- Date
- 2009-07-25
- Kind
- Medical
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- emergency-managementtransportationhealthcarecommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
In rough weather on July 25, 2009, a Coast Guard helicopter evacuated a 67-year-old Beaver Island resident with breathing difficulties from the Island Airport. The report says a Beaver Island EMS paramedic accompanied the flight and the patient was transferred to Munson Hospital.
Evidence limits
This preserves the published emergency-response account without identifying the patient or asserting medical details beyond the newspaper report.
Sources
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Sources
- Beaver Beacon, August 2009, "A Coast Guard" and "Medivac."Reports a Coast Guard Air Station Traverse City HH-65C evacuation of a 67-year-old male with breathing difficulties from the Island Airport, with Beaver Island EMS accompanying the flight to Munson Hospital. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2009-08_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the published medevac report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2009-08_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Coast Guard helicopter evacuates a Beaver Island resident in rough weather, 2009”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-coast-guard-medical-evacuation-july-2009/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, August 2009, "A Coast Guard" and "Medivac." (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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