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-- Caution: Graphic Details of Injuries --
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DATE, 2005
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Call Summary
Type: MVA-Rollover
Location: Hwy 39, 3mi West of Hwy 102, OK
No. Injured/Ill: 2
No. Fatalities: 0
No. Transported: 0
Injuries/Illness:
Spinal Fractures
Bilateral Tib/Fib, Ankle, and Femur Fractures (mix of open and closed)
Fractured Arm
Crushed Pelvis
Massive Internal Bleeding
Internal Injuries to Abdomen
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Initial Dispatch:
Call recieved by Direct Line to Wadley's from Sherriff Station. Deputy reported a pickup had crossed
the highway, hit a ditch and rolled into a farm field several times, ejecting the driver. Mediflight was
launched immediately and headquarters contacted REACT EMS Services, who whould be closer to the accident.
Waynette Volunteer Fire Department was also dispatched.
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Description:
Our unit was last on scene. Initial impression was a single-vehicle rollover, with one patient outside of the
vehicle. REACT was already on scene and our unit provided support under thier direction. One crew was working with
the passenger still in the vehicle, and I started helping the other crew with the ejected patient. The smell of
alchohol was heavy on her breath, and she admitted to not wearing a seatbelt.
Assesment of this patient revealed few injuries in the trunk or upper extremities, but the injuries to the
abdomen, pelvis, and lower extremities was extensive. It seems that since no seatbelt was in use, she was partially
ejected through her side window and was crushed under the rolling truck, then was fully ejected and hit by the truck
again. The result was a crushed pelvis, many fractures to both legs including one open femur fracture. Internal
bleeding was obvious as her hips and upper legs were swelling well beyond twice thier normal size and she was slipping into shock. Her lower
legs were fractured in multiple places and therefore, pulling traction and applying a traction splint (on the CLOSED
femur fracture) was not a good idea.
Treatment involved splinting her extremities, immobilizing her to a backboard, administering high-concentration
oxygen, monitoring vital signs, treatment for shock, and transferring care to the helecopter crew.
The second patient recieved less life-threatening injuries, and was transported by REACT to Valley View Hospital.
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August 21st, 2004
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Call Summary
Type: MVA-Rollover
Location: Mile Marker 98, I-35, OK
No. Injured/Ill: 2
No. Fatalities: 1
No. Transported: 1
Injuries/Illness:
Skull Fracture Resulting in Death of Driver
Internal Injuries of Trunk and Abdomen
Fractured Ankle
Fractured Wrist
1st Degree Burns from Airbag Deployment
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Initial Dispatch:
Call recieved by Purcell 911. Bystanders were reporting a vehicle rolled across the median with
entrapped patients. Primary crew was dispatched and a backup crew was shortly dispatched when information
from a arriving police officer indicated a fatality. Purcell Fire/Rescue was also dispatched for extrication.
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Description:
Our unit was first on scene. Initial impression was a single-vehicle rollover, but there was another
vehicle in the median that had quite a few upset/hysterical people surrounding it. We first checked the
cab of the SUV and found the driver pulseless, with a noticeable indentation in his skull in the left temporal
area. He was immediately pronounced dead.
After further assesment of the accident scene, we found that there was only one passenger, a female,
and we quickly immobilized her and prepared for transport. She had suffered a fracture to the wrist, burns
from the airbag deployment, and likely suffered internal abdominal and trunk injuries considering the mechanism
of injury.
The scene of this accident was very chaotic, and made for quite an impression. The frantic bystanders
were actually the family of the driver (2 brothers, the father, and the mother), who were following him and his
girlfriend (the injured passenger) on thier way to college. The roadway was littered with personal affects and
college student essentials, including DVD's, CD's, canned food items, and quite a bit of candy (to this day I
cannot eat a piece of laffy taffy without thinking about the scene). As our ambulance was pulling out to transport
the patient, the father was vomiting in the median, and the others were praying around the wrecked SUV.
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November 13th, 2003
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Call Summary
Type: MVA-Rollover
Location: Techumsea Rd. and 164th, Norman, OK
No. Injured/Ill: 7
No. Fatalities: 0
No. Transported: 5
Injuries/Illness:
Head Trauma
Spinal Injury Resulting in Permanent Paralysis
Multiple Broken Bones
Cuts with Significant Bleeding
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Initial Dispatch:
Call recieved through Norman 911 of a single vehicle rollover at Techumsea and 164th.
Another ambulance was initially dispatched and the crew I was riding with was returning from
a transfer to OKC. We started to head that way and norman was recieving reports of 1, 3, 4,
and 6 total injured. We were then dispatched to the scene with a count of 6 injuries, some of
which were "really bad."
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Description:
Our unit was second on scene, and fire/rescue arrived immediately after us. The scene was a single
vehicle rollover of a Honda CRV, rolling approximatley 3.5 times coming to rest on its roof. There were
6 patients outside of the vehicle with multiple serious injuries, and one still trapped inside. All of
the patients were between 14 and 17 years of age and all were female.
The most critically injured was not wearing a seatbelt and was ejected from the vehicle onto the
sandstone ditch along the road. Upon arrival she was unresponsive, and was immediately intubated,
immobilized and transported to OU Trauma Center. Her significant injuries were head trauma, spinal injuries,
and a few broken bones. Mediflight was unable to land nearby due to trees/obstructions.
I was handed the task of immobilizing 2 of the patients, which proved extreamly difficult due to thier shock
of the event and seeing eachother injured significantly. After immobilization, I obtained basic viatl signs,
treated some facial wounds that were bleeding signifigantly, and performed a quick evaluation of major injury
sites. These two girls were ready for transport and went with a third ambulance that showed up, since the
paramedics with my unit were working with the girl still entrapped in the vehicle. I gave a quick report to
the transporting crew and helped to load them for the trip. They were transported to Norman Regional Hospital.
Remarkably, there were two patients not complaining of any injury, and refused treatment. We obviously
encouraged them to go to the hospital to at least get evaluated. Meanwhile, the patient in the car was finally
freed, and we transported her and one other patient in our ambulance to Norman Regional. Neither of these
patients had obvious life-threatening injuries, but spinal inury was still suspect.
Most of the patients faired the accident very well. The two most signifigantly injured were those not
wearing seatbelts, One of which is completely paralyzed from the waist down. It is really amazing that none lost thier life.
Being my first serious trauma call, I was significantly impaceted by it. No one is really able to prepare
themselves fully for the first one, but I handled the situation fairly well, and was able to help in a very
significant way (especially for being on a clinical). Some of the environment that isn't really thought of
in a situation like this is the screaming, the bloody faces, the sobbing, and the many people trying to help.
It can be very overwhelming if you let it affect you on scene. Probably the most significant factor that bothered
me about this call was that all of the injured were very young females. Upon arrival, seeing the one that was ejected
sent chills down my spine, and then seeing a motionless leg sticking out from under a crushed vehicle really got to
me later that evening after my shift.
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