1ST RESPONDER NEWS
By BILL BATES Senior Correspondent
MOUNT EPHRAIM, CAMDEN COUNTY, NJ – Shortly before lunch time on Wednesday afternoon, March 21, 2007, the Mount Ephraim Police Department and the MEPRI EMS, BLS 4 duty-crew were summonsed to respond to 710 North Black Horse Pike for a fall victim.
County Fire Marshall (CFM-7) arrived on scene moments after dispatch and updated incoming EMS on the nature of the fall victim. Crews arrived to find a patient who fell approximately 15 feet to the ground after he lost his balance as he was standing on a 2 foot by 12 foot board at the top assembling the scaffolding. The MEPRI EMS duty-crew felt the half assembled scaffolding was un-stable and contacted the Camden County Communications Center (alarm room) to dispatch the fire department to assist at the scene.
The Mount Ephraim Fire Department, Station 45 arrived and raised a ladder to an adjacent light post and secured the section of scaffolding that was un-stable by tying it off to the existing unit and adjacent light post.
Virtua Paramedics, ALS (Advanced Life Support) 43 out of Camden City was dispatched shortly after the fire department arrived as the patient was complaining of difficulty breathing. Both units transported the patient to a local hospital without further injury. Barrington EMS (BLS-9) also assisted at the scene.
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