Vehicle accident on highway causes serious leg injury, Pella IA
TrafficEmergency responders attended a vehicle accident on Highway 163 eastbound near Pella, Iowa. The injured person had a serious open fracture to the left ankle. The eastbound lane was closed to allow a medical helicopter to land on the highway for patient transport.
Audio|Source: Marion County Public Safety
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400, they're going to have to shut down the eastbound lane of 163 for the helicopter.
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On the highway 163, eastbound.
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Yes,
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ma'am.
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Stop.
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Proceed from Hela calling inpatient report Wednesday.
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Mercy one from Pella EMS, calling in a patient report when ready.
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Mercy from Pella, patient report when ready.
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County cars we have a vehicle unlock at near Independent Street in Pella for a Chevy Lumina not running no small kids no pets
01:06
county 17 I'll start that one
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ten four
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Hello, Amulance 400 for MareMed 2.
01:25
Go ahead.
01:30
We're about five minutes out from the scene, just looking for some patient information in LZ information if you have it.
01:37
Copy. Patient's name will be (name withheld).
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Date birth is (number withheld).
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Patient is 39 years of age.
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Weight is approximately 250 pounds.
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Open fib-fib fracture, distal on the left ankle.
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We have 24 gauge ID access in the left wrist.
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We have administered 100 micrograms of fentanyl intranasal for pain management.
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No known medical allergies, no diabetic history, no heart problems.
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We're still working on extricating her from the vehicle.
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Sounds good.
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You have any LZ information for us?
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Sure, vital sign.
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Hospers are going to be 22.
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Blood pressure is going to be 131 over 76.
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That was at 937.
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Cap refill under two seconds.
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That's all I've got at the moment.
02:41
That sounds great.
02:42
We're looking for some landing zone information if you have it, please.
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We're going to be landing on the highway.
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We've got people shutting it down right now.
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Any obstacles or power lines we need to be aware of?
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Negative.
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I'm good with you in a few minutes.
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Can you repeat, ETA?
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Mercy Chopper, this is 400.
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If you guys can land on the far east of all the emergency vehicles, that's probably going to be the best spot to land the far east of all the emergency vehicles.
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Sounds good.
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We'll land east of the vehicles.
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We'll be there in about a minute.
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We'll do a circle over just to check to see before we come in for landing.
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Ambulance 400.
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Do you want us to land on the highway?
03:51
Copy that. We should have it shut down now on the vehicles.
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Eastbound highway,
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right in front of the cones that you see up there.
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IA-163, Pella, IA
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