Medical vehicle breaks down en route during stroke response, Charlotte NC
Emergency responders treated a possible stroke patient and transported them to the hospital. One emergency vehicle had mechanical issues and pulled over on Brookshire Boulevard near the highways I-77 and I-85, causing a delay before continuing to the hospital. The patient was transported by another unit without delay.
Audio|Source: Charlotte and Mecklenburg County Fire
04:11
Transcript:
00:00
Alarmed engine 34, Medica has a two-minute ETA.
00:04
Fantastic, thank you very much.
00:08
104 engine 34.
00:14
Mediq 56 Cement, roll seat.
00:26
Engine engine on go ahead just checking to my show and on scene that's affirmative.
00:45
Double two to met if you need six bring the tarp up we're upstairs.
00:53
Copy. Do you want you to bring my airway back?
00:58
We have them on ours for right now.
01:00
We'll get on our breather.
01:03
Copy direct.
01:06
Possible stroke.
01:11
Copy direct.
01:12
We're on the way up.
01:17
99 in your 32.
01:21
Go ahead, see.
01:24
You got your phone on you?
01:27
Yes, sir.
01:29
Okay, I'll give you a call.
01:35
You can go ahead?
01:38
Just for you know, the truck isn't running properly.
01:43
I'm hitting the gas, but it just is slowing down even more.
01:46
I pulled over for the moment.
01:49
Sam is on the other truck transporting, so I just want to let you know I'm going to get to the hospital a little bit later than they are.
01:57
That's my...
02:00
10-4[1]. Do you need someone to come out to take over?
02:07
I'm not 100% sure.
02:09
I'm going to try driving one more time just to see.
02:12
I'll let you know in a moment.
02:15
Coffee, keep us updated.
02:21
Go and put us back in service and assign us to the call on Welling Avenue, and you can cancel engine 32.
02:31
10,413.
02:37
Change nursing cops, we'll be both.
02:40
The alarm's direct.
02:46
Yeah, I'm hitting the gas all the way down to the foreboard, and it's not even going up to 20 miles.
02:57
Eight is still behind you?
03:01
Eight is already headed towards the hospital.
03:04
They last a couple of moments before I did.
03:06
I was getting more information on the patient for the medics.
03:15
My medic is on eight, so they have the patient on eight.
03:23
Just to confirm you don't have a patient, is that correct?
03:28
Correct. The patient is on H-truck with my medic.
03:37
18, no long concept we're gonna have a, gonna do the supervisor.
03:43
Before thank you.
03:48
Go ahead.
03:51
I've seen you a couple pictures.
03:53
You shoot me text and you know anything else.
03:57
Yeah, just got him.
03:59
We're on Brookshire, uh,
04:01
between 77 and 85.
04:03
We are there in a minute.
04:05
That's fine, still closer than 32 was.
04:10
Yeah, 24.
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10-4: Acknowledgment; message received and understood.
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