Man injured after being run over by tractor at John Deere, Waterloo IA
Medical EmergencyA 34-year-old man was injured when a tractor ran over both his legs at John Deere. He lost consciousness likely due to low blood pressure but is now alert. The main injury is to his left ankle.
Audio|Source: Waterloo-Cedar Falls Public Safety
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Transcript:
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Hey, Mr.Cee, this is Medic 532. We're coming to with a 34-year-old male. He is conscious alert-oriented.
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We were called out to John Deere today for an unconscious person.
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When we got there, he was fully conscious, and we found out that he was actually run over by a tractor.
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He got behind it while it was backing up, and he ended up trying to dive, and it ran over with one tire, both of his legs.
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but mostly hit like his ankle.
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He is controller-oriented, like I said.
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It sounds like he was having some blood pressure drops is why he went unconscious.
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I'm not feeling any instability in either leg, but it does appear that he has some injury to the left ankle on the outside.
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Current set of idols, sinus attack, 110, blood pressure, 1, 2, 3. over 52,
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21 rest worth non-labored, 100% on the ripum air, 18 gates, trivene in the left AC,
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blood sugar was 119.
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We're coming with traffic. We'll be there in about five minutes. Do you request of anything else?
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Location mentioned:
1348-1444 N Elk Run Rd, Waterloo, IA 50703
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