City of Ames, IA Ames Fire Department, 7 May 2021

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From YouTube: Uh-Oh Influencers | Extinguisher Incident

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Uh-oh! Some influencers were livestreaming and one got hurt messing around with a fire extinguisher! Find out what happens...

A

I have an idea for a video what okay, so you know that, like fire thing in the kitchen, yeah yeah, okay, so you take that and then we can use the fog and stuff and I can walk through the fog and it'll be like boom. That would be awesome, I'll go get that fire thingy and then you can go ahead and set up the phone. Okay, perfect.

B

Hey guys want to see something really cool, so we got this fire thingy and we're gonna do a really cool effect with it so make sure to hit that like button and smash.

B

B

Sorry, um what do we do guys? I don't know she's in a lot of pain. um Someone said to try lavender oil. I don't really know what that is, though. um Okay.

A

Someone said to try 911.

C

9-1-1, what is the address of your emergency? um We're at 123 straight.

B

C

Can I have you repeat the address for verification.

B

Yeah, it's 123 street avenue. What.

C

Is the phone a brief call from.

B

It's a 515-555-6789 okay,.

C

Tell me exactly what happened.

B

um My friend is hurt her eyes hurt. A lot are.

C

You with your friend now yeah. How old is your friend she's 21.? Is she awake? She is yeah? Is she breathing she is? Is she completely alert.

B

C

How did this happen.

B

My friend got sprayed with a fire extinguisher. It got in her eyes.

C

We didn't know it.

B

Would hurt her.

C

Is the eyeball cut open out of the socket or is fluid leaking out of it? You.

B

C

I'm sending the first responders to help you now stay on the line. I'll tell you exactly what to do next. Okay,.

B

C

Gently flush with lots of water continue flushing until help arrives. Reassure her that help is on the way from now on. Don't let her have anything to eat or drink. It might make her sick or cause further problems. Let her rest in the most comfortable position and wait for help to arrive.

C

I want you to watch her very closely if she becomes less awake and vomits quickly lay her on her side before the responders arrive. Please put away any pets gather her medications, unlock the door turn on the outside light and have somebody wave down the first responders.

C

If she gets worse in any way, call us back immediately for further instructions.

B

Okay, thank you so much you're.

C

C

D

Hello, hi hi, I'm ethan. This is my partner adam with the fire department.

B

D

So what happened.

B

um We used the fire extinguisher thing and it got in my eyes. Can you open your eyes.

D

At all, you know, I'm gonna help just a little bit. Okay, all right. Can you see me yeah? Okay, still, burning, yeah, okay, just gonna take some time for that to go away. Okay, I think you're gonna be all right. We're gonna.

C

D

Vitals on you first wipe some of that out. Okay,.

D

So the paramedics are on their way too. Okay,.

D

That's gonna, be it may be a little table. We're gonna try to open our eyes. I'm just gonna check your pupils, real, quick, okay, okay,.

C

Those look really good, it doesn't.

D

Look like you have any injuries to your eyes at all. I know it's painful, so how did this happen that you got caught in the face by a fire extinguisher.

A

Oh okay, listen to this. So we have this really cool account. Did we get a lot of views? We did yeah? Yes, do you follow us off dude? Our account is so lit. We do so much cool stuff. You should follow us.

D

Don't play with fire extinguisher all right.

A

D

We're here to help you may make a silly mistake, but we're serious when it comes to your safety, never hesitate to call 9-1-1, even if you're.

D