Seeing a Medical Helicopter land in your community usually comes with a sense of dread and anxiety over what may have happened. But, if you live in Louisburg and saw the copter land on Tuesday, no worries. The Louisburg Fire Department, a Team from American Medical Response, a Linn County Ambulance Service in Pleasanton, and the Life Star 3 Crew, performed a timed trial training run with the Life Star Medical Helicopter. According to the Miami County Republic, in the Training Exercise, the Linn County Crew rushed a pediatric trauma mock “victim” by ground ambulance to Louisburg to transfer to the Life Star 3 Air Ambulance.
According to a City New Release, Louisburg Fire Chief, Gerald Rittinghouse, says the training provides the three agencies an opportunity to practice in the event of an actual emergency. He says transporting a victim in a coordinated effort like the one Tuesday, can trim 30 minutes or more in getting a patient to a hospital.
