[Scan-DC] Jump/fell from apartment building

[Andrew Feinberg]

Sad, indeed. Now for a scary piece of related EMS trivia -- depending on how one lands and which body area gets the brunt of impact with Mother Earth, even a known-to-be lethal fall can often present with the patient's body clearly lacking a discern able fatal trauma. 

This is one reason EMS is often dispatched to a fall scene even if the most appropriate medical care is that of a Medical Examiner. The more grisly and frightening side of this coin is that sometimes the reason there is no obvious fatal trauma is because the victim survived the fall! 

Mercifully, in most cases death before the responding EMT and/or Medic can make the victim stable for ground transport unless the EMS crew had the smarts to radio for a helicopter.   

Food for Thought,

A

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Andrew G. Feinberg
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Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2011 09:44:51 
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Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Jump/fell from apartment building

The "gunshot" was apparently the sound of the person hitting the ground. 

Very sad. 

On Apr 6, 2011, at 9:28, "Andrew Feinberg" <andrew at ultraviolet.org> wrote:

> I suspect it is some sort of Coroner/Medical Examiner-related unit. 
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> Andrew G. Feinberg
> andrew at ultraviolet.org
> 215.906.1886
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> Officer requested an MCO. Anyone know what that is?
> 
> 
> On Apr 6, 2011, at 9:08, "Clegg, Andrew W." <aclegg at nsf.gov> wrote:
> 
>> Arlington is working a DOA - person either jumped or fell from a balcony
>> at Randolph Towers (N 9th St, in Ballston). Early report of possible
>> gunshots prior to falling, but that is definitely not confirmed.
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