Name: Sharon Blanchard describes an appendicitis evacuation from Beaver Island, 2008
Start: 2008-06-16
End: 2008-06-17

Event

Dates: 2008-06-16 – 2008-06-17
Kind: Medical
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: healthcaretransportationcommunicationcommunity
Within: Beaver Island · Charlevoix

Summary

Sharon Blanchard’s first-person account says that appendicitis on June 16, 2008, led to a 911 call, Beaver Island EMS evaluation, an Island Airways flight to Charlevoix for surgery, and a return to the Island about 24 hours later.

Evidence limits

This is a personal newspaper account, not a dispatch log, clinical record, or independent medical review.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, November 2008, "No Fear, BI Is There!"
Publishes Sharon Blanchard’s first-person account of June 16 appendicitis, 911 and EMS response, Island Airways transport to Charlevoix for surgery, and return to Beaver Island about 24 hours later. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, November 2008, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the medical-evacuation account.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Sharon Blanchard describes an appendicitis evacuation from Beaver Island, 2008”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-appendicitis-medical-evacuation-2008/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, November 2008, "No Fear, BI Is There!" (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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