19-year-old male impaled ankle with metal spike, Fort Collins CO
A 19-year-old male accidentally impaled the top of his ankle with a metal spike attached to a hair comb. The injury is small and there is no active bleeding.
Audio|Source: Poudre Fire Authority and EMS
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Transcript:
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UCH 208, Alpha Medical, near Star Dust Ln, map 34 ocean 4, respond on Med Channel 5.
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PH-208, you're in Route 75,
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near Stardust Lane,
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Cress of Galileo, Group 6-4Ocean 4. You're responding for a 19-year-old male that has impaled hip foot with what they're calling a spiked comb. It looks like a rat tail comb if you're familiar with that term that has a metal spike on the end for separating a part. This is out to the top part of the ankle, you have no bleeding and one-inchary one.
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208, if needed, there's a photo attached to the call.
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