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Tourniquet, tech rescue work save patient trapped in Wis. silo

First responders worked 60 feet above the ground, inside a grain silo in Boyceville to free a person trapped in a sweep auger

By Audrey Korte
The Chippewa Herald

BOYCEVILLE, Wis. — A person who became trapped 60 feet above ground inside a Boyceville silo Sunday was transported by helicopter for medical care after first responders had to cut the silo chute to gain access to the patient.

On Sunday, the Menomonie Fire Department provided a mutual aid fire and EMS response to Boyceville Fire Department for a person who was trapped in a silo.

“The patient was approximately 60 feet above ground level and had entangled his leg in a sweep auger,” according to a Facebook post from the Menomonie Fire Department on Monday.

A Boyceville EMT, a Boyceville firefighter, and two Menomonie Fire Department paramedics climbed the silo chute to gain access to the patient.

“Paramedics placed a tourniquet and provided pain management and sedation prior to removing the patient,” the post says. " Menomonie Fire Department’s Ladder Truck was used so firefighters could cut the silo chute, and place the patient onto the Ladder Truck platform, to lower him to the ground.”

The patient was transported by helicopter to a trauma center, the post says.

The person of the name who was rescued has not been released.

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