Driver injured in truck rollover off Montezuma Road
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San Diego County CA ALS PAL (Hospital)
03:30
00:00
Palomar medics, they're looking to fly a patient to you guys in their trauma.
00:04
Let me know when you guys are ready.
00:06
Oh, that's correct.
00:07
Pal, I'm looking to find somebody to be a mercy.
00:10
It's going to be a trauma for you guys.
00:15
Pal, is
00:17
open for trauma.
00:20
Copy that. Thank you.
00:21
Call our camera.
00:22
Give me (number withheld) again.
00:26
(number withheld) .
00:29
Let me know if you got it.
00:32
Copy. I've got that transfer over.
00:34
Medics 60 and ready for your report.
00:39
Thank you. Call my camera.
00:40
Give me a 34 year old male.
00:41
We're going to park him at 200 pound.
00:42
Chief complaint today is going to be head pain post motor vehicle accident.
00:49
Just a quick story here.
00:50
Patient was coming down a Montezuma Road here in Borrego Springs when he suddenly lost control of his pickup truck, causing it to go off the side of the road and going down at a high angle about 200 ft down the side of a cliff.
01:05
Patient was a fully restrained passenger.
01:07
Fully restrained driver, the only occupant of the vehicle.
01:10
Patient did state that he did lose consciousness for a brief time before he self-extricated.
01:15
Full airbag deployment as well as significant intrusion throughout the whole vehicle.
01:22
Patient negative for any blood, any medications.
01:24
And again, patient positive for loss of consciousness.
01:29
Again, patient was able to self-extricate.
01:32
He was able to get up the side of the cliff with some assistance from bystanders.
01:36
It's a negative on the rescue from our side.
01:38
As far as the patient's chief complaint, a patient does have a about a one-inch hematoma, one-inch diameter hematoma to the back side of his left side of his head with some bruises throughout his whole body.
01:51
Patient had a significant laceration to his left hand, about a four-inch full-thickness laceration to his left hand.
01:57
Full seatbelt abrasions from the seatbelt, as well as abrasions all over his whole body.
02:05
Patient stated that he just lost control, said that his brakes gave out, causing him to go over the cyclist.
02:13
All the vitals were uploaded to you.
02:15
As far as treatment goes, we went ahead and did some bleeding control on his left hand.
02:20
Threw a C collar on, put an ATG at the left AC.
02:23
No significant medical history again.
02:25
No blood thinning medications.
02:26
You're going to be flying to you guys via Mercy 8.
02:30
They said they have roughly about a 50 minute ETA.
02:33
Is there anything else?
02:36
Okay, I talked to that medic 60 .
02:37
You covered everything, and again, it was significant passenger station.
02:42
She's correct.
02:44
Significant intrusion throughout the whole vehicle.
02:46
The whole vehicle completely totaled from the 200 ft roll down the hill.
02:53
Okay, how about inside passenger space intrusion?
02:58
You say exterior intrusion about passenger intrusion.
03:05
Sorry about that, power man.
03:06
Significant intrusion, about a foot or two of intrusion into the passenger space.
03:12
All right, thanks for clarifying that.
03:15
We were expecting this patient out of the store.
03:18
If you can give us a heads up when Mercy or eight takes off.
03:22
Copy that, we'll do.
03:23
They are spooling up right now as we speak, but I will go ahead and let you know when they're in there.
03:29
Thank you so much.