Advantage private ambulance crew stopped for extra patient care assisted by Arlington Heights police, firefighter/paramedics
Arlington Heights police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 10:16 AM Thursday April 5, 2018 to a report of a patient needing extra care in a private ambulance at Arlington Heights Road and Lillian Avenue Arlington Heights, Il. Police and firefighter/paramedics received a report that the paramedic crew was stopped in the southbound lanes of Arlington Heights Road south of Palatine Road.
While passing through Arlington Heights, paramedics with Advantage Ambulance had stopped their ambulance during the patient transport to work to stabilize their patient.
The Advantage ambulance had been southbound on Arlington Heights Road when a northbound Arlington Heights traffic patrol car was pulled over to yield for the ambulance. When the ambulance passed, the traffic patrol officer continued northbound, but was stopped by a red light at Lillian Avenue. Shortly afterwards, the southbound ambulance was stopped, and the paramedic that was driving jumped out and got into the back of the ambulance. The alert traffic patrol officer at the red light noticed in his rear view mirror that something was wrong with the ambulance. He activated his emergency lights and made a U-Turn to pull up safely behind the ambulance stopped in the median. The police officer soon learned that the two paramedics were working, fully-occupied with patient care tasks in the back of the ambulance.
The police officer radioed for a full paramedic response from Arlington Heights Fire Department. An ambulance crew, an engine crew, and a rescue squad crew were dispatched to the scene.
At one point, Arlington Heights Fire Department paramedics brought their Physio Control Lucas Chest Compression System to the private ambulance, so it is likely that CPR was administered in the Advantage Ambulance.
The patient was transported to Northwest Community Hospital in the Advantage Ambulance with Arlington Heights firefighter/paramedics on board and following.
FIRE/MEDIC UNITS ASSIGNED …
ENGINE(S): E2
SQUAD(S): SQD1
EMS: Advantage Ambulance, Arlington Heights Fire Department A3
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