Driver injured in crash with utility pole, Madison WI
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TrafficAs discussed during the dispatch call, paramedics transported a 41-year-old man to St. Mary’s Hospital after a single-vehicle crash near South Brooks Street in Madison. The car struck a utility pole after hitting ice. The driver was alert, ambulatory, and wearing a seatbelt but reported shoulder pain. Damage was limited to the front of the vehicle, and no serious injuries were noted.
Audio|Heard on: Dane WI Hospital Group Calls
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01:21
Transcript:
00:00
St. Mary's Med Five, we're about 8 min out coming your way with a conscious and alert forty-one-year-old male involved in a motor vehicle accident.
00:08
It's going to be car versus a utility pole.
00:13
Sounds like he was traveling at approximately 30 mph, hit some ice, lost control, hit the pole.
00:20
He was belted.
00:22
He was the driver.
00:24
Airbag on. Deployment was in the curtains.
00:26
Nothing out of the steering wheel.
00:31
Damage to the vehicle is limited to the front.
00:33
No compartment intrusion,
00:35
no loss of consciousness,
00:38
no head, neck or back pain.
00:40
Chief complaint is just going to be left collarbone, left shoulder area.
00:46
He's not anticoagulated.
00:48
He was ambulatory self-extricated prior to our arrival.
00:52
Was able to walk without a seizure.
00:53
Assistance vitals are all stable.
00:56
Blood pressure 143 over 87.
00:58
He's setting ninety-nine percent on room air, heart rate ninety-eight and regular,
01:03
respiratory rate 20 on labor,
01:06
lungs clear and equal bilaterally.
01:09
No interventions on our part at this point.
01:12
We'll see in about 8 min.
01:14
Any questions or orders from med five?
01:17
No questions.
01:19
Med five will have everyone through that arrival.
01:20
St. Mary's clear.
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Location mentioned:
S Brooks St, Madison, WI 53715
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