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A U.S. Forces aircraft air-evacuated a 22-year- old man from the island of Kumejima to Naha, April 26, for emergency blood transfusion. The mercy flight was performed by a CH-21 helicopter of the Fort Buckner Flight Detachment piloted by Maj. R. Grants. Assisting in the flight were co-pilot CW3 Richard G. Watlack and crew chiefs SP6 John A. Dearmin and SP6 Phillip H. Hirata. The patient, ■■■, was diagnosed by Gushikawa-Son doctors as suffering from lung distoma and in need of an immediate blood transfusion. The doctors' recommendation was reported through the Government of the Ryukyu Islands police to the Public Safety Dept. (PSD), USCAR, which coordinated with Dr. John P. Fairchild, Director, Public Health and Welfare Dept., USCAR. The PSD also coordinated the information with the Naha Air Defense Control Center, which dispatched the helicopter from Hamby Airfield. A Naha Hospital ambulance sped the patient to the hospital where a blood transfusion was administered. The patient is undergoing detailed observation.
【和訳】 久米島から救急飛行
緊急輸血が必要な22歳の男性を久米島から那覇まで米空軍機が輸送した。救急飛行はR・グランツ少佐が操縦するフォートCH-21ヘリコプターで、副操縦士リチャード・G・ワトラック准尉、乗組員ジョン・A・ディアミン技能軍曹とフィリップ・H・ヒラタ技能軍曹が補佐した。患者の男性は具志川村の医師から、肺ジストマ症を患っており即時輸血が必要と診断された。医師の勧告は琉球列島警察を通じて米民政府公安局に報告され、公衆衛生福祉部長ジョン・P・フェアチャイルド博士と調整。公安局は那覇防空管制センターと調整して、ヘリコプターをハンビー飛行場から出動させた。那覇病院の救急車が患者をのせて輸血が行われる病院に急行した。患者は経過観察中。
【分類】Armed Forces / 軍
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