8/21/17 Medic-17

Medic-17 respond to 4571 Club drive to the totally 80's night club for a report of a man down unresponsive. he is breathing but unconscious at this time. Medic-17 your time out is 2205 and you will be responding on Tac-11

* As we speed down the blvd I finally wake up. Sirens are off since its so late at night. I look out the window and the city seems so quiet and peaceful. I can see the reflection of our flashers in the window and the buildings as we pass them. *

' Brit. im so tired. I hate these late night calls. '

* She nods her head in agreement then makes a left onto East West pass. *

* up ahead we see the club, a small crowd is outside along with several patrol cars. *

' well I will give you one guess where we are going '

* The police shine their light at us and direct us to where its ok to park. Keeping the emergency lights going brit pulls us to a stop. *

" Medic-17 is on scene. "

* I take my headset off, set it on the dash and step out. Brittney grabs the o2 tank and the trauma kit. I get the clipboard and the jump bag then start walking in escorted by the police. Along the way the crowd is rowdy, screaming, some cheering, some screaming profanity. The entire scene is chaotic. *

' What in the hell is this, what did we walk into here. '

* Brittney shrugs then as quick as that gets hit in the head by a flying object, she goes down hard onto the floor. I drop down and the police tear off after the person they believe threw the object. I look at Brittney, she is knocked out cold, there appears to be a large laceration above her left eye radiating to her left ear. *

" Fire, Medic-17 Mayday Mayday Mayday, Firefighter down. Additonal units necessary. Start a 2nd alarm please. "

* I forget about the patient inside and start treating Brittney. *

" Engine-17, Truck-17 respond to 4571 Club dr, Assit medic-17 with a mayday call. Additional P.D units are en route as well. Station-17 your time out is now 2210 and we will be switching the call to Ops-1 "

*As we are enroute back to the station, I hear the mayday call come over the radio. I glance at Nick.*

'Put us enroute, let's go.'

*As we approach the next red light, I flip on the lights and lay on the air horns as I slow down and wind up the Q. When I look left and right to see that no more cars are coming, I proceed through the intersection and turn on the wail.*

* Hearing the 2nd alarm on the buzzer I pick up my pace out of my office, Bryan, Ty and rich are all sprinting to the rig, Walking around the front as the gate opens I step quickly into my turnout pants, Throw my straps up and climb aboard. I have a light navy blue duty coat I throw on. Putting my headset on I glance over at the rest of the crew who are all ready to go. I give rich a nod and close my door. He Immediately pulls out at a much quicker pace than normal. *

" Engine-17 responding fire, Start a 2nd ambulance and bump them both up to code...Break.....Engine-17 to truck-17 if you are on scene before us make sure the medics are secure and assist wherever u can but our first priority if our people. "

' Remember u guys, we have been through this before. just another patient, be professional. '

* we make a very rapid turn from Crenshaw to the blvd and pick up speed fast heading towards the call. *

*As I'm chuckling about the call and stupid people, I hear the radio call for the mayday call.*

'Shit. Chuck, go.'

*I start putting my bunker coat back on in the front of the rig. I press enroute on the MDC and key the mic before turn to the guys.*

"Truck 17 will be responding Fire."

'All right guys, one of our medics is down at a club. It's late and like I mentioned, people are stupid. Drunk people are even worse. Let's see what we can do to help treatment. Let's get our backboard and get them the hell outta there. PD's on scene, so let's just focus on treatment. Questions?'

*After returning from one call, we get called for another one. I get myself ready and hear Nick talk about a medic down at a club. I silently groan to myself, knowing how much I hate dealing with drunkards. I try to keep myself focused and hear Nick talk about getting the person on a backboard. I nod in response and wait until we take off.*

* As we pull around onto club drive I can tell the scene is already chaotic, there are so many police cruisers there. crowds are running past us to get back tot he regular streets. *

' Ok how in the hell did this go so wrong?. '

" Fire....Engine-17 is on scene......Truck-17, we will handle the patients, when you arrive assist Medic with what they need and help guide the ambulances safely in. "

* Rich pulls us to a stop and I take my headset off, I grab a portable radio and jump out. Remembering to keep my composure I try to calmly walk over to the medics to see who is down. *

( Sorry guys been on crazy shit duty for 4 days. )

* I take my headgear off, step out and immediately walk over to the medics, I see Brit down, her head has been opened up by some object that I cant see around, Jamie is over her applying pressure to her wound. *

' Jamie, Look at me, get me a 4x4 and a decent dressing, grab some saline water and get an IV going, she has lost a ton of blood here. Where is the patient you both came to see originally. '

* Jamie points inside and digs through her jump bag for the saline water, She eventually gets some and opens it up, she pours a steady stream over the wound flushing out whatever crap is inside the wound, the now very visible gash starts to bleed heavily again and we apply a sturdy dressing to it now that it is as clean as the streets will allow us to do. *

' Ok Jamie, she is going to be ok now, I will monitor her until the ambulance gets here, Brian is going to need some help with the patient inside. please can you help him, you don't need to be here with her anymore, she is ok. '

* I try and reassure her that Brittney will be ok so she will go away and refocus. *

* After the dressing is applied to brittneys head Ty tells me to go away and I look at him like he is an alien. *

' well let me be clear in this case ty, I appreciate your concern but the only way im leaving her is when the doctors order me out at the hospital. kapisch?. '

* I look up and see one of the ambulances turning the corner. I lean back down and whisper in brits ear that they are here. *

' Ty, forget about the IV, she will be ok without it, her vitals are stable enough for the time being. '

* I look around for a biophone and see that we didn't bring it in, *

' Oh screw it they will just have to get ready quicker while we are en-route. '

* the ambulance pulls up and I wave my hand for them to get over here fast. there are still people around us screaming and yelling to get in the club. the police have given us a roughly 10 foot perimeter for us to work within. The ambulance crew brings a stretcher over. *

' Guys she is still out. we are going to go to TCMC, roll code please. '

* we quickly get her loaded up and walk briskly to the ambulance, tyrone is following us with the remnants of our gear. One of the ambulance guys climbs in and the other loads the stretcher. I climb in the side door and get situated. Setting our gear on the floor I toss the keys to the squad to ty and wait for the ambulance to pull away. twisting my body to the left I grab the built in med control radio from the ambo and tune to 1-Bravo. *

" TCMC this is Coronado Medic-17 we will be en-route with one patient. she is a 28 year old paramedic with a large laceration to her temple, she is unconscious, her vitals are being transmitted now. We are 3 minutes out. "

* The ambulance pulls away slowly at first due to the crowd, once clear of the crowd we pick up speed fast. *

*I hear Floan over the radio reporting that they're already onscene. As I make the last turn, I let the Q wind down and turn off the wail. I see the medic fly past us as I get closer to the scene. Then I hit the horns really quick to make sure nobody steps in front of the truck. I pull up behind the engine and engage the parking brake. Then I look at Nick as I open my door.*

'Alright let's see what we can do here.'

* I see the truck pull up as I watch Brittney and Jamie pull away. As nick and chuck step out I shake their hands. *

' Good to see you both. Take the rest of your crew inside now and help out brian and ty with the 2nd victim. Thanks for coming again. '

* As I grab our jump bag and head inside I start to see the crowd inside and realize there is virtually no control inside this establishment. I see an officer interrogating a bouncer and yell to them. *

' HEY can you escort us inside, there is chaos in there.'

* They yell back that there is chaos everywhere here but sure they will help us out. I walk with the escort and the captain inside to the victim, He is lying on a floor blood drips from his face, hands, arms and his stomach looks to be almost flattened. I look at John. *

' Cap, he has been trampled. '

* I lean down and try to take a pulse, there is none, he is not breathing and he has so many obvious signs of death that I am willing to call him DOA. *

' John he is a no-go. do you concur? '

* He leans in and does his assessment, the trauma to his body is far too great to attempt to salvage. Standing back up he nods a yes to me. I motion for the officer to come over, *

Me: he is DOA, get this area secure now.

* The cop immediately starts to yell to clear the building out. several more officers come rushing in quickly and a perimeter is set quickly, I get my things and start walking out leaving john and the police inside to deal with the aftermath. *

*As we get ready to round the corner, I grab my helmet and turn it in my hands for a second until I determine that the extra safety can't hurt.  People are already throwing shit, so I'd rather be safer.  I finish pulling on my medical gloves and look out the window as we pull up.  I see one of the EMS units already on the scene and the cops working a very small perimeter.  I look out of the truck and see the EMS crew coming out with a stretcher.  I quickly try to see if it's Brittany, who I figure it is since she's the first patient out.  I glance and see the uniform shirt, so I recognize it as her.  I see that Jamie is pretty distressed and with Britt's wound, likely so.  I mark on scene on the MDC and dismount.*

"Fire, Truck 17's on the scene."

*I walk over to Floan who I can tell is slightly shaken.*

'No problem.  Everything'll be fine.'

*I say the last part, trying to convince both of us, but I'm not worried about Britt.  She's already been taken to the hospital, so there is nothing that I can do for her now.  I head to the side of the rig where I see Chuck and McGarrett gathering.*

'All right guys.  Same plan.  Let's bring the backboard in there.  I'll take the drug box.  I'm sure that they've got theirs, but it can't hurt.  Chuck, grab the ALS bag and the Biophone.  Let's go.'

*I walk to the compartment and slide the door up.  I let Chuck in first to grab the ALS bag and the Biphone while I grab the drug box.  I slide the door back down and lock it as McGarrett get the backboard.  I nod to Floan as we head across the street and inside.  I hold the door open for Chuck and McGarrett since they are carrying much more than I am and I'm not that anxious to get involved here.  Once they get through, I start following them through the massive amount of people.  The cop in front of us escorting us isn't hurting either, but I still want to get to Brian and Ty quicker since this is a wild and chaotic scene.  Finally we reach them, so I rest the drug box down and look over the patient.*

'Brian, Ty, what do we have on this already crappy night?'

*I sigh as I see that the guy is pretty messed up. I watch in silence as John and Brian pronounce him. Sure it sucks that the guy died, but one of our own just got knocked in the head trying to save his ass. I shake my head and walk toward a corner as PD clears everyone out. I lean against the wall and watch PD do their thing. Even though I didn't know the guy, nor was I here when it first happened, I'm still pissed off that it happened. I wait for any word on what else we're needed for. I figure that we might as well cancel EMS since the guy is clearly dead. I walk over to Floan, in a rather somber way, now troubled by both Britt and the stiff.*

'John, you want me to call off EMS and start the corner?'

' yea nick, u can cxl them. we will just clean up our gear and take off, you can clear anytime you want. I appreciate you guys showing up. '

* I walk over to the cop and give them our info on the minutes of the call before stepping out of the building to the outside where most of our gear is littered on the floor from the stampede and brits incident. *

'All right. I'll see what I can do about getting someone to drive the medic rig back to the station.'

*I wave the guys out and then grab the PTT on the radio. I clear my throat and try to gain my composer. I take in a breath and then let it out.*

"Truck 17, to Fire. You can cancel the second ambulance. Patient is DOA. We're gonna request the corner. Truck 17 will be clear, returning to quarters."

*I clip the radio back to my belt and walk out to the rig. I put my helmet on the dash and get into the rig. I sigh as we look over the the scene and pull away. I mark us available on the MDC and lean back in my seat as well pull away from he chaos.*

' nah no need nick, we are going to go to the hospital. we will take it with us. '

* As Brian and Tyrone and I pick up the gear that was kicked everywhere I look around, the crowd is much calmer now and is all being interviewed by the police. I look at a couple faces who look at me in turn and I shake my head in disgust. we collect our gear and load it into the squad, the gear from the engine is loaded into its proper place and I walk over to my door. *

' Ty, can you take the squad and follow us to the hospital please. '

* he says sure and I toss him the keys. I get on board the engine and buckle me seatbelt.. Picking up my headset I q on the radio. *

" fire. Engine-17 is clear put us and the squad out of service heading to TCMC for follow-up, also can you request a medic be called up to cover for a squad member who is down. "

* We start pulling away from the scene and head immediately towards TCMC. *

*We arrive on scene and everything looks so messy and crazy. I start getting a little tense as Nick heads off for a minute so I stand by Chuck and wait. When he returns, he starts giving us instructions so I grab the backboard and follow Nick to wherever we were going.

*When we seem to reach where we were going to be, I see someone surrounded by a couple guys and they pronounce him dead. I swallow hard. It was scary to think he was previously alive and now dead. I had to focus though. Someone everyone knew, that we work with, was injured. That was our main priority now.*