Pedestrian injured in collision with bus

 

Monday 1st February 2016 – 8.55pm – Chris Kowalik.

 

Emergency Doctors were among the resources sent by West Midlands Ambulance Service to Deritend in Birmingham where a man had collided with a bus.

The ambulance service was called shortly after 5.35pm today to High Street.

An ambulance crew and a paramedic area support officer in a rapid response vehicle attended along with a British Association for Immediate Care (BASICS) Emergency Doctor and the Medical Emergency Response Incident Team (MERIT) consisting of a trauma doctor and critical care practitioner.

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A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said: “The pedestrian, a man in his twenties had collided with the single-decker bus. He had head and chest injuries.

“He was sedated at the scene and placed onto a scoop stretcher before being taken to Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham accompanied by one of the doctors.”

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