Woman severely injured in pit bull attack
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is Washington County EMS 1811 requesting a dual consultation with Shock Trauma and Meritus Medical Center, please.
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(name withheld)'s on the line, go ahead and call in.
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Hey (name withheld), it's calling on 1811.
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I'm in the process of a dual consultation with yourself and Shock Trauma.
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Do you have a position, please?
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All right, go ahead.
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This is Washington County EMS 1811.
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Just confirm you have additional on the line.
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We're in the process of a dual consultation with local facility.
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This is where it is. I have Dr. Durham at the line.
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Washington County EMS 1811, and full consultation for a destination decision in reference to a 63-year-old female, and a pit bull attack.
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Multiple puncture wounds across the chest, torso.
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And had patient's awake and alert, GCS 456, last blood pressure 105 over 60,
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respiratory rate of 20, sat 97% on room air, maintaining.
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And airway intubated in the twenties.
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As long as you're going clear at this point in time, major soft tissue injuries.
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Right shoulder is almost non-existent at this point in time, with clear, bicep and tendon present to the visible eye.
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Severe crepitus, call both lower extremities at this point in time.
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Again, probably 100 to 200 puncture wounds.
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Just looking for a destination decision.
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Marriage is appropriate or by flight to your facility.
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There is extensive soft tissue injury.
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We could do the initial stabilization, but we do.
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Looks like.
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This is after our future shock trauma.
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I'm fine with the patient going to (name withheld).
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Okay, thank you for your assistance.
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All right.
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8011, what is your ETA?
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Check up.
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8011, do you have an ETA to (name withheld)?
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Two hundred.
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Emergency.
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Emergency, it's Washington County again, 1811 .
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Can I have shock trauma again, a physician for destination decision? We have a patient change.
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Okay, do you want me to hear this one line as well?
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Yeah, just shock.
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Okay, be my shock trauma, trauma line position.
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That goes over.
02:47
John, could you give me that 1811 from Washington County again? I'm calling in reference to the 64-year-old female.
02:52
For the pit bull attack, during the consultations, they moved the patient to a supine position for transport out of the residence.
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They noted bright red spurting blood from multiple wounds on the left arm and they applied a tourniquet.
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Just confirming that Meritus is still the most appropriate destination by ground.
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This is Dr.
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Hargreaves, Chief of Trauma.
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Can you repeat? All I heard was tourniquet.
03:16
Yes, reference to the 64-year-old female just consulted about from the pit bull attack.
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They moved the patient.
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Into a supine position, and at this point in time, she had multiple spurting wounds.
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They applied an EMS tourniquet to the left upper extremity.
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Bleeding is controlled at this time, but again, extensive soft tissue injuries.
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Last blood pressure, 99 over 59 , after movement.
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Just confirm you want to go by ground to (name withheld) or if you want us to transport you to facility by flight.
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You can still go to (name withheld).
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Okay, very well.
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