4 • APRIL 18, 2014 • ST. LUCIE WEST/TRADITION • YOUR VOICE NEWS & VIEWS
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Air rescue at McChesney Park Nicole Rodriguez Staff writer
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Staff photo by Nicole Rodriguez Air Rescue loads a 2-year-old St. Lucie West boy for emergency transport to St. Mary’s Medical Center in West Palm Beach on April 4. First responders believed the boy could have fallen from a bunk bed at his home. A CT scan later that day revealed no signs of trauma or injury and the boy was listed in stable condition. Police don’t believe a crime occurred, authorities said. fall, first responders called for Air Rescue, Sabol said. Chaney said it’s standard procedure to air lift a patient from
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ST. LUCIE WEST — McChesney Park in St. Lucie West doubled as a landing pad for an Air Rescue Helicopter last week. The helicopter transferred a child believed to have fallen from a bunk bed in his nearby home in St. Lucie West, St. Lucie County Fire District spokeswoman Catherine Chaney said. McChesney Park is located at 1585 S.W. Cashmere Blvd. The Fire District got the call at 5:12 p.m. on April 4, Chaney said. The 2-year-old boy was airlifted to St. Mary’s Hospital in West Palm Beach, where he was listed in stable condition later that night, Port St. Lucie Police spokesman Frank Sabol said. A CT scan revealed no signs of trauma or injury. Police don’t believe a crime occurred, Sabol said. The boy, who had a fever throughout the day, according to family members, was found in a sibling’s bedroom lying near the bunk bed with a small amount of vomit nearby, Sabol said. Unsure if the boy had suffered a
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