“C” Shift – Injury with Air Evacuation

Medic 9 and Engine 19 responded to an injured man at 10215 Sidneys Road Saturday afternoon 13-November at 1320. The adult male was operating a tractor with bush hog when he collided with a tree limb receiving a severe injury to his neck. Medic 9’s crew found a large laceration with a piece of the tree limb impaled in the man’s neck.  A medical helicopter was requested, while Firefighter-Paramedics stabilized the man. Omniflight-Charleston made a scene landing in a field near the residence. He was flown to the Trauma Center at MUSC where he went for emergency surgery shortly after arrival.

Medic 9, Engine 19, Battalion 1 and Car 12 responded. Engineer-EMT-I Mikey Banks served as Incident Commander.