Driver injured in high-speed crash near Christiana Hospital, Newark DE
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TrafficAs discussed during the dispatch call, emergency personnel responded to a motor vehicle collision near Christiana Hospital in Newark, Delaware. The unrestrained driver, a 27-year-old woman, was traveling at high speed when the crash occurred. She sustained significant facial and leg injuries and was transported to Christiana Hospital as a trauma alert. Airbags deployed during the crash, and the driver admitted to having consumed one beer earlier.
Audio|Heard on: New Castle DE Hospital Group Calls
Listen to dispatch call
01:41
Transcript:
00:00
Christiana, today's call for an accident facility, different ETA.
00:03
We have a twenty-seven-year-old female trauma alert.
00:06
Any copy?
00:08
On the ETA, twenty-seven-year-old female trauma alert.
00:11
Go ahead.
00:12
We have a twenty-seven-year-old female.
00:14
She was involved in a motor vehicle collision.
00:16
She was the driver.
00:17
She was not restrained.
00:18
Airbag deployment.
00:21
She was going at a high rate of speed when the collision occurred.
00:24
Upon the collision occurring, she lifted out of her seat and struck the windshield.
00:31
She was not fully ejected, but caused a hole in the windshield.
00:35
She has multiple facial lacerations and abrasions bleeding heavily.
00:42
She reports that her right leg feels broken.
00:47
She also has a prior history of injury.
00:50
She has a prior history of injuring her right collarbone.
00:53
States that it also feels broken.
00:57
She is alert and oriented, GCS of 15.
00:59
She did admit.
01:01
Correction, right collarbone.
01:02
She is alert and oriented, GCS of 15.
01:06
Admitted drinking one beer earlier.
01:10
Vitals were as follows.
01:11
Heart rate one hundred thirty-four, ninety-eight percent on room air.
01:14
One hundred and thirty-four pulse.
01:17
With the amount of damage to the vehicle and the patient's condition, it's appropriate to go trauma alert.
01:25
Standing by for any comments, questions, or concerns.
01:28
This is inappropriate.
01:29
Have you already called about this patient or is this a new patient?
01:33
This is a new patient.
01:35
Received. You are going to room D as in David upon arrival.
01:38
It's ECS (number withheld).
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Location mentioned:
Ogletown Stanton Rd, Newark, DE 19718
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