- Date
- 2008-07-23
- Kind
- Medical
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Carried out by
- Beaver Island Emergency Services Authority
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- healthcareemergency-managementtransportationcommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
On 23 July 2008, fog prevented both fixed-wing and Coast Guard helicopter transport for a Beaver Island medical emergency. Under an EMS agreement with the Beaver Island Boat Company, the Beaver Islander departed with the ambulance and took the patient directly to Charlevoix Hospital—described as the first use of this plan.
Evidence limits
The report documents the transport procedure and conditions but does not identify the patient or disclose medical details.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, July 2008, "A New Way to Save a Life".Reports that fog prevented aircraft and Coast Guard helicopter response, so EMS used its ferry compact with the Beaver Island Boat Company; Captain Kevin McDonough departed the Beaver Islander with the ambulance and no other passengers or freight. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2008-07_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the medical-evacuation report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2008-07_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island EMS uses ferry for first fog-bound medical evacuation, 2008”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-ems-beaver-islander-medical-evacuation-2008/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, July 2008, "A New Way to Save a Life". (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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