Austin-Travis County STAR Flight
| Autor: | Paul Kuper |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
| Předmět: |
Engineering
Adult male business.industry health care facilities manpower and services education technology industry and agriculture Crew Patient contact Air Ambulances Emergency Nursing Texas Fires Rural hospital Law Enforcement Aeronautics Emergency Medicine Rescue Work Operations management business |
| Zdroj: | Air medical journal. 24(5) |
| ISSN: | 1067-991X |
| Popis: | Just a day in the life at STAR Flight: 0700 Day shift arrives, preflight checks are completed 0855 Crew is dispatched to medical call as first response unit with EMS/Fire; 59-year-old female in respiratory distress is transported to Seton Hospital in Austin 0956 Call is complete, crew returns to station 1017 Crew is dispatched to interfacility transfer from rural hospital west of Austin; 67-year-old male with pulmonary edema in ventricular tachycardia is transported to Heart Hospital of Austin 1148 Call is complete, crew returns to station 1231 Crew is dispatched to construction site, EMS on-scene is requesting transport for adult male unconscious from 10-foot fall; patient is transported to Brackenridge Hospital in Austin 1302 Call is complete, crew returns to station 1422 Crew is dispatched to land rescue at greenbelt southwest of Austin; adult male fell while rock climbing; STAR Flight locates patient from air and rappels rescuer in to make patient contact. Rescuer initiates treatment, packages and extricates patient by helicopter short-haul, then transports to Brackenridge Hospital 1600 Call is complete, crew returns to station 1715 Crew is dispatched to assist law enforcement in search for subject in wooded area; subject is ultimately located by K-9 unit 1900 Night shift arrives, crew changes |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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