Two-vehicle accident with trapped patient in Dubuque, Dubuque IA
TrafficA serious car accident occurred at Pennsylvania Avenue and Northwest Arterial in Dubuque, Iowa. Two vehicles were involved. One person was trapped in a vehicle but not injured. Another patient had chest pain and shoulder pain. Emergency crews performed extrication for a powered wheelchair occupant, and ambulances were on scene to treat patients.
Audio|Source: Dubuque County Fire, Dubuque City Fire and EMS
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Transcript:
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Battalion one from Desfetch.
00:02
Go ahead, DeFetch.
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Pennsylvania and the Northwest Terrier.
00:08
Multiple reports of people describing what's a very bad car accident.
00:12
I've got reports of at least entrapment on one vehicle and a report of three patients.
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I've got yourself, engine 2, engine 5, medic 1, 2, and 4 en route.
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Code on response, fire rounds 2.
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It's your car accident.
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Then in arterial. We use fire ground 2.
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If you just arrived, I should have an update shortly.
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Okay,
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okay.
00:44
Battalion 1 in 2. I got you on the chart if you could start holding everyone else up for me.
00:52
Okay, what received?
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Battalion 1 from dispatch.
01:02
Yes,
01:03
Mitch.
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Officer on team is a device, one in traps, that trapped patient is not injured.
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He's also reporting one patient with chest pains,
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so just one patient and one in traps.
01:21
One in trapped, uninjured, one patient with chest pain. Okay, one okay.
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Okay one on ground two.
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Engine two.
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Engine two.
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Medic 1. Medic 2. Medic 2. Medic 2.
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Medic 4.
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All units on you.
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To slip in there behind this officer. Okay.
02:08
Two vehicle accidents that I can see so far.
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Looks like mostly everyone is out.
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Now let's do our Inj2 investigate.
02:22
Ninja 2 responding to me is I got one slight hurt in the vehicle that we need extrication for.
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And one receive excretation required.
02:37
Yeah, bye then.
02:43
Engine 2 is finding companies.
02:46
MediC2 is taking care of the chest pain.
02:49
Engine 2 is going to be pulling a line for extrication that's going to be needed. What I have is a powered wheelchair that's in the same passenger position front.
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I have a...
03:01
The damage to that driver's or the passenger side door, we were unable to open it.
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Medic 1, she's going to be her patient, she's complaining with some shoulder pain.
03:14
Got about a 8 -inch encroachment of damage.
03:30
Command from the Italian one, do we still need three ambulances?
03:36
Stand by, I have a count of two patients so far.
03:43
Sick warranty.
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Medic 4 on team.
03:47
Medic 4 on team.
03:53
Medic 1 if you haven't done so already, slow down non-emergent.
03:59
We're going to stage a quarter unless traffic is backed up before them.
04:07
Engine 2 or command of responding companies, third ambulance can cancel.
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Medic 1 is a good transfer to service.
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Special medic 1 back in service.
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Ten four minutes time.
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Location mentioned:
Pennsylvania Ave & NW Arterial, Dubuque, IA 52002
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