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We were toned out recently for a single vehicle MVA. I heard the PD officer screaming on his radio for an ambulance and for us to expidite. I then heard him call for an ALS unit and place the helicopter on standby (couldn't fly due to snow). Less than 5 seconds later, my pager goes off for an expidited response to single vehicle MVA with 3 unconscious and one ejection.
We go in route with a full crew within four minutes and arrive on scene within 10 (not bad for a volunteer department). The car looks like it missed the curve and struck a phone pole in the middle of passenger side rear door.
Pt. #1 (driver): Leaning against phone pole with massive amounts of blood coming from his neck. PD states he was ejected through the windshield, hit the pole, and bounced back into the car. His feet were actually underneath the windshield wipers when the got to the vehicle. We could actually see his carotid artery. We later found out he had a broken neck, also.
Pt. #2 (front seat passenger): Minor injuries to his arm, released that night from the hospital.
Pt. #3 (driver side rear passenger): Unconscious on scene and vomiting blood. Became responsive during transport. Later found out she had a lacerated liver.
Pt. #4: (passenger side rear passenger): Sitting at the exact point of impact. Had obvious deformity of hip/femur in right leg, right where they meet. We were unable to even use a traction spling because of the location of the injury. Also had a LOC on scene but was CAO during transport.
Everyone in the vehicle was under 18 years old, all had been drinking, and all had reportedly used drugs. PD on scene stated they struck the phone pole at approximately 100 mph. How do they know this? They were in pursuit of the vehicle at the time. This was the driver's third stolen vehicle pursuit in the past six months! We ended up using all three of our ambulances for patient transport, and pulled two ALS units for three of our patients. Our whole district was unprotected for approximately one hour until the first unit was able to return.
Oh yeah, none of them was wearing a seatbelt.
We go in route with a full crew within four minutes and arrive on scene within 10 (not bad for a volunteer department). The car looks like it missed the curve and struck a phone pole in the middle of passenger side rear door.
Pt. #1 (driver): Leaning against phone pole with massive amounts of blood coming from his neck. PD states he was ejected through the windshield, hit the pole, and bounced back into the car. His feet were actually underneath the windshield wipers when the got to the vehicle. We could actually see his carotid artery. We later found out he had a broken neck, also.
Pt. #2 (front seat passenger): Minor injuries to his arm, released that night from the hospital.
Pt. #3 (driver side rear passenger): Unconscious on scene and vomiting blood. Became responsive during transport. Later found out she had a lacerated liver.
Pt. #4: (passenger side rear passenger): Sitting at the exact point of impact. Had obvious deformity of hip/femur in right leg, right where they meet. We were unable to even use a traction spling because of the location of the injury. Also had a LOC on scene but was CAO during transport.
Everyone in the vehicle was under 18 years old, all had been drinking, and all had reportedly used drugs. PD on scene stated they struck the phone pole at approximately 100 mph. How do they know this? They were in pursuit of the vehicle at the time. This was the driver's third stolen vehicle pursuit in the past six months! We ended up using all three of our ambulances for patient transport, and pulled two ALS units for three of our patients. Our whole district was unprotected for approximately one hour until the first unit was able to return.
Oh yeah, none of them was wearing a seatbelt.
