Greeley Fire Department & Banner Paramedic Execute Dangerous Rescue [PICTURES]
Greeley Fire Department and Banner Paramedic Services had to rescue a construction worker who fell about 30 feet at a construction site at1060 1st Avenue, in Greeley earlier this week.
The man fell to the bottom of a building under construction. Access to him was difficult because the building was under construction. Additional Greeley Fire units had to be called in to perform a technical rescue.
The patient was extricated one hour and twenty minutes after the first 911 call. The patient was transported to a local hospital by Banner Paramedic Services, where he is being treated for an injured pelvis.
How Did They Do It?
A Greeley Fire Firefighter/Paramedic and two Firefighter/EMT’s made access to the patient and to provide patient care and to package the patient for technical evacuation. The remainder of the personnel on-scene rigged a technical rescue system, utilizing ropes, pulleys and aerial ladder.