Teen sets self on fire in suicide attempt, Hamilton IN
Medical EmergencyA 16-year-old male tried to kill himself by setting himself on fire with gasoline. He suffered burns from his waist down. He stopped the fire by soaking himself in a nearby pond and took a cold shower. He is being flown by helicopter for medical treatment.
Audio|Source: DeKalb County Sheriff, Fire / EMS, Auburn and Garrett Police / Fire
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Transcript:
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Yes, 417. This is LA1 and Bound to your LZ with about a 10-minute ETA overhead. Just looking for some LV information and a quick patient update if you have one, please.
00:14
We're going to be landing at the HAL Fire Department on the concrete pad.
00:18
You have a building, about 25 feet from the landing zone.
00:23
A sign in a dumpster,
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about 25 feet both ways.
00:32
Lewis from there.
00:37
You have a sign to the south, a dumpster to the south, a billboard to the east, a flagpole to the north right next to our building.
00:52
That's a good copy on your LZ. Do you possibly have a patient wait for us?
01:01
We're clear on 50 kilos.
01:03
Do you have a quick patient update for us?
01:11
Lutheranair, 641 in Calvi.
01:17
Go for LA1.
01:21
We have a 16-year-old male patient.
01:24
This was a suicide attempt.
01:26
He poured gasoline, grabbed a blanket on himself, poured gasoline on him, and laid himself on fire.
01:31
He did just sing some partial thickness burns from the waist down.
01:37
The airs are from frontal.
01:40
When the pain started, he ran to a nearby pond, saturated himself, stopped the fire,
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then ran inside, took a cold shower,
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and called for health. That's how we got involved.
01:55
He does have a few singed hairs on his head and maybe the very tip of the hairs in his mirrors, but it does not appear to be any oral involvement at all. His lungs are nice and clear.
02:12
His blood pressure is good. He's 159 over 84.
02:15
Saturation 98% on the room hair. Heart rate is sitting at 110.
02:21
You've got bi-level 18 gauges in fluid-intusing.
02:32
He has received 50 mitesophenol. We just gave that just now.
02:42
That's a good copy.
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We'll see you overhead at about 7 to 8 minutes. L.A.1 clear.
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Hamilton, IN 46742
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