Yesterday Jodi took the rescue out for a spin on her first Code-3 (lights and sirens) call! About 9:30 Friday night we received a call for a patient with breathing difficulty at the Colton High School. We responded and Jodi drove the rescue to the scene. The football game had just let out so there were cars and people everywhere, but she did a great job of navigating through the crowds and obsticals and got the rescue right out on the football field near the patient.
When we arrived we found that a football player had taken an elbow to his throat and appeared to have trauma to the larynx. He was having extreme difficulty breathing and needed immediate help. We started airway management and began cutting off his clothing and pads. Since our regular ambulance was on another call and the backup was coming from Portland we decided to get a Lifeflight helicopter on the way. We ended up landing the helicopter right next to us on the football field and got the patient on the way.
Jodi did a great job of getting us to the scene. Here is a recording of the dispatch tones… Colton Football Breathing Difficulty Dispatch
Here’s the article from the Molalla Pioneer:
