Worker falls nine feet at construction site in Baltimore, Baltimore MD
Medical EmergencyEmergency responders attended a construction site near Boston Street in Baltimore to assist a worker who fell about nine feet from the fifth floor. The worker was face first on impact but had no visible facial injuries. There was a language barrier complicating communication. Rescue teams coordinated using a crane to safely lift the patient from the upper floor for further medical care.
Audio|Source: Baltimore City Fire
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Transcript:
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Truck 20, SOC 7 respond.
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America long 41-3,000, Strait, King Conklin, Haven for the long fall at the construction site.
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Request of engine 41.
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Truck 20, SOC 7, respond.
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Medical arm 41-51 3,700 Boston Street in Concum, Haven,
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assist engine 41 on the scene with the long fall, 17-telt of 6 response, 804.
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engine 52 AMBO 8 respond medical arm 52 dash 52 1718 north Venlo street between Presbury and Westwood for the hemorrhage case engine 52 amble 8 respond at medical arm 52
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1718 North Benlo street between press barry and westwood hemorrhage case 21 doth4 response 805
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But just trying to get a hold of 41, seeing what we got, and what do they need up there?
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All right, let me see if they switch there.
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You have engine 41?
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41, I'm on fire ground floor.
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All right, this one, go ahead.
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41, do you gain access to the patient yet?
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Yeah, we just got up here.
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All right, what are we working with?
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41 communications, you can go ahead and send me up his command one portion stream.
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41 EMS1.
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Go ahead.
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Nice. What we're looking at right now, he's up on the fifth floor.
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He fell approximately nine feet face first.
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I don't see any facial injuries at this time.
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There is a language barrier that we're trying to work with now.
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Okay.
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I can get the stretcher to the third floor.
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What's that to wait for the truck to get here? We can get their stokes basket.
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Okay.
02:14
At this point, I'm kind of thinking defer to detain six about what's going to be the best and easiest way to get them out.
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coming down to grab you EMS 1 so we can get a better purview on his injuries.
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Copy.
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The time fixed to commandant.
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Do you have DPD on there? We might be able to get a Spanish speaking officer up.
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I'll see it.
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I didn't catch you in that one, you were a little muffled.
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Checking to see if you had BPD on location yet.
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We might be able to get a Spanish-speaking officer in route.
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They have the bare amount of in the southeast.
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Okay, I copy that.
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I do not have BPD here yet.
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Communications, can you get a Spanish-speaking officer here, please?
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Okay,
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we'll try to get one for you.
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To communications, is it truck three or truck 20?
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Okay.
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Okay.
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Okay.
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Okay. Okay.
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Okay. Okay. Okay.
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Yeah, communications tend to be out there as well.
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Yeah, copy, Turner.
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EMS1 to BC6, just talking with the sky here.
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Where Envo 20 is parked, he's going to fly, we'll be able to fly a basket from there up to the fifth floor.
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So when truck 20 gets here, we can put their Stokes basket in.
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He's going to have the crane lift it up to the fifth floor.
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Do not move him until I get there.
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We're not putting anyone on a crane until we've been evaluated the situation.
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That's right.
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I'm heading up now.
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I'm going to see what we can't.
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Near Boston St, Baltimore, MD 21224
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