Man injured after falling from rope swing in forest
Medical EmergencyA man fell about 10 feet from a rope swing in a forest and landed on a log, then rolled five feet further. He has lower back pain and was taken to hospital with spine precautions.
Audio|Source: Humboldt County Law, Fire and EMS - Eureka and North
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Transcript:
00:00Providence St.00:01Josie R. This is Deborah R.N.00:02The time is 12 o'clock.00:06Deborah, this is Evan on Arcaded 2.00:08On board, I have a 32, 3-2-year-old male patient.00:11Come to you for a trauma activation.00:12He was swinging on a rope swing in the Arcaded Community Force when the rope swing snap, causing him to fall about 10 feet, landing on a horizontal log suspended above the ground.00:21After which, you rolled off that log an additional 5 feet.00:24A patient's chief complaint is going to be lower thoracic.00:30spinal pain.00:31CSM is intact at the distal extremity.00:33He was backboarded by the time that we got there and we haven't actually visualized the spine ourselves.00:39We do have them in full spinal precautions based off of T-spy or based off of mechanism alone.00:45CSM is intact times four.00:47He's conscious alert and or an in time four does not take blood thinner.00:50Blood pressure is 150 over 100.00:52Heart rate is currently 58 Tyneth Brady on the monitor.00:55I've gotten IV established and the GCS is 15.01:00I'm going to work on additional IV access and we have an easy view of eight minutes at this point.01:07I'll break for any questions?01:22did not hit his head, did not lose consciousness,01:25and GCS of 15.01:29Excellent.01:31We're going to go to room 20 upon arrival.01:33St. Joe's clear.
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Providence St.
00:01
Josie R. This is Deborah R.N.
00:02
The time is 12 o'clock.
00:06
Deborah, this is Evan on Arcaded 2.
00:08
On board, I have a 32, 3-2-year-old male patient.
00:11
Come to you for a trauma activation.
00:12
He was swinging on a rope swing in the Arcaded Community Force when the rope swing snap, causing him to fall about 10 feet, landing on a horizontal log suspended above the ground.
00:21
After which, you rolled off that log an additional 5 feet.
00:24
A patient's chief complaint is going to be lower thoracic.
00:30
spinal pain.
00:31
CSM is intact at the distal extremity.
00:33
He was backboarded by the time that we got there and we haven't actually visualized the spine ourselves.
00:39
We do have them in full spinal precautions based off of T-spy or based off of mechanism alone.
00:45
CSM is intact times four.
00:47
He's conscious alert and or an in time four does not take blood thinner.
00:50
Blood pressure is 150 over 100.
00:52
Heart rate is currently 58 Tyneth Brady on the monitor.
00:55
I've gotten IV established and the GCS is 15.
01:00
I'm going to work on additional IV access and we have an easy view of eight minutes at this point.
01:07
I'll break for any questions?
01:22
did not hit his head, did not lose consciousness,
01:25
and GCS of 15.
01:29
Excellent.
01:31
We're going to go to room 20 upon arrival.
01:33
St. Joe's clear.
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Location mentioned:
Arcata Community Forest, Arcata, CA 95521
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