A Boothbay man was transported by Lifeflight of Maine around 5:50 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 8 to Maine Medical Center in Portland due to “a pretty serious medical event,” according to Boothbay Region Ambulance Service Chief Dan Gardner. BRAS received the call at 5:22 a.m., were on the scene in four minutes, and transported the man to the Lifeflight pick-up spot at Boothbay Region High School.

“Once our crew arrived at the scene, it was apparent this was a significant medical event. They did a great job of stabilizing the patient and promptly getting him to the helicopter for the flight to Maine Med,.” Gardner said.

The patient flew from Boothbay Harbor to MMC in 11 minutes, according to Gardner.