Helicopter transports crash victim to hospital, Charlottesville VA
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TrafficAs discussed during the dispatch call, a helicopter transported an adult male trauma patient from Timberville to a hospital in Charlottesville, Virginia, following a tractor-trailer crash. The driver was trapped for about two hours but remained conscious and alert during the rescue. Emergency personnel reported multiple limb injuries and facial swelling. The patient was stable upon transport.
Audio|Heard on: UVA Helicopter Dispatch
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02:8
Transcript:
00:00
Medcom, back here five is about 12 minutes to the rooftop.
00:03
Adult trauma patient out of Timberville looking for status of health package and patient report.
00:16
Aircraft five is going to be eastbound, east helipad for your arrival.
00:19
No current inbound traffic noted at this time.
00:21
Cleared to land at pilot's discretion.
00:23
Go ahead with your report.
00:26
Aircraft five, I copy the eastbound, northbound traffic reported as follows.
00:31
I'm warning of a 39-year-old male.
00:33
He was the driver of a tractor trailer, did about 55, 60 miles an hour.
00:38
Where he felt when you lost control for an unclear reason.
00:42
Hit a guardrail on one side and ended up rolling.
00:44
To the right side of the tractor trailer into a ditch.
00:51
Station one has been trapped for approximately 2 h from his waist down.
00:54
It took quite a bit of fire department to get him out.
00:58
Does not sound like he lost consciousness, alert or oriented the entire time, but we have been with him.
01:03
Initially said that he wasn't able to feel his limbs, although once there's lower extremities going, he was not trapped anymore.
01:09
He's able to move everything, just decreased sensation on the left side of his lower limb.
01:14
Just holding him to the left lower leg, the left shoulder and the left forearm.
01:19
He's also got some swelling around his eye, his nose, mouth, although maintaining his airway just fine.
01:26
Well, our trap used pre-tachycardic when we were getting really low pressures.
01:29
He's gotten for 1 m of whole blood pressure, 500 ml of crystalloid.
01:35
Last pressure for us then about 105 over 70, the lowest we saw was 90, very systolic.
01:42
One peripheral point of access.
01:43
He's got some fentanyl, some Zofran, and his current vitals are as follows.
01:47
Heart rate still 100, sinusitis intact.
01:49
Last pressure 102 over 74.
01:52
96% inaudible air.
01:53
Respiratory rate about 22, and she's yes to 15.
01:57
We have a report unless she's ill.
02:06
Clear, Code 5. Nothing further at this time.
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Charlottesville, VA
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