Teenager critically injured by large blade at UVA hospital, Charlottesville VA
Medical EmergencyA 17-year-old male working in a factory suffered a deep laceration to his right leg with heavy bleeding. He experienced severe blood loss and a drop in blood pressure. He was being flown by helicopter to UVA Hospital and was in critical condition.
Audio|Source: UVA Helicopter Dispatch
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Transcript:
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About 10 minutes out for rooftop, 13 from a timely, waiting for a third year.
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Air Care 5, stand by the quarter report.
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This is UVA, go ahead.
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UBA there, care, Bob, we're five minutes out.
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I'll give you real quick report.
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Since the (number withheld) year old male at around 11-4, 1045 this evening, he was working in a factory when he had a very large blade go into his left, into his right leg, about the ten inch laceration four inches deep, moderate to a large amount of blood loss at the scene.
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Patient didn't walk to his ambulance.
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to his own car where he was called 911.
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He was found to have a massive amount of blood loss in ambulance.
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He had to turnic it on in place at this time.
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When we got to him, he was even dynamically stable with the blood pressure 180 over 115.
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And turning it is still working, no bleeding from the lower extremity.
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Last couple of minutes, though, he started having a drop in his pressure.
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Last pressure was 54 over 23 and he's gotten more diaparitic.
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We're in the process of trying to take blood at this time.
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We'll give you everything else at the bedside.
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Location mentioned:
UVA Hospital, Charlottesville, VA 22903
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