Patient airlifted from Mercy One Waterloo to University Iowa, Waterloo IA


An air ambulance flight was requested to transfer a 45 kg patient from Mercy One Waterloo Medical Center to the University of Iowa in Iowa City. The flight crew coordinated fuel and logistics for the inter-hospital transfer.
Audio|Source: Polk County, Dallas County, and Warren County Public Safety and ISP
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Transcript:
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Attention AirMed 1 from the badge. We have an inter-hospital flight request.
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Looks like we're taking a patient in Waterloo, Iowa at Mercy One, Waterloo Med Center. Taking patient to the University of Iowa in Iowa City,
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patient's weight is going to be 45 kilograms and 4,5 kilos.
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And this was rolled over from Aircom, all of our assets for on flights or out of service.
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I think we can do it. I don't know if I can get gas at Waterway, so I just need a minute to figure out if we can do this.
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For a three-minute flight, I got an hour of fuel.
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Stand off over to the Mercy One ground pad, pilot solo,
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and can you repeat your fuel, please?
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One hour of fuel on board.
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A hour fuel.
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We can do the slides.
01:15
Copy, flight accepted. Crew, did you copy? You copy.
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Waterloo, IA
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