Teenage subjects trapped, seriously injured in Arcadia
At 11:39 p.m., Friday Engine 106, Rescue Ambulance 106, and Battalion 105, along with units from Monrovia and Pasadena Fire Departments, responded to a traffic collision with persons trapped at North Baldwin Avenue and Harvard Drive. Fire crews arrived to find a vehicle that had been traveling at a high rate of speed veered off the road and collided with a tree. Two patients were evaluated on scene.
A male patient was extricated and evaluated on scene. The patient suffered from multiple injuries. Paramedics provided advanced life support measures on scene; including intravenous access, full spinal immobilization and oxygen therapy. The patient was transported to Huntington Memorial Hospital for further evaluation and treatment.
The second patient was a teenage female, whose foot was trapped in the vehicle, also suffering from multiple injuries. Extrication of this patient was considerably more challenging. Paramedics provided advanced life support measures on scene; intravenous access, full spinal immobilization and oxygen therapy. The patient was transported to the local trauma center, Huntington Memorial Hospital, for further evaluation and treatment.
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