Minnesota Major Crash: Three Choppers Requested 

I saw one nut a 2 weeks ago on 94 on a motorcycle texting. He will be an organ donor before long

@@rollingacresfarmstead206yep. He will

Wow.....

@@Haylem Its true. Heavy mfs will bring the copter crashing down

@@Zeevuhl Unless it's a EC-145 that can take up to 650lb person. But the cost is way up there.

It depends on the helicopter, 250 lbs is for the smaller helos. Many of the modern ones can carry patients up to 650 lbs

@@jaso5114 EC-145 is the "heavy" life lift now, but the cost keeps them far out of the reach in some areas.

Thank you, this has been corrected.

This was around 4:30 PM

Yeah, helicopters here can only land after first responders have arrived to secure the landing zone.

@@MidwestCrime doesn't work that way in England, paramedics can request helimed if patients require transport or injuries/illness requires higher skilled paramedics or a trauma doctor but they can are frequently are dispatched at the time of the initial call and can be first on scene especially in more rural areas

@@stevenbowers4164 That's interesting! I guess sometimes helicopters are ordered at the time of dispatch for certain calls. They call it "auto-launch" and they use it on motorcycle accidents, head-on crashes, stuff like that, but they will not land without first responders on scene. They will stay in the air until it is safe to land.

I was a paramedic for 30 years and an ED/Trauma nurse at a Level I Trauma Center in Pennsylvania...it depends on which state you are in, as the practice of medicine and nursing are governed at the state level. EMTs and Paramedic practice is governed under the State's Medical Practice Act, which is also what regulates Physicians and Physician Assistants...Nurses have a separate act due to the age of the profession. Anyway, there are some states where HEMS are the first responders...due to low population and distance from a Trauma Center. Major Hospitals in the U.S. are almost always Trauma Centers as well as Large University Hospitals with attached medical schools. These are typically where HEMS programs are headquartered, even if they have remote facilities at smaller hospitals owned by the larger hospital. These and some private medical helicopters, will respond to 911 calls just like a ground ambulance would in remote areas or in the middle of nowhere that can't support an independent ambulance company. 🤷‍♂️ The crew on a helicopter is usually a flight nurse and a flight paramedic...they can do much more than a ground ambulance can do. The flight nurse usually has decades of ICU experience and and the paramedic has decades of ground EMS experience. Physicians do occasionally fly, but it's quite rare. I've encountered 1 flight physician in 30 years.

@@marksmadhousemetaphysicalm2938 Thanks for your 30 years of service, sir.

My parents use to live in pine city.

I use to have a girl friend who lived in Pine City

Same I live in the next town south and I have been down that road a million times it feels like, Just to get to McDonald’s..

It appears that the van entered the right ditch and hit a berm, causing the van to go airborne over the driveway and coming to rest against some trees.

@@MidwestCrime I grew up in that county, never saw three choppers come in for one accident, I remember times before the choppers coming in, my brother was lucky, they flew him to Duluth, they had the MAST on him and no pulse when they landed, and he made it out alive.

Sadly one had to we waved off as a car entered the landing zone