[sirens] So we're going to
I-10 East and Carrollton on the interstate [inaudible]. A motorcyclist that
struck a vehicle. Caller advised the male
is awake and breathing. Possible trauma to the arm area. So often, these
motorcyclists are fatalities. We ain't talking about that. I'm going to tell you one thing. As a dude who rides a motorcycle
in this city, I hate it. I don't even hardly even
get on the interstate, because people don't pay
attention for nothing. They don't respect
them whatsoever. No, they're too busy
driving 9,000 miles an hour, talking on their cell phones. When I hear motorcyclist
down on the interstate, I put myself in serious mode. It's high speed,
little protection. They're just normally
very injured. 3232 on scene. [screaming] I know, I know. [inaudible] One of the immediate
things that we notice is that his humerus is
completely shattered. Don't move your head, buddy. Oh, yeah, that's broke. There is a high possibility
that it may have severed his brachial artery,
which means he could be losing a lot of blood. Steven, how are
you doing, baby? You know what day
it is right now? You know what year it is? What about the month? How old are you? You sure about that? What's the year you were born? The fact that it's really
difficult for him to answer even basic questions [inaudible]
it can be concussion, serious head bleed. It could be hypoxia,
lack of oxygen. I'm hitting the gas pedal. Let's get him as stable
as we can, and let's go. I'm going to need you
to help me roll him, because I need to look
at what's underneath. All right. So I'm going to hold your
arm in place while they roll you over to me, OK? One, two, three. [inaudible] He was sitting up. - Ready?
- OK. Nothing. [inaudible] As I was stabilizing his
arm, that's when I determined the extent of his injury. Ew.
[bleep] It's [inaudible]. It's all from
his arm right here. You couldn't really see
it, because the injury was laying on the ground. You could see a
little bit of blood. All this is gone, all
the way to the bone. [scream] I'm sorry, [inaudible]. Hear me? It's all from
his arm right here. I know. Right. [inaudible]. I'm sorry. The muscles are
ripped open and out. The tissues-- I mean,
everything is exposed. This extremity is
just torn to shreds. Everybody, be
quiet for a second. What I need is on your side, so
I'm going to lift up the head. Pull out what you need. Can you come over here? [screaming] All right, my man. We got you, OK? You OK, honey. You OK. Thank you for your help. No problem. You're going to be
all right, my man. Did he hit a car? Did he just go down? What happened? I know, baby. I'm so sorry. [screaming] I'm so sorry. Keep your head still, my man. Don't move, OK? Don't move. It's definitely a scenario
where he could lose his arm. Any kind of trauma
situation like that, you worry about life over limb. So try to stabilize
as best as possible, make sure he's not bleeding out. All right, my love. I'm going to strap
this arm back in, OK? [screaming] I know it sucks. [inaudible] Let's go. Hey, hey, hey. Hey, look at me.
Look at me. What's that face? What's going on? You're hurt? I know you're hurt. We're going to help you, baby. We're taking you to
the hospital now, OK? You wrecked on your
motorcycle really bad. Yeah, you have a
couple of injuries, a couple of real bad injuries. So we're taking you to
our trauma center, OK? We should be pulling up
there in about two minutes. Can you tell me what
year it is right now? You're not sure what year it is? What's hurting you
right now the most? Everything. With a multi system trauma,
you have a lot that you're looking at and checking. My priorities are
check his abdomen, make sure it's not filling with
blood from organs that may have been lacerated or ruptured. Does this hurt
when I push down? Ooh. Does this hurt
when I push down? OK.
You're not going to throw up. You're going to take
some slow, deep breaths, and you're going to keep
it together for me, OK? I need to make sure that
he remains awake and alert. Hey, stay awake. Open your eyes. Thank you. I'm right here, baby. I got you. I know you are. I know, buddy. You're all right, though. You have nothing to
be sorry for, OK? You're going to be all right. I've never seen something
that bad in a textbook or on TV. That was a first for me. We're going to
Earhart and Fern. Motorcyclist struck. All right. [inaudible] Dude, if I didn't
tell you this once, I've said this a million times. That we're in a plane, and
a plane go down, I'm living. I am going to be sitting
on Oprah Winfrey's sofa. I'm going to be telling
this story to millions and millions of people, bro. How you is the only
one that survives? I'm the only
one that survives. Like say the plane go
down, and the impact-- [inaudible] kind of like
jump up in your seat. Well, you understand that
although the plane is traveling at like 700 miles per
hour, you yourself are also traveling at 700 miles an hour. Right. That's all about willing
yourself to live, my friend. Well, if I'm sitting
next to you on the plane, just make sure you
will me along with you. I'll [inaudible] you. Let's see what's
happening with this. Motorcycle in the street. [inaudible] on the ground. He looked kind of [bleep] up. I'm not going to lie to you. [inaudible] Damn, man. Yeah. Man, we saw this
guy's motorcycle. It was demolished. So when I see a
motorcycle demolished, I'm thinking I'm
going to see this guy, you know, being demolished. [inaudible]. What's going on with him? What's up, man? What [inaudible]? We're going to throw
this splint on that leg. Y'all have tape, man? He had swelling to his knee. It looked like he could
have had a fracture. [inaudible]. Hey, look, man, I'm
going to put this collar around your neck, OK? You took a pretty hard spill. All right. It'll be a little
uncomfortable but not too bad, OK? What's your name? Alton? You was wearing your helmet? One of your best
indicators of injury is to look at the helmet, see
if there's any major impact of where his head may have
hit the car or the pavement or whatever. He took a pretty good impact,
went up and over instead of, like, face first into the car. All right, Alton, we're
going to take care of you. What happened? [inaudible] jump
out in front of you? Right, right, right. This is all right. That break could be a
lot worse [inaudible].. You're blessed, brother,
just look at it like that. Blood pressure looks good. Just tie it on. You've got a little
abrasion right here, too. Say that left knee, the
right ankle, and that's everything that hurts? No other pain anywhere
else right now? In your right cheek? Your right ass? OK. You might have skidded across
the road a little bit, too. All right, it's going
to be a little stick. [inaudible]. You're 21, my man? 21, just bought his bike, king
of the road for about two days, huh? The damage that this man's
motorcycle had, you know, I'm surprised that
this guy didn't have any type of multi organ
system damage, you know? He got away with one, you know? Conquer the world,
getting on them bikes. I gave up my bike a
couple of years ago, bro. I was lucky enough to
ride one for three years. That was enough for me. I was on it too, bro. I always say cars don't
respect bikes, man. Your whole body's going to
be aching in the morning. But you know what? You're going to be breathing
tomorrow, too, though. [horn honks] [laughing] You made that fish
jump off his line. Dude, I had a keeper
yesterday that jumped, hit the side of the boat. Oh, you had a boat
for three hours, and the fishermen
tales already started. It was Moby Dick! [inaudible]. It was the biggest
fish you've ever seen. No. It was Moby something. I'm not sure what it was. Rescue four is responding. Let's go. Copy that. Haul ass, and get these people
the hell out of the way. Immediately,
intensity goes up, because this
particular location, we get a lot of bad
motorcycle accidents. All right? Yeah. Engine four, go ahead
and put us on scene. When I walk up, the
patient's eyes are open, but I can see that
he's not all there. He's dazed, so I'm automatically
concerned that he could have a serious brain injury. OK, that's fine. Luckily for this guy, there
was an off-duty engine captain right there at the accident,
and he was able to assist him before we could get there. Where's the collar? Hey, get the collar on,
and take that helmet off. We've got to look
at it real quick. And [inaudible]. I know it's going to be
a little uncomfortable. And the bandanna. We've got to be able
to visualize that. All right. OK, now let's go. One, two-- Engine four, we
just kept [inaudible].. Well, we'll figure
that out in a second. Just stay still, all right? Hey, Doug, can you grab
this from the inside so [inaudible]
going to fall over. OK, so you don't
remember the accident? OK. We're going to start
a couple of IVs on you, get your blood pressure. Try to keep your head
as straight as possible. Good.
- Is there any pain here? All right. We're out of here. Perfect, buddy. You're going to be fine, man. We're going to take care of you. You're beat up a little bit. We're going to
make sure you don't have any internal injuries
or a head injury, all right? We don't know. We weren't there. The cops are going to
sort it all out, OK? Right now, we're just
worried about your health. - Stokes?
- Yeah. Pupils were equal, about
three millimeters apiece. OK. I will tell you, William,
though, you're doing real good. Your blood pressure's good,
and you're staying with us. Patient's stable. All his vital signs are good. I'll just be honest with you. I didn't look at it. You can buff it out. [laughter] [inaudible]. None of us saw it, man. We were all looking
at you, not the bike, so we couldn't tell you. We're just talking
and trying to get his mind off of the situation. Hey, listen, I'm
going to tell you, I'm going to call your wife, OK? OK. Just so that she knows. Otherwise, she's going to
be calling you and trying to find out what's going on. Don't worry. I got a way with women. A lot of firefighters
drive motorcycles. Small bump coming out, and
then we'll get you inside, William. Everybody can see where
the potential was that maybe one day, that's them. You try to make
them feel better. You try to make them get
their mind off the situation, you know, and try to relate
to them a little bit. What you got for
me inside, Stokes? I guess the truck
was going slower than him when he changed
lanes and slammed into the back of it. So he hit the back of a
truck and then fell off? Yeah, probably flew off of it. Based on where he
was and the bike was? Right. That's a pretty good assumption. I'm surprised he only
had the injury on his eye. - Yeah.
- All right. Let's go back to station. See you. Thanks, guys.
