Worker struck by vehicle suffers severe leg injuries

Heard on: Mountain Area Sheriff and Fire Departments

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Air Life Dispatch, could I get a patch into Swedish, please?

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20 minutes out with this trauma patient coming to you from Scottsbluff, Nebraska.

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37 year old male, I believe we're direct into your ER.

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Patient was a construction worker and was hit by a vehicle in a construction zone today.

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Patient has a large extensive injury to his right lower leg, right femur fracture, large avulsion all the way down.

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Patient was taken to surgery.

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He had no pulses and they were able to do a graft.

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After around the popliteal area and have pulses down to the knee, but they were not able to get pulses into his foot.

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Patient also has a had a right femoral artery and has a 24 French chest tube in place with some rib fractures.

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Patient is currently stable right now.

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We've got a blood pressure of 93 over 70, heart rate of 142, which is kind of where he's been the whole time for us.

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Sat 96% on 50% FiO2.

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He is in. We do have him on a ketamine infusion, and we will be doing about 20 minutes for a cold offload.

2026-09-30 04:13 UTC

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As discussed during the dispatch call, air medical crews are transporting a 37-year-old male trauma patient from Scottsbluff, Nebraska, to a hospital emergency room after he was reportedly struck by a vehicle in a construction zone. The patient has severe leg and femur injuries, a femoral artery injury, rib fractures, and a chest tube, and is currently described as stable during transport.