Man struck by loader bucket and knocked over bulldozer, Giles County VA
Medical EmergencyA 64-year-old man was seriously injured after being struck in the back by a loader bucket and knocked over a bulldozer. He has bruises on his chest and back. The patient is awake but pale, with low blood pressure. Emergency teams are coordinating a helicopter landing to assist due to the critical condition.
Audio|Source: Giles County Police, Fire and EMS
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Transcript:
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Engine 15 to 1702.
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Joy.
00:07
Where's the location at?
00:15
Truck 15, come down to near Hiram Jones Rd and there will be people there putting you up here.
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10-4[1]. Press 15, Joe, it's going to be in a route.
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10-4[1], brush 15 in route 1227.
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Engine 15, Giles.
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Engine 15.
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We'll be on same.
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10, we're on scene 1228.
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Medic 1, Lifeguard 12.
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Go ahead, Lifeguard 12.
01:02
All right, just want to give you an update.
01:04
We're about 14 minutes out at this point.
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We do have some weather between us and you.
01:12
We think we can make it, but we'll update you.
01:15
Can you give us a description of the LZ, please, and any obstruction?
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10 4. We're in a large farming area.
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There's no power lines, no trees.
01:29
We do have two options for your landing.
01:31
You can land up near the ambuses or even down at the bottom at the flat spot if the part near the ambulance is not acceptable.
01:39
All righty, that's a good copy.
01:41
Any updated information on the patient?
01:46
Two invoitation, it's a 64-year-old male that was struck in the back with a bucket bloater.
01:52
It was pushed forward over the bulldozer.
01:54
Has bruising on the front and back of his chest.
01:57
The patient is awake and alert currently.
01:59
Blood pressure is 78 systolic.
02:01
We've given TXA, giving a fluid ballast at this time.
02:05
And also 50 a bicarb.
02:08
When you started giving the patient report, we called Struck by a Bucket, but then everything was broken up after that.
02:17
104 Lifeguard 12, I moved to a mobile unit.
02:20
64-year-old male struck in the back with the bucket inloader has bruising on the back of his back in front of his chest because he was knocked forward and over the bulldozer.
02:31
Patient still awake and alert, pale and diaphretic, blood pressure.
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last bread pressure is semi-sostolic patient has gotten TXA we're giving a fluid ball with and also sodium bicarb All right that's a good copy.
02:45
ETE is 11 minutes
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10 for copy we'll be looking for you breath 15 jails on scene
02:56
brush 15 on scene 1234
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10-4: Acknowledgment/Affirmative
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Location mentioned:
Hiram Jones Rd, Virginia 24086
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