Medical emergencies at foster avenue include overdose and bike fall, Arcata CA
Emergency responders were sent to near Foster Avenue in Arcata for two medical incidents. One involved an 81-year-old woman suspected of an overdose. The other involved a 63-year-old man who fell off his bike after getting stuck and hit his head and nose, but did not lose consciousness.
Audio|Source: Humboldt County Law, Fire and EMS - Eureka and North
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Transcript:
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Arcata. Code 3[1], medical aid near Foster Avenue.
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Foster Avenue.
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The ambulance.
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Code 3[1], Medicoid near Foster Avenue, Apartment 1K, for an 81-year-old female possible overdose altered at 1511.
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Calls who you do, contact time is 1510, this is Calciarian, go ahead.
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Answer back off, sitting two, around your facility with the Code 2 Level 2, advanced life support trauma with a trauma alert on board.
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I have a 63, that is a 6-3-year-old male.
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He was riding his bike, and his wheel got kind of stuck in a groove, and he fell off the bike,
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going over the handlebars,
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and then falling onto the ground.
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He did hit his head, and the laceration to his nose, however no other trauma noted, he does not take a blood thinner.
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He did not lose consciousness per bystanders, however, he was pretty altered.
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after the event.
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He's currently 80 times 4, however.
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His additional blood pressure was significantly low at 60 over palp.
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And with some positioning, we've got him up to 97 over 67.
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I'm going to work on my Vee here.
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He's science-brae at about 50, but it seems like he's a pretty active guy, so I'm assuming that's the baseline.
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Setting 97% on room air with a VG of 1118-118.
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We have them in a modified C-spot in the moment.
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We're ALS[2]. Again, this is a trauma activation, see in about 5.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
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Code 3: Emergency response with lights and siren
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ALS: Advanced Life Support (medical response level)
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