19-year-old male treated for chest stab wound, Oakley CA
Medical EmergencyA 19-year-old male has a 2x2 inch stab wound to the left side of his chest near the sternum. The wound appears self-inflicted. He is awake and alert but suffers from lower back and neck pain, as well as subcutaneous emphysema and hypothermia. Rescue teams are treating him and seeking a helicopter landing zone for rapid evacuation.
Audio|Source: Contra Costa County Fire Protection District
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Transcript:
00:00
Engine 13, C.O.M.
00:04
Near Sherry Drive, near Sherry Corp.
00:08
C.O.1.
00:13
Joe, do you need a snokes or just a backboard?
00:17
Set a backboard with smokes.
00:25
7801 to 7802
00:33
Rescue 78277.
00:40
7801 to engine 277 on Echo 2.
00:48
Rescue 78277.
00:49
Rescue 78 277.
00:55
Edge Rescue.
01:02
Engine 277, 7802, we're operating on Echo 2.
01:08
7801 is trying to get a hold of you.
01:15
Edge Rescue, Echo 3.
01:19
Copy Echo 3.
01:23
I need a backboard.
01:24
I need another set of hands down here.
01:27
Patient update conditions.
01:29
He's awake and alert.
01:30
He has a sucking chest wound to the...
01:33
just to the left of the sternum.
01:37
So we can get some help down here.
01:39
I'd appreciate it.
01:41
Rope's clear to come up.
01:43
Copy. Sending one down.
01:48
Meta 27. Firefighter T-77.
01:50
You up on Echo 3.
01:53
Hey from, Firefighter 77 on Echo 3.
01:58
Medic 27, Firefighter 27,
02:01
are you up on Echo 3?
02:11
Traffic on the fire ground.
02:13
I'm trying to hail the medic unit.
02:14
Medic 27,
02:16
Firefighter 27, are you up on Echo?
02:23
Medic 27 are you on Conwest?
02:26
Medic 27, can you come up on Echo 3 for patient info?
02:34
Yes.
02:37
Maddo 27. Echo 3.
02:43
I have a 19-year-old male.
02:45
He has about a 2-by-2 penetrating, sucking chest wound just to the left of the sternum.
02:51
He's currently awake and alert.
02:53
I'm checking on a bottle start now.
02:54
I'd recommend we figure out the place to land the helicopter and utilize him.
03:01
Matt, like, 27-copy, 19-year-old male.
03:04
He said 2x2, stab-1.
03:06
How many stabbing? Total?
03:13
Firefighter 2, 277.
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Off system.
03:21
Rescue, 278, engine 277, echo 3.
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The rest of John Albrelay.
03:35
Yeah, copy.
03:37
You're going to come down the access road just past the main gate.
03:41
We need a Stokes basket down here.
03:46
Copy, you need a cell's faster down.
03:52
Could I please have a C-collar bag and a blanket sent down?
04:02
Probably that.
04:04
Yeah,
04:08
I'd like you to come up on Echo 2.
04:10
That's the fireground frequency you were using.
04:16
Negative Chief, everyone's on three.
04:18
Somehow that's the word we got.
04:24
It's two.
04:30
Okay, I'm on two.
04:31
What's your traffic?
04:37
Whenever you have patient information or contact, if you could advise,
04:42
we're still trying to find a suitable landing zone for the helicopter.
04:45
Okay.
04:49
Okay. Up in North Broadway, a 30-year-old female, that's good.
04:57
Medic 27, Firefighter 277 on Echo 3.
05:02
Go for Medic 27.
05:05
Okay, we're running down again, 19-year-old male.
05:08
He stabbed himself with about a 5-inch serrated steak knife.
05:13
He said that the stab occurred about 2 p.m., and he's had his open wound since then.
05:17
The patient then drove himself off the roadway coming down.
05:21
He's not sure on the rate of speed.
05:22
He's complaining of extreme lower back pain post-incident.
05:28
I couldn't find any other trauma on him except for the pain in his neck and lower back and the stab wound.
05:34
Also, he has subcutaneous emphysema around the neck.
05:37
The left pressure is currently 122 over 70.
05:40
Heart rate's 82.
05:41
We're having trouble getting a good stat on him due to his cold hands.
05:44
We're trying to keep him warm right now.
05:47
That's all we have so far.
05:49
I've said a chest field plot.
05:52
We'll advise once we get moving back up.
05:56
Medic 27 copies all traffic.
05:58
You got lung sounds?
06:02
Yeah, you're from you.
06:05
Two-time copies.
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Location mentioned:
Sherry Cir, Oakley, CA 94561
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