Man burned when gasoline ignites while fueling mower

Heard on: Winston AL Emergency Ops Group Calls

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Hey TCC, I need to enter in a patient.

00:04

We're coming out of Arley, Alabama.

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It's a 23-year-old male.

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Was putting gas in his lawnmower when it sparked and caught fire.

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We're giving him a 12% total body surface area.

00:20

He has 1st degree burns to his face on bilateral cheeks.

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He does have 2nd degree burns.

00:28

To his abdomen, the right side, and he has 2nd degree burns to bilateral hands.

00:35

The patient does have bilateral IVs.

00:38

He's had a total of 150 of fentanyl, four of zofran.

00:43

Vital signs: heart rate is ninety-six,

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blood pressure is 100 and sixty-nine over sixty-seven,

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respiratory rate is 13 .

00:51

He's 100 % on four liters.

00:57

Fifteen. His blood sugar was 100 and thirty-seven.

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And we're about 15 min out from UAB.

01:09

That's a good copy.

01:10

Do you suspect any airway burns?

01:13

No.

01:17

That is a good copy.

01:18

Tell me again what county y'all came out of.

9/2/2026 03:37 PM

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Arley, AL 35541

Man burned when gasoline ignites while fueling mower

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As discussed during the dispatch call, air medical crews transported a 23-year-old man from Arley, Alabama, to a hospital after gasoline ignited while he was fueling a lawnmower. He had burns to his face, abdomen, right side, and both hands and was being taken to a university hospital in Birmingham.

Man burned when gasoline ignites while fueling mower

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