Engine 7, Engine 18, Medic 18, Truck 12, Truck
111 and Lifenet 3 responded.
Colleton County Fire-Rescue
8/11/2008
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Stations 7 and 18 responded to a gun shot wound to
the chest at 1700 Monday 11-August. After Sheriff's Deputies cleared
the scene, Medic 18's crew found the patient lying in the yard. He was
suffering from a chest wound with associated breathing problems and absent
breath sounds on one side. Firefighter-Paramedics established two large
bore IV lines and decompressed the patient's chest to improve his
breathing. A medical helicopter was called the scene and landed at a field
in the Town limits of Smoaks. The patient was transported from the scene
about 1-1/2 miles to meet with Lifenet 3. He was flown to MUSC's Engine 7, Engine 18, Medic 18, Truck 12, Truck
111 and Lifenet 3 responded.
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