Date of Incident:
07/03/2014
People Involved in Providing Assistance to Incident:
- Rescue Tech Kevin Kawas
- LT Austin Hinsley
- Firefighter Tyler Witter
- EMT-I April Fox
- Swansboro Fire Dept
- Swansboro EMS/Rescue Squad, Inc
Description of Incident:
This event took place in Hurricane Arthur winds and rain, the first hurricane of 2014. At approx 1942 hrs on 3 July 2014 Swansboro EMS/Rescue Squad was dispatched for a 29-B-4, motor vehicle accident without any other known information. Swansboro EMS/Rescue Squad G-14 Medical QRV, G-07 Rescue QRV, Rescue G-08, and Chief G-01 responded. G-14 Medical QRV arrived on location and called the entrapment of the victim. The victim has lost control and smashed through a brick sign and driven off and into a steep drainage ditch. Vehicle was smoking. Victim was unresponsive. G-07 arrived and deployed the gas powered portable pump with combi-tool and cutters. Drivers door was removed as well as rear drivers door, to gain access to the patient. The victim was c-spined and placed onto a backboard for transport up the steep ditch and onto the stretcher.