Ski patrol assists with fractured leg after skiing accident, Durango CO
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Medical EmergencyEmergency responders were called to near Purgatory Boulevard for a 41-year-old man with a fractured leg from a skiing accident. Ski patrol is assisting by transporting the patient down the mountain using a toboggan from a nearby gate.
Audio|Heard on: Four Corners Area Fire and EMS
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Transcript:
00:00
At 15, engine 15, please respond near Purgatory Boulevard.
00:05
For a 41-year-old male, fractured leg, timeout 1133.
00:17
I'm going to 10 tons for medical transport from PMS Health and Dental to the ER, 1001 West Broadway.
00:25
23-year-old male contest in breathing it.
00:27
They advise he is that suicidal ideations and he does have a plan.
00:32
If you're requesting that you enter through the front to room 103, it is showing a Bravo response.
00:39
Break.
00:46
Engine 15.
00:48
Inge 15, Medica, 15 respond.
00:50
Purgatory.
00:54
Copy.
00:55
This is a skiing accident and then if the patient's on blood centers, which is an ERI.
01:00
Ski Patrol advised to respond to the Forest Service Gate.
01:04
They're going to bring the patient down via toboggan.
01:07
They're unable to get the patient down the normal ski pathway, but the advice the Forest Service Gate is near the Blue Choice Snowmobile Building.
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Location mentioned:
Purgatory Blvd, Durango, CO 81301
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