8:55 PM. Overturned With Entrappment In Abbeville - Wiregrass Lifeflight Auto Launched

Rickey Stokes

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Posted by: RStokes
Date: Nov 26 2016 9:04 PM

ABBEVILLE:    8:55 PM   Abbeville 911 has dispatched emergency units to a motor vehicle accident, overturned, with entrappment.

On dispatch Abbeville Fire - Rescue instructed to auto launch Wiregrass Life Flight to the scene.

As emergency units arrived they cancelled Life Flight, reporting all units self extricated, vehicle smoking and heavy damage.

Abbeville Police and Henry County Sheriff Deputies on scene along with Abbeville Fire and Abbeville Rescue.

AND, hats off!!! Doing the right thing in auto launch Wiregrass Life Flight on severity of call on dispatch. You DO NOT wait until units arrive and then request Life Flight.

People do not understand, the air unit is a "in air" Intensive Care Unit. Something I learned this past week. If you can not breath and have airway obstruction, the Wiregrass Life Flight crew can paralyze you ( probably better medical descriptions then mine ) and take over your airway and breathe for you.

So it is very important for lives that initial responders and units without "true" advanced life support, auto launch the air unit on the initial call. They can always turn them around.

Abbeville - Henry County 911 has been real good about following protocol in order to save lives.

If anyone has scene pictures text to 334-790-1729.

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