Medical flight request declined due to maintenance, Storm Lake IA
Medical EmergencyA medical flight request to transport a patient from Storm Lake to University of Iowa Hospital was declined due to maintenance time constraints and flight duration exceeding limits.
Audio|Source: Polk County, Dallas County, and Warren County Public Safety and ISP
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Transcript:
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Engineer Medline, they have a possible flight request.
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Picking up at Buena Vista Regional, Storm Lake, Iowa, taking the patient to the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, Iowa City.
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Patient's weight is 125 pounds.
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Life net and life flight are either out of service or currently on flights.
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Respondent to a fire line near Southeast Waco Place it's going to be for a water flow dry system waterflow zone 8.
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Are you available to take care of that public assist?
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I am available.
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Copy Australia on it, 4150 you're back available.
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All right thanks.
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1347.
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I have to decline.
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It's for insufficient maintenance time.
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I have a maintenance interval coming up in two hours, and that flight will take me over two hours and 40 minutes.
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Understood, declining flights for flight time and maintenance.
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Location mentioned:
W 5th St, Storm Lake, IA 50588
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