Man injured after fall and vehicle contact near hospital, Charleston SC
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As discussed during the dispatch call, emergency medical services responded near the Medical University of South Carolina to assist a 25-year-old man injured after falling and possibly being struck at low speed by a vehicle while riding a longboard. The man showed signs of intoxication and head trauma but was conscious and combative when EMS arrived.
Audio|Heard on: Charleston SC Hospital Group Calls
Listen to dispatch call
01:17
Transcript:
00:00
We are coming to you with an approximately twenty-five year old male with suspected alcohol intoxication, and bystanders say he fell and hit his head.
00:12
No obvious deformities or signs of trauma.
00:16
However,
00:19
When police got there, they said he was out cold.
00:21
He did come to when we got there.
00:26
He is mildly combative and very uncooperative.
00:30
We're not able to get any vitals because he's trying to remove the equipment.
00:36
My question is about GCS 13.
00:40
I'll be there in about five minutes.
00:42
Do you have any questions for me?
00:45
You can go straight to the closer when you get here.
00:50
Copy, thank you.
00:55
Can you please repeat how fast the vehicle was going when the patient was hit?
01:01
They said only five to ten miles per hour, but he was moving.
01:05
They said maybe close to twenty on his longboard, and there is visible damage to the car where he hit.
01:12
Only obvious injury right now is head trauma.
01:15
He is denying any pain.
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Location mentioned:
Jonathan Lucas St, Charleston, SC 29425
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