On Thursday, January 1, 2009 at 1:45 AM, 5 Companies of Los Angeles Firefighters, 8 LAFD Rescue Ambulances, 3 EMS Battalion Captains, 1 Battalion Chief Officer Command Team and the CHP, under the direction of Battalion Chief Mark Saxelby, responded to a Physical Rescue assignment at the Eastbound I-10 Freeway at Normandie Av. in the Mid-City.
Firefighters responded to reports of a traffic collision on the eastbound I-10 Freeway. As CHP officers arrived on scene they found a single car traffic with rollover. A quick assessment indicated the incident had 5 critical patients, 2 had been ejected from the vehicle and 2 needing extrication. As Firefighters arrived on scene, patients were triaged utilizing the START system. The incident quickly expanded to a multi casualty incident.
The patients were quickly extricated from the vehicle, treated and transferred to awaiting rescue ambulances within minutes. All patients were transported to area hospitals.
Written by d’Lisa Davies
Los Angeles Fire Department
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