Medical Emergency

Timeline

1. 1:48pm
   EMS on scene in Whitneyville; male bleeding from the face and 50-year-old female with a shoulder injury
2. 1:54pm
   Caledonia Engine 71 and Medic 77 on scene; U.S. mail truck is on its side in the middle of the road, second vehicle blocking roadway; Engine 71 establishing Whitneyville Command
3. 1:55pm
   Caledonia Engine 71 assuming command; U.S. mail truck on its side in middle of road, second vehicle blocking; crews establishing scene safety
4. 1:55pm
   One patient still trapped in the overturned mail truck
5. 1:56pm
   Command indicates sufficient resources on scene; Engine 72 not needed at this time. Awaiting availability of additional personnel before accepting further calls.
6. 1:56pm
   One paramedic unit on scene for now; a second ambulance being positioned from the 44th and Breton area
7. 1:57pm
   Whitneyville Command requesting dispatch
8. 1:57pm
   Driver of the U.S. mail truck is trapped; crews working to cut them out
9. 1:57pm
   Dispatch confirms driver of the mail truck is trapped; crews working on extrication
10. 1:57pm
    Engine 51 on scene; one person pinned in a vehicle, crews requesting light equipment upgrade for extrication
11. 1:58pm
    Engine 73 responding to crash from 68th Street; command awaiting unit assignment at scene
12. 1:58pm
    Command diverting northbound Whitneyville traffic down 66th Street; patient may walk out from back of mail truck, crews standing by on extrication
13. 1:58pm
    Engine 73 on scene at 1358
14. 2:02pm
    Paramedics on scene
15. 2:03pm
    Crews freed the trapped patient from the vehicle
16. 2:03pm
    Medic 202 reports the trapped patient has been extricated from the vehicle
17. 2:07pm
    No medical need; ALS cancelled at scene
18. 2:13pm
    Second ALS unit has arrived on scene
19. 2:13pm
    Second ALS unit on scene at Whitneyville Ave SE at 1413
20. 2:29pm
    Command asks crews to let a rust-colored Nissan Rogue through; resident lives between the scene and the upstream unit
21. 2:30pm
    Command clarifies: residents with addresses south of 6190 on Whitneyville can pass through the scene
22. 2:32pm
    Command alerts units: church parking lot full for food pantry; southbound vehicles exiting the lot and entering the scene area
23. 2:43pm
    Medic 77 clearing the scene
24. 3:05pm
    Incident command terminated; all Caledonia units cleared the scene