lifted three souls, 120 in the main, six zero in route H.

00:19

We have 48 .

00:20

Time now 209 .

00:23

Are you guys going to be stopping in Roanoke or New River for fuel?

00:29

That's a negative.

00:30

We're going straight to Tazewell.

00:34

Copy that. Let me know when you're ready for patient information.

00:40

We'll take patient information whenever you're ready.

00:46

Twelve, you guys are headed to Tazewell ED, and they're going to go over to New River CCU bed (number withheld) .

00:55

You are picking up a fifty-eight year old male who is 280 pounds.

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He's being sent for an airway obstruction.

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He is nasally intubated with an FIO two of 50 % .

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He'll be on fentanyl, Versed, and propofol.

01:12

Copy all for twelve.

2026-10-30 06:08 UTC

Medical Emergency

Ben Bolt Ave, Tazewell, VA 24651

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As discussed during the dispatch call, a medical helicopter is transporting a 58-year-old man to a hospital in Tazewell for treatment of a reported airway obstruction, with plans to transfer him to a critical care unit at New River Community College.