Immediately after the accident, Stradner said firefighters transported the man to Tattan Park for the survival flight. That nearly eliminated the usual 15 minutes on ground transportation to get the patient to the hospital for the less than ten minute trauma flight to Ann Arbor, he said. In this case, Stradner said the helicopter was only a mile away from the scene of the accident. ![]() Mary's (Hospital) which are trauma centers for a copter. We usually go to Oakwood (Hospital) main or St. He was flown to the trauma center," said Stradner. The man, an 80-year old Westland resident, wasn't crossing Wayne Road at an intersection or crosswalk, Stradner said. The accident happened at Wayne Road and Florence. A unit saw a pedestrian get hit by a vehicle," said Wayne-Westland Assistant Fire Chief/EMS Coordinator Michael Stradner. ![]() ![]() At about 3 p.m., firefighters were heading to the administration building on Wayne Road. The University of Michigan Hospital Survival Flight was at Westland's Tattan Park for a training session. A training session with a life flight helicopter turned into an actual emergency response by Wayne-Westland firefighters Wednesday afternoon.
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