Worker suffers traumatic arm injury on East Main St, Elkland PA
A worker on East Main Street in Elkland suffered a severe arm injury while lifting a dumpster. The arm was trapped and injured causing uncontrolled bleeding. A tourniquet was applied. The worker is on blood thinners. Emergency medical services and an air ambulance are responding to the scene.
Audio|Source: Tioga County Police, Fire and EMS
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Transcript:
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East Main Street at the Quicksill,
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for traumatic arm injury, meant too.
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256.
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One of the workers called in stated that he had his arm crested and trapped while lifting the dumpster. They were able to free him.
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They did apply a tourniquet to him.
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He was on blood thinner.
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Let's hear.
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Thank you.
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Okay, not seeing a LDL.
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Rush you three with the LVO.
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Six on Fancy.
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Six on Fee.
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Army Rescue 3.
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Three,
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go ahead, Townie. Go ahead, Townie.
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Gone three are intercepted. They were going to do an in-air standby. They will call us back with the ETA.
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Do that.
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Update on flight when they go airborne.
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Cover.
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Peggy County to Rescue 3-8.
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Three, go ahead.
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It's going to have a 20 to 25-minute ETA.
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I have that spring 40, 25-minute ETA.
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A.T.A.
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I mean, Soutary, LDO.
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257 Med Control.
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Just let our medics know that we still, we haven't turned into it in place.
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We still have bleeding uncontrolled.
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We still,
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it's in the four-arm area where it's at trying to get vitals at this.
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E Main St, Elkland, PA 16920
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