Type of Incident: MVA
The other day, we were toned out to a MVA on the highway. As we were rolling, it was reported as a rollover with two occupants trapped and the vehicle was 'smoking'.
Air bags Seat belts and air bags saves lives. Buckle up every time folks.
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HoseMonkey
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When we arrived on scene, were were greeted by motorists who had stopped, who informed us that they had put out a fire with 2 fire extinguishers (long haul truck driver who had stopped upon coming up on the accident). As we approached the vehicle from almost being dragged by these good Samaritans, we realized that this could be a 'cutter'.
I went into the highway ditch to check out our patients and to assess how badly the vehicle was, which had been traveling over 100kph (according to witnesses) when the driver lost control and rolled his vehicle into the ditch. He WASN'T wearing a seat belt but his airbags (all of which deployed thank goodness) saved his life no doubt! His passenger, was wearing his seat belt, was shaken up, but OK.
We found Mr. No-Seat-Belt bleeding from a head wound. I started to assess our patient. He was awake, looking straight at me, confused and in a lot of pain. I checked the driver's side door to see if it would open, and it did with a little force. So much for the cutters.
We placed the patient on backboard and slid him out. He was quickly loaded into the ambulance to be transported to the city hospital. His passenger, crawled out on his own.
Know safety - No pain!
No safety - Know pain!
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HoseMonkey
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