Multiple patients involved in incident on I-290 eastbound


Emergency responders managed multiple patients at an incident on I-290 eastbound near Exit 15. Several requested hospital transport, but most declined. The situation caused highway congestion as ambulances coordinated and staged nearby.
Audio|Source: Worcester EMS Dispatch
03:52
Transcript:
If you can check for available BLS units, right now have four, possibly five requesting transport to the hospital. All priority three. We're going to try and take multiple patients in a single ambulance where we'll need at least one additional BLS, maybe two. Three, (name withheld). Ambulance 11 was there? 11 square. I-290, eastbound prior to exit 15 at College Square. In route. Lima 1 Worcester. Lima 1. You have Ambulance 11 as well as a MedStar PLS in route to your location. Receive. Medics. 14 Spring Street, 231. as well as our lieutenant. Isles? Islew? Acewell. Acewell, transfer to the Memorial. Memorial, 2034. What's for Lima 1? Lima 1. So when A11, I think is our next DLS unit, comes, if they can pull in just behind paramedic 2, we have one additional BLF. If you can hold any other ambulances to stage right now, everyone else is now deciding not to go. We only need one on the highway for a transport. Receive, I'll have A11 go behind Medic 2, or Medic 5, and I... I will have Medstar stage in the area. What's there the MedStar 8? Mid-9. What's the two available in tomorrow? MedStar, if you guys can stage in the area of I-290 eastbound, it's getting a little cluttered on the highway. They're trying to figure out if they're going to need you guys or not. Free speech. Three feet, too. I have... you available. 2037. What's A12? A12. A12 on arrival, Memorial. 2037. Paramedic One, Wister. One, Charlie, Square. 1029 Pleasant Street, Department 11, so the 32-year-old female vomiting. Vomiting, learning, right not. Worcester, A-11. Hey, 11. 11 on. See with everyone. Out on 290, 2038.
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I-290, Worcester, MA
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