Critical Care Transport Helicopter
Carrie Brashear collapsed at her home in Peru, New York and has no memory of the urgent race that followed, an emergency journey across two hospitals and state lines to save her life.
She arrived by ambulance at University of Vermont Health – Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital, where emergency physician William Timbers, MD, evaluated her. Though she seemed stable at first, a bedside ultrasound revealed a small tear in her ascending aorta — an aortic dissection, a life-threatening condition that demands immediate surgery.
Recognizing the danger, Dr. Timbers initiated an urgent transfer.
Across the lake, UVM Medical Center prepared for her arrival.
She arrived by ambulance at University of Vermont Health – Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital, where emergency physician William Timbers, MD, evaluated her. Though she seemed stable at first, a bedside ultrasound revealed a small tear in her ascending aorta — an aortic dissection, a life-threatening condition that demands immediate surgery.
Recognizing the danger, Dr. Timbers initiated an urgent transfer.
Across the lake, UVM Medical Center prepared for her arrival.