Medical helicopter redirected to correctional facility for trauma patient, Arcadia FL
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Medical EmergencyAccording to the dispatch call, a medical helicopter was instructed to land at the DeSoto County Correctional Institution instead of the Arcadia Airport to transport a trauma patient to Tampa.
Audio|Heard on: DeSoto and Hardee Counties Fire Rescue
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00:58
Transcript:
00:00
City Tend is transporting one trauma alert or 108.
00:05
Tampa.
00:11
Desota County Engine 1 at Aeronnet 4.
00:16
AirMet 4, go ahead.
00:23
Good evening, we are 11, 11 minutes from Arcadia Airport.
00:28
If you can provide an updated brief.
00:30
You're going to be landing at DeSoto County Correctional Institute Highway 70 East, not the airport.
00:41
Okay, we were told the airport, but where is it in relation to the airport?
00:47
Rescue 3rd.
00:48
It's going to be approximately 13 miles east of the airport.
00:52
I have coordinates if you need it.
00:54
Two minutes out.
00:56
Rescue three, copy.
00:57
Thank you.
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Location mentioned:
Arcadia, FL 34266
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