Medical team assists with psychiatric emergency near Haywood St, Asheville NC
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, emergency medical staff and police officers coordinated at the intersection of Haywood Street, College Street, and Battery Park Avenue to assist with a psychiatric patient requiring sedation. The fire department was occupied with another structure fire during the response. The situation appeared to be stable once the patient was sedated and the fire was resolved.
Audio|Heard on: Buncombe County Fire and EMS
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01:21
Transcript:
00:00
Can we get somebody to come drive a safety? He's about to uncuff this person and we're going to sedate him.
00:09
Um, stack one or two will be back in service.
00:11
Thank you.
00:16
I'm stiff.
00:22
Pretend.
00:24
That's affirmative.
00:25
If there's any way you can get APD to maybe hold on to this person for a second, I'll start whiffing.
00:30
AFD is all tied up on this structure fire.
00:36
Okay, they're not super helpful.
00:39
We'll try and manage.
00:42
21, do you want us to divert?
00:47
Street station 20 respond to the city for assistance.
00:50
I have a working fire.
00:52
EMS needs a driver near Haywood Street, College Street and Battery Park Avenue will be your cross streets.
00:58
Gonna be on fire med at (number withheld).
01:05
21, do you need me to respond to 10 or (number withheld)?
01:14
This is with a psychiatric patient that they're about to sedate and fire's cleared up.
01:19
APD's about to release this person apparently.
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Location mentioned:
Haywood St, Asheville, NC 28801
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