Patient falls 50 feet on Joshua Tree Nature Trail, Joshua Tree CA
Emergency teams responded to a patient who fell about 50 feet on the Nature Trail near Joshua Tree. The patient was alert and oriented with complaints of chest and back pain. Air rescue was arranged to transport the patient to a medical facility for further care.
Audio|Source: San Bernardino County Fire and EMS - South Desert Morongo Basin
02:15
Transcript:
00:00
All Joshua tree units, please be advised that the Nature Trail is currently closed as well as the picnic area.
00:07
Please do not send people here. We are Code 4[1] and we'll let you know when things open.
00:27
Air Rescue 306 Com Center. Go ahead.
00:33
Can you switch over to 3-TAC-9 for Medican Engineering 336? TAC-9. T-9.
00:53
Yeah, so this is going to be a 70-kilo patient.
00:56
I just want to confirm that air restics will be transporting from this location after they pick them off.
01:04
I'll get with them, Stanley.
01:06
Also, this is more of a, this is close to approximately 50 feet fall, a 50 foot fall, not a 30.
01:13
5-0.
01:17
I copy a 50.
01:21
And Vennagen-36 units Air Rescue 306, we copy, and yes, that's a firm who will be transporting.
01:28
Captain 36, copy.
01:31
A.J., and Hershey's copy.
01:41
OSGU306, Engineer 306, Engineer 36.
01:45
Okay.
01:51
Yeah, the patient's alert.
01:54
He's A&O4.
01:57
Again, the two complaint is, it sounds like chest and back pain.
02:03
Vital signs are all normal as well.
02:10
Okay, we copy Pino-Sign 4 and chest is back pain.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
Code 4: No further assistance needed; situation is secure and under control.
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