7-21-08 - Medical Assist Turns Technical•

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CREW: Rescue Co. 1 Driver - FF/EMT Russ Officer - FF Oberdorff Rescue Co. 2 Driver - CHIEF Dube (21) Officer - FF/EMT Ream Crew - FF Brown Command 41 CHIEF Smeltzer AC Urey CAPT. Groft CAPT. Holtzinger (42) CAPT. Hanson (42) FF/EMT Edmister APPARATUS: Rescues: 41-1, 41-2 Trucks: 42, LC 8-1 Command: 41 Ambulance: 41-1 Medic: 102

At 10:35 the 41-01 box was dropped for a medical assistance call at the Wrightsville Water Authority. Rescue 41-2 went enroute in one minute with 3, EMT on board. Rescue 41-2 arrived on the scene to find a patient laying on a concrete pad after falling about 20 feet from some scaffolding.  FF/EMT Ream immediately requested the assistance of Rescue 1; upgrading the assignment to an environmental rescue. Chief 41 requested Truck 8-1 to standby near the scene as a precaution. The patient was in care of FF/EMT Ream, and package in a stokes basket upon arrival of Rescue 1.  Rescue crews used ladders and ropes, along with the assistance of a Pettibone (On Scene) to make a rigging system to hoist the patient out of the enclosure.  Once extricated, the patient was released to Ambulance 41-1 and Medic 102 crews with no further incident.