Medical emergency at Bear Creek Ski Area, Macungie PA
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, emergency crews responded to an apparent medical emergency at Bear Creek Ski Area near Doe Mountain Lane in Longswamp Township. A 72-year-old man reportedly experienced shortness of breath after sustaining blunt chest trauma during a skiing collision. The call originated from ski patrol, and advanced life support personnel were requested to assist. Other mentions in radio traffic included unrelated calls involving a woman locked in a bathroom and a separate medical incident involving a seizure, though only the ski area trauma call appears directly connected to this incident.
Audio|Heard on: Berks County Fire and EMS - Digital
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02:19
Transcript:
00:00
Longswamp Township, near Doe Mountain Lane, the Bear Creek Ski Area, cross State Street and ALS trauma.
00:06
Station 21 and 39 QRS Lehigh Medic 66 covering station 575 Longswamp Township.
00:13
Bear Creek Ski Area location confirmed.
00:15
Bear Creek Ski Area, cross State Street, ALS trauma, 1356.
00:26
Chief 66.
00:30
Chief 66.
00:34
Ladder 66 responding, close to the rescue engine.
00:37
Close to the rescue engine.
00:41
Copy yourself in ladder and close to the rescue engine.
00:44
Incident also at near Jefferson Street.
00:47
Female locked in bathroom, not in any distress.
00:50
Door is jammed.
00:54
Where is she?
01:00
Twenty-three 327R5.
01:03
Okay, Engine Three.
01:04
Thirty-seven year old female with seizure activity.
01:06
Unresponsive.
01:09
Use the front door.
01:10
Complaint of headache noted earlier.
01:14
Truck.
01:17
Ten four, I see it.
01:24
Seventy-five.
01:27
Update twenty-nine.
01:31
Rescue available, fire police remain on location.
01:33
Police remaining on location for a little bit yet.
01:37
Will advise when roadway is open.
01:40
Copy yourself from rescue available.
01:42
Fire police remaining on location.
01:44
Thirteen fifty-eight.
01:49
Understood.
01:50
Okay.
01:51
Squad is there.
01:57
Utility 21 responding.
02:01
Utility 21 en route 1359, near Doe Mountain Lane, the Bear Creek Ski Area.
02:07
Seventy-two year old male.
02:09
Short of breath.
02:10
He had blunt trauma to the chest after colliding with another skier.
02:14
Call from ski patrol; patient precautions not indicated, requesting Lehigh Valley Cedar Crest.
Disclaimer:
This transcript is automatically generated by AI from live dispatch audio. Dispatch communications may include background noise, overlapping speakers, or rapidly evolving situations, and automated transcription may not capture all details or context.
Location mentioned:
Doe Mountain Ln, Macungie, PA 18062
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