{"id":56317,"date":"2026-09-12T16:00:07","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T14:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/a-male-patient-fell-approximately-3-metres-from-the-top-of-a-truck-sustaining-significant-injuries-and-presenting-with-an-altered-level-of-consciousness-pretoria-east\/"},"modified":"2026-09-12T16:00:07","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T14:00:07","slug":"a-male-patient-fell-approximately-3-metres-from-the-top-of-a-truck-sustaining-significant-injuries-and-presenting-with-an-altered-level-of-consciousness-pretoria-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/a-male-patient-fell-approximately-3-metres-from-the-top-of-a-truck-sustaining-significant-injuries-and-presenting-with-an-altered-level-of-consciousness-pretoria-east\/","title":{"rendered":"A male patient fell approximately 3 metres from the top of a truck, sustaining significant injuries and presenting with an altered level of consciousness, Pretoria East"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A male patient fell approximately 3 metres from the top of a truck, sustaining significant injuries and presenting with an altered level of consciousness.<\/p>\n<p>VEMRU initiated stabilisation before PVES ECP and First Responder units arrived to assist. The patient received advanced treatment, including medication for pain, agitation, nausea and bleeding control. <\/p>\n<p>A Butterfly lung ultrasound indicated a suspected pneumothorax.<\/p>\n<p>The PVES ECP continued care and accompanied the patient to a government hospital.<\/p>\n<p>This is what teamwork looks like. Volunteer organisations supporting each other when it matters most.<\/p>\n<p>A huge thank you to Zebra Medical , Ecomed Medical and everyone who donates to PVES. Your support helps us be there when seconds count.<\/p>\n<p>Services On Scene:<br \/>\nVEMRU &#8211; Volunteer Emergency Medical Response Unit<br \/>\nGauteng Emergency Medical Services&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/news.aspx?s=1&#038;i=78586&#038;page=a-male-patient-fell-approximately-3-metres-from-the-top-of-a-truck-sustaining-significant-injuries-and-presenting-with-an-altered-level-of-consciousness-pretoria-east\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more on Arrive Alive <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A male patient fell approximately 3 metres from the top of a truck, sustaining significant injuries and presenting with an altered level of consciousness. VEMRU initiated stabilisation before PVES ECP and First Responder units arrived to assist. The patient received advanced treatment, including medication for pain, agitation, nausea and bleeding control. A Butterfly lung ultrasound [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":56318,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/805834276_2189394012012057_4880199403407786940_n.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2149],"tags":[164],"class_list":["post-56317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-accidents","tag-gauteng"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/805834276_2189394012012057_4880199403407786940_n.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56317"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56317\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}