ANNA MARIA – A 15-year-old golf cart passenger suffered traumatic head and chest injuries after being ejected from a golf cart at the intersection of North Shore Drive and Spring Avenue in Anna Maria last night at approximately 7:45 p.m.
When dispatched to the scene, West Manatee Fire Rescue (WMFR) personnel found a 15-year-old female patient lying on her left side in front of a golf cart, according to the WMFR report.
“Golf cart had no damage noted,” according to the report. “Driver of the golf cart states she was going 5-10 mph when she went to turn and her friend rolled out of the golf cart and fell onto the road. Patient was a 15-year-old female. She was initially alert to person, place and event, able to answer question between breaths, but she was spitting up blood and did not have a patent airway.”
The patient was stabilized, placed on a backboard, placed onto a stretcher and moved to an ambulance. WMFR personnel helped establish IV access and set up intubation and fluid administration, according to the report.
The patient was sedated, intubated and transported to the helicopter landing zone at City Field in Holmes Beach, where Aeromed arrived, assumed treatment and transported the patient to Tampa General Hospital.
