Medical emergency with air transport canceled, Charleroi PA
Emergency responders assisted a person with poor circulation near Meadow and Shady between 6th Street. An air splint was applied, and a helicopter transport was requested but later canceled when ground EMS arrived.
Audio|Source: Washington County Fire Zone 3
02:13
Transcript:
00:00
33 squad 1 on scene
00:04
33 squad 1 on scene
00:11
Hey (name withheld), tell EMS because I know they won't answer me on a radio.
00:14
Tell them to come in the alleyway between Meadow and Shady from 6th Street We're applying an air splint right now
00:24
Okay, I copy
00:30
Control from Chief 33.
00:32
Put me a helicopter on standby, Mr.
00:34
(name withheld),
00:35
33. We're going to try that park up on Meadows.
00:39
Got it. You got it.
00:50
Chief 33, your EMS units three minutes out.
00:56
Okay, we're getting a person stabilized here and like so we'll wait to hear with the helicopter.
01:06
Control from Captain 334.
01:13
Captain 334.
01:16
Can you let EMS know that we do not have a good pedal pulse and our capillary refill is greater than three seconds? We have the air splint in place.
01:26
We're going to start packaging the patient now.
01:32
Receive. They should be there momentarily.
01:35
Chief 33 from Washington.
01:39
Go ahead.
01:41
No-go on an air medical.
01:49
Repeat that again, what'd you say?
01:53
Air medical is a no-go.
01:56
Negative on helicopter.
02:00
Okay, both of them, correct?
02:05
That's affirmative.
02:11
Okay, control, we got EMS here now.
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Location mentioned:
Shady Ave & 6th St, Charleroi, PA 15022
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