Teen driver suffers serious injuries in single-vehicle crash, Charlottesville VA
TrafficA teenage male driver was seriously injured after crashing his sedan into a fence in Augusta County. He was not wearing a seatbelt and was ejected, striking his head on a fence post. He was combative and unresponsive, requiring sedation, intubation, and ventilation. Emergency medical teams administered medications and are transporting him to UVA Hospital for treatment.
Audio|Source: UVA Helicopter Dispatch
02:58
Transcript:
00:00
AirCare 5, we're showing about 13-1-3-minute dot from your rooftop with a 17-1-7-year-old trauma alert coming from an Augusta County scene, looking for a pad assignment and ready for info when the resident is.
00:20
Air 5'E Telepad is open for your arrival, stand by for report.
00:26
Okay,
00:32
Chair Chair, this is Dr. Carter, UVA. Go ahead. Go ahead.
00:39
Hello, this is Air Tier 5. We're showing 9 out from your rooftop, approximately 10 or 11 to your ER, with a 17-1-7-year-old male coming from an MVC[2] scene in Augusta County. Break.
00:52
Patient was the unrestrained driver of a sedan involved in an accident into a fence. No other vehicles involved, just a single.
01:02
Per EMS[1], patient was driving, his head went out of the driver's side window and smacked into a fence post.
01:11
There was also a starburst on the passenger side of the vehicle as well. Like I said, we're pretty sure he was unrestrained. Speed limit in that area is 35.
01:21
There was no airbag deployment break.
01:25
Only significant trauma we're appreciating is going to be a left open jaw injury.
01:31
I don't think the jaw is displaced, but there's significant flowing bruising to the left jaw and left neck.
01:37
Not notice any subcue air in that looks like it's all soft tissue injury.
01:42
People go pearl.
01:43
For EMS[1], they state patient was unresponsive throughout patient contact, saying a DCSO 7 or 8. Eyes are open an alert, no verbal, but significantly combative for them.
01:54
EMS[1] gave 120 of ketamine to deal with the combatomness total over three doses.
02:00
They also gave 2 grams of TXA and 2 grams of ANSEF break.
02:05
Upon our arrival, patient was coming out of the ketamine sedation and was becoming combative again,
02:11
not following commands prompting for intubation.
02:14
Patient was RSI with rock and ketamine.
02:17
on a ketamine drip going at six per also received rock at a hundred of fentanyl currently being ventilated at 100% fio2 he's 100% on that lung sounds a ronker is a ronkers state he did vomit in their care believed to have had some aspiration as well from that like I said no secondary trauma that we've noticed do have an I.O and the left tip by EMS[1] and a 20 in the left five steps so you don't have anything else oh oh Vidal's heart rate is going to be 70 sign-in. Last pressure is going to be 144 over 9-8. O2 is 100% on 100% and puddles 38 right now,
02:57
breathing about 14 on the vent.
Police codes explained
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[1]
EMS: Emergency Medical Services
[2]
MVC: Motor Vehicle Crash
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