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RTC With Single Front-Seat Entrapment

Dispatch

Cat 1 — single vehicle into tree, 40 mph, one occupant trapped, fire service en route.

On arrival

Driver conscious, restrained, legs trapped under dashboard. Bonnet deformed, windscreen starred, no fluid leak. Fire crew stabilising the vehicle.

Initial observations

Airway
Patent, talking
RR
26, chest wall tenderness left
SpO2
94% on air
Pulse
118 thready
BP
96/60 mmHg
GCS
14 (E4 V4 M6)