UPDATED: Wednesday, 9:37 p.m.:
The walls of the home were removed along with the railing due to the small size of the hallways and support needed to remove the man, a family member said.
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Firefighters and medics worked Monday evening to rescue a critically ill man trapped inside his Bristol Borough home.
The man, who was larger and could not stand up on his own volition due to various medical issues, was removed from the second-floor of his home in the 800 block of Second Avenue.
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Bristol Fire Chief Herb Slack said the Bucks County Rescue Squad was first dispatched at 8:24 p.m. and requested help from the fire company upon arriving on the scene. Within a short time, all four borough fire companies were at the scene along with the Bucks County Rescue Squad, a special bariatric ambulance from the Penndel-Middletown Emergency Squad and Dr. David Jaslow, medical squad director and also emergency room director for Lower Bucks Hospital.
Firefighters worked to remove several portions of the man’s home, including portions of a wall and the stairway railings, Slack said.
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“He was extremely ill and required life-saving medical procedures,” Bucks County Rescue Squad Chief Scott Bahner said. He added that Jaslow had to perform some emergency treatment outside the scope of paramedics to the man inside the home.
By 10:15 p.m., the man was transported to the hospital and firefighters were leaving the scene, Slack said.
Bahner told LevittownNow.com that the patient remained in critical condition as of Tuesday afternoon.
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“We’ve had several (similar rescues) in the past and have had similar situations in the apartment complexes, but it’s relatively uncommon,” Bahner said.
The Penndel-Middletown Emergency Squad’s bariatric ambulance is specially equipped to handle large patients that need emergency transportation and serves the Lower Bucks County area. Bahner said local medics are trained to deal with cases involving bariatric patients.
