Child injured after falling from monkey bars at school playground, Upton MA


A young child fell about five feet from monkey bars at a school playground, hit his head, and is complaining of leg pain. Emergency services are responding, and additional ambulance assistance is requested due to local units being busy.
Audio|Source: Harvard (town of) Fire/EMS
02:55
Transcript:
00:00
Medical[1], One Wickham Street is consulting Memorial School. Tassify EMS on your second medical, Warren
00:29
From five feet up the monkey bars, complaining of leg pain, he did hit his head, unknown LOC. Repeating, towns of our EMS, clear second call, one Whitcomb Street, the Spalding Memorial School. For a two-year-old male who fell from five feet, complaining of leg pain, did hit his head, unknown LOC. Access will be the playground near Turnpike Road at 1740. 30-minute one file on.
00:57
Medic 1 is responding with one VOL[2] and engine 3 is responding. We see Medic 1.1, you're responding with one BOS[3] provider, Entrithee responding. Be advised it's going to the playground right behind the school near Turnpike Road, not the one in the way, way back. Medic 1 has it. Medic 1 from C3. Go ahead, Cap.
01:24
We're tied up here, so you're going to need a mutual aid ambulance. Please be file on, do you have that? Fire and copies will get Ludenberg. You can show MediQuine on arrival.
01:42
The town of Memorial School, one would come attached to the school. But two-year-old cell will be five feet from the monkey bars. The positive headstressure, unknown LOC. And a little bit again responding, usually to Spalding Memorial School, responding to the playground.
02:11
Road aside of the building. They're two and a half year old fellow park is five feet, head straight. Unknown LOC.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
Medical: Medical emergency response
[2]
VOL: Volunteer responder
[3]
BOS: Basic Life Support provider
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Location mentioned:
Near Main St, Upton, MA 01568
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