(KENT ISLAND, MD) – Maryland State Police Aviation Command hoisted a patient who was suffering from a medical emergency off of a cruise ship Tuesday in Queen Anne’s County.
At approximately 9:40 p.m. on Tuesday, Maryland State Police received a request for assistance from the U.S. Coast Guard to hoist a patient suffering from a medical emergency aboard a cruise ship in the Chesapeake Bay. Maryland State Police Trooper 6, based in Easton, Maryland, was dispatched to the cruise ship Aida Luna’s, which was located in the Chesapeake Bay south of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge near Kent Island.
The helicopter crew configured Trooper 6 for an aerial hoist operation and arrived overhead the cruise ship at approximately 10:25 p.m. The pilots maneuvered the AW-139 helicopter into position approximately 120 feet above the deck of the cruise ship and 220 feet above the water line. A state police flight paramedic was lowered to the deck of the ship to rendezvous with the patient and prepare for extrication.
After the patient was assessed and placed into the secure hoisting device, both the patient and flight paramedic were hoisted up to the helicopter. Once the patient was secured inside the aircraft, Trooper 6 was able to transition to its medevac role and transported the patient to the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore.
The Maryland State Police Aviation Command has served Maryland citizens since 1970, and operates a fleet of ten helicopters from seven bases throughout Maryland on a 24/7/365 basis. Missions include medevac, law enforcement, search & rescue, homeland security, and disaster assessment. The success of rescues performed by the Aviation Command depends a great deal on the cooperative efforts of local fire, rescue, EMS, law enforcement agencies, and our partners at the United States Coast Guard.
Insurance is not going to cover that patient ride. Wonder how much that bill is going to be ?
ReplyDeleteWhy do you care? Even if they received a bill (which they won’t), it isn’t YOUR money or YOUR concern. To make snide comments serves no purpose. It really isn’t your business or your concern.
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ReplyDeletethe injured will recieve a bill of $20,000 or more
Shoot, just let me die
Unless something has changed, there is no charge for transport on an msp medivac.
ReplyDeleteWell apparently things have changed 11:11
DeleteIf you have Maryland tags on your vehicles there is a $10.00 fee per year added. this goes to pay for the M.S.P. aviation division. there is no bill to anyone who is transported via their helicopters.
ReplyDeletewas it medically necessary? doubt it very much! just another chance for the boys with toys joy ride!
ReplyDelete4:32. I did not know that. Thank you.
ReplyDelete@432 AM not true. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteI believe that is why you buy cruise insurance - it covers that type of medical stuff.
ReplyDeleteTheRealRay said...
ReplyDeleteInsurance is not going to cover that patient ride. Wonder how much that bill is going to be ?
October 30, 2019 at 7:53 PM
That was a free ride for a non-citizen of Maryland and we the taxpayers footed that bill.
I got flown out of PRMC to the University of Maryland via a private helicopter out of Georgetown Delaware because Trooper 4 no longer flies trauma patients out of PRMC. My insurance company had to pay $50,000 and I have been paying into that EMSOF Fund for over 30 years. Tell me why I had to pay the bill when a non-citizen gets a free helicopter ride when a boat could have easily transported that patient to a waiting helicopter. This system if F***ed Up thanks to the Democrats in the Maryland General Assembly.
Why do ambulances and private helicopters charge insurance companies but the Maryland State Police doesn't? Stupid Democrats would rather you pay out of your pocket for taxes and tag fees. Quit voting for those stupid Tax and Spend Democrats.