Teen severely injures finger after fall near Prospect Rd, Pulaski TN

Medical Emergency

Reported: 11/18/2025 02:14 PM

Near Prospect Rd, Pulaski, TN 38478

A 17-year-old male near Prospect Road suffered a severe finger injury, possibly after falling from a tree stand. The finger remained attached but was bleeding heavily. Emergency services are responding, and a passerby is assisting the young man.

Audio|Source: Giles County Public Safety

02:34

Transcript:

00:00

Near Prospect Road, 17-year-old male,

00:03

near Prospect Road, 17-year-old male has cut his finger off.

00:16

Dispatch at Giles County, EMS units are en route to near Prospect Road.

00:22

Near Prospect Road.

00:24

A 17-year-old male has cut his finger off.

00:31

Near Frostwood Road, near Prospect Road.

00:35

I've got a 17-year-old male that has cut his finger, possibly severed, can't get much information from him.

00:42

Where are your parents? He's very irate.

00:44

EMS and paramedics are en route.

00:53

Advised he also fell out of the tree stand.

01:04

Understood, he fell out of the tree stand as well.

01:13

You've got a lot of background noise.

01:15

I believe,

01:17

He advised the dispatcher that he also fell out of the tree stand.

01:26

Be 1113, 113.

01:35

Your team dispatch, can you advise if we're going to need an ATV for this call and also check on an aircraft?

01:43

They will be at the end of the road.

01:45

It's going to be off now.

01:49

Four.

01:51

Do you have an emergency patient alert?

01:55

Let's take a minute.

02:01

His finger is still attached.

02:04

It's bleeding really badly.

02:06

He's very upset.

02:08

They've calmed him enough to lean against the tailgate. Someone is with him at this time.

02:15

Four, thank you, ma'am.

02:20

A passerby has stopped to assist the young man. The finger is still attached.

02:27

It is bleeding very badly.

02:29

Passerby is still with him.

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