Man suffers hand injury from wood splitter accident, Dayton WA


A man suffered a serious injury to his hand after it was caught in a wood splitter. He lost consciousness and was found at the end of a driveway near Wolf Fork Rd. Emergency responders applied a tourniquet and arranged for air transport by life flight helicopter.
Audio|Source: Columbia County Sheriff and Fire
05:30
Transcript:
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Be advised, 12-5-116 apply to tourniquette.
00:09
360, 1123.
00:11
1163.
00:15
116.8 and be advised, patient said he got his hand in a wood splitter.
00:19
He passed out, the link is out, I found him at the end of the driveway.
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116-1123.
00:30
916 is 9,
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or correction, does 9,
00:33
is Wildlife 116 need assistance or are getting more units on that medical call?
00:42
State and Wildlife 116.
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906, we do have EMS[1] and around standby.
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Do you want 906 to add that direction?
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Use medics, you're coming, I think we'll be okay.
00:57
Received 1124. I copy. I'll be cleared DGH and register that assist.
01:05
9-061124.
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81624.
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8306, the additional.
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Wildlife 116 advised the patient got his hand caught in a wood splitter, passed out, and he was found at the bottom of the driveway when he got there.
01:35
360, 1124.
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Anvice wound happened at 11 o'clock in a shop, but the bloodline back there too.
01:46
116, 1125.
01:53
51, Dayton, we're now in route with two from the southeast.
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351, you'll be on at near Wolf Fork Rd.
02:01
A male individual with a wound to his hand, he advised he got his hand stuck in a wood splitter, passed out.
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351, 1125.
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Do you guys want trauma alert?
02:32
We might launch life flight. Let me try to figure out a good LC.
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3511126.
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51 51 did I hear you launched light flight yeah we're gonna figure out a good LZ I think I'm gonna get a latin long for just above
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uh...
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...cobby go ahead and launch them I'm in route I'll be your helicopter contact.
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copy did you copy that Dayton
03:10
State and copies.
03:17
Good spot, get a coordinates for it on the way.
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I'm just leaving town.
03:21
Yeah, well,
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360s in front of us, so we'll stop and get it for the last long.
03:32
I don't know. I'm out the RP of that assist call.
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9-6-1120.
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Gait in the 301.
03:51
Go ahead.
03:53
Live flight has been advised to launch. They did accept.
03:57
It will be 38 out of Wall Walla, 26-minute ETA at the scene at 1154.
04:04
Did you give them a frequency?
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I advise them view for the ground contact and learn for the frequency.
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Ready you see? I'll be on learn.
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301130.
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Loggerand dispatch crew 66 on Cable Rock.
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366 events we're leaving Walla in route back to Soulgate.
04:43
Okay,
04:47
how can we go up to 129?
04:54
16 patients of the 75-year-old male.
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116 1432
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351, Dayton.
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351, go ahead.
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Right now there's cows in the field I thought would be a good LZ, so the nearest LZ,
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unless we find a decent one will be the Robinson Fork.
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We'll fork junction.
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Fork junction, 3.51.
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11333.
Police codes explained
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[1]
EMS: Emergency Medical Services
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Location mentioned:
Near Wolf Fork Rd, Dayton, WA 99328
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