Man trapped with severe leg injury in tractor, Houghton MI
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Medical EmergencyA 77-year-old man was trapped in a tractor trailer near Ravine Side Drive in Houghton with a severe leg injury. Emergency responders applied a tourniquet.
Audio|Heard on: Houghton and Keweenaw Counties Police, Fire and EMS
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Transcript:
00:00
Mercy, EMS Station 80.
00:01
Can you please respond near Ravine Side Drive in Houghton for a male subject trapped in a trailer tractor.
00:13
80 is clear at 10.01.
00:27
You can just drop.
00:29
Also, is the patient bleeding at this time?
00:31
They can't tell.
00:35
It's still inside the tractor.
00:36
The tractor's still running.
00:38
We're trying to get the wife to shut off the tractor.
00:44
Sounds like it's going to be his left leg in his 77-year-old male.
00:49
Copy that. Can you get out of water, please?
00:52
Already been paged.
00:55
Thank you.
00:56
Hi, go ahead.
00:58
Laws are applying a tourniquet at this time.
01:02
Perfect, thank you.
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Location mentioned:
Ravine Side Dr, Houghton, MI 49931
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